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15, April 2019
African players in Europe: Salah, Mane, Pepe star 0
Egyptian Mohamed Salah, Senegalese Sadio Mane and Ivorian Nicolas Pepe shared the glory among the African stars in Europe at the weekend. Salah scored with an unstoppable shot from outside the box to complete a 2-0 win for Premier League leaders Liverpool over Chelsea after Mane had nodded the first goal. Pepe took his Ligue […]
15, April 2019
Yaounde intercepts about 30 passengers for alleged links to Boko Haram 0
Cameroon army arrested about 30 passengers in Far North region on Saturday night over suspected links to terror group Boko Haram during an impromptu road safety inspection, the region’s governor Midjiyawa Bakary said on Sunday. According to Bakary, the passengers, mostly women and children, and their bus had no identification papers and were coming from […]
15, April 2019
Comeback for Tiger Woods as he wins first major in 11 years 0
Tiger Woods won the 83rd Masters on Sunday, capturing his 15th major title to cement an epic return from scandal and injuries that once threatened his career. Ending an 11-year major drought, the 43-year-old American superstar – who underwent spinal fusion in 2017 fearing chronic back pain would deny him life’s simple joys much less golf wins […]
15, April 2019
World’s largest aircraft completes historic first flight 0
The Stratolaunch, the world’s largest aircraft by wingspan, completed its successful first flight over the Mojave Desert, California, on Saturday. The Stratolaunch has six engines and has a wingspan of 117m (384ft), bigger than the length of an American football field. According to official information from Stratolaunch, the aircraft reached a maximum speed of more […]
15, April 2019
UK police invading migrant couples’ privacy over sham marriage suspicion 0
A new report shows genuine couples in the UK have been subjected to numerous cases of insult and harassment by police and other authorities, who suspect such marriages provide a cover for immigration fraud. The Guardian newspaper said on Sunday that more and more registered couples across the UK had been subject to “insulting” searches by Home Office […]
14, April 2019
‘I did not run for Congress to be silent,’ Ilhan Omar tells Trump 0
In the face of violent attacks from US President Donald Trump and other Republicans, Muslim Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has said nobody could silence her. “I did not run for Congress to be silent,” Omar wrote on Twitter on Saturday, hours after Trump shared a video suggesting that Omar, a Democratic member of the House of […]
14, April 2019
European football struggles with racism as French team Amiens halts Ligue 1 game 0
The interruption of the Dijon-Amiens Ligue 1 match on Friday after visiting captain Prince Gouano was the target of monkey chants adds to a string of recent racist incidents across Europe.ADVERTISING It comes after rising Italy star Moise Kean was targeted by racist abuse in Cagliari in Serie A earlier in the month. Monkey chants were aimed […]
14, April 2019
France: Could Macron and Brexit make Paris the capital of European tech? 0
Shortly after his election in May 2017, President Macron said he wanted France itself “to think and move like a start-up” – a vision of the country’s digital future that is gaining traction as Britain wrestles with Brexit. French President Emmanuel Macron’s vow to make France a ‘start-up nation’ amid the uncertainty over Brexit is […]
13, April 2019
AFCON 2019: Ghana drawn against Cameroon 0
The Black Stars will be up for revenge against the Indomitable Lions, who ended their hopes of winning the 2017 tournament in the semi-finals. Guinea-Bissau and Benin are the other teams, making it an all West African group. Kwesi Appiah’s men will be based in Ismailia and will begin their tournament against Benin on Monday, […]
16, April 2019
Southern Cameroons War: 3 Restoration Forces, 4 French Cameroun soldiers killed in clashes 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
At least three armed separatists and four members of the government forces died Sunday night in violent clashes in Bali, a locality in the Northwest, one of the two war-torn English-speaking regions of Cameroon, local sources said. “Civilians have fled the area and fighting is intensifying. I saw three corpses when I was escaping. Many […]