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15, March 2019
More countries ground Boeing jets over safety fears after Ethiopian crash 0
Russia, Japan, and Tunisia follow a host of countries in either grounding or banning takeoffs, overflights, and landings of Boeing 737 MAX planes following a recent fatal crash. Russia’s Interfax news agency said on Thursday the country’s aviation authority had grounded the only two such aircraft that it owns among its 96-strong fleet. An Ethiopian […]
15, March 2019
40 killed in ‘terrorist’ attack on two mosques in New Zealand 0
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says 40 people were killed and more than 20 seriously wounded in mass shootings at two mosques in central Christchurch on Friday. New Zealand has been placed on its highest security threat level, she said, adding four people with extremist views are held in police custody but they had not been on […]
15, March 2019
FIFA, Qatar to discuss expanding 2022 World Cup 0
FIFA is keen on seeing the World Cup extended from 32 teams to 48 in the next edition. It’s a feasible change, according to a study conducted by the technical teams of the football governing body. But there’s a condition. Qatar will have to accept the idea to co-organise the event with at least one […]
15, March 2019
CPDM Crime Syndicate: Yaounde elects National Assembly speaker 0
Cavaye Yeguie Djibril, a senior member of the ruling CPDM crime syndicate, the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement, was re-elected the country’s House Speaker of National Assembly on Thursday. During an elective plenary sitting of the House in the capital, Yaounde, Djibril was re-elected with 118 votes and there were 20 void votes. Born in 1940, […]
15, March 2019
US State Department releases another damning Human Rights Report on Cameroon 0
Another damning Human Rights Report on Cameroon by the US State Department. The question remains: after documenting all these abuses, some of which amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, what will the US do? Excerpts of the 2018 US State Dept. report: “Government security forces were widely believed to be responsible for disappearances of […]
14, March 2019
115 killed in Southern Africa floods 0
At least 115 people were killed in Mozambique, Malawi and South Africa after heavy rains affected 843,000 people across southeast Africa, officials and the UN said, prompting calls for emergency aid. At least 66 people have been killed in Mozambique, 45 in Malawi and four in South Africa following torrential rains that have triggered flash […]
14, March 2019
Black boxes from Ethiopia Airlines crash arrive in Paris for analysis 0
Two black boxes from the Boeing 737 MAX airplane that crashed in Ethiopia arrived on Thursday in Paris for expert analysis, officials said, as regulators around the world awaited word on whether it was safe to resume flying the jets. A spokesman for France’s BEA air accident investigation agency said the flight data and cockpit […]
14, March 2019
Cameroon calls for “good understanding” after EU official decries its “political malaise” 0
Cameroon’s Minister of Communication Rene Sadi on Monday called on the European Union to “have a good understanding” of the political and security situation in the country in a bid to make “informed” declarations and decisions. “The government calls for a good understanding of the situation by all and our cooperation with the European Union […]
14, March 2019
Cameroon continues it’s troubling descent 0
Despite somewhat slipping from global headlines in recent weeks, Cameroon has nonetheless maintained its death spiral. The root cause of the crisis can be unequivocally placed at the doorstep of the Presidency, or the Geneva Intercontinental Hotel, where President Paul Biya spends much of his time. As we have previously written on this site, President […]
15, March 2019
France Football: Balotelli sparking Marseille revival 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, Sports
Marseille’s sudden recent revival has coincided with the arrival of Mario Balotelli, and they take on Paris Saint-Germain this weekend hoping for a long overdue victory against their old foes. PSG have not lost any of their last 18 meetings with Marseille in all competitions since a 3-0 defeat at the Velodrome back in November […]