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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 […]
14, March 2019
Top US diplomat suggests taking Biya regime to global forum 0
The top United States diplomat to Africa says perhaps it’s time to take the deadly separatist crisis in Cameroon to an “international forum.” An exasperated Tibor Nagy told reporters on Tuesday that “my heart breaks for Cameroon … I just don’t understand why this crisis goes on and on and on.” Some half a million […]
13, March 2019
Cameroon jails 26 for one year over protest 0
The opposition Renaissance Movement (MRC) leader Maurice Kamto was charged on February 2 with “rebellion” and “insurrection.” Twenty-six people who were arrested in Cameroon in January during protests called by opposition leader Maurice Kamto have been given one-year jail terms, one of their lawyers said Wednesday. The sentences for “illegal gathering and demonstration” were issued […]
13, March 2019
Arrests in Cameroon for Corruption, or Challenges to Biya? 0
The recent arrest of a former official in Cameroon for alleged corruption has sparked a debate over whether the government is actually trying to stamp out corruption, or is cracking down on anyone it sees as a challenger to longtime President Paul Biya. Former defense minister Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo’o was arrested along with his […]
13, March 2019
Former Governor Enow Tanjong urges impartiality in resolving conflict in Anglophone regions 0
A senior member of Cameroon’s Parliament on Tuesday called on the international community and the government to be more “objective” in resolving the conflict in the two English-speaking provinces of the West African country. The remarks by Enoh Tanjong, the eldest member of Cameroon’s National Assembly, is believed to be made to show the stance […]
13, March 2019
Yaounde Reports Refugee Influx From Central Africa as Peace Initiative Fails 0
Cameroon says there has been an influx of refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) after several armed militias in the CAR rejected the president’s new cabinet as not representative enough, sparking fears of renewed fighting. The U.N. refugee agency, or UNHCR, is trying to take care of them. Some of the refugees are seeking […]
13, March 2019
Cameroon: Can the mess ever stop? 0
For more than three decades, Cameroon has made the headlines for corruption and each time a senior official is arrested, the public feels that things will get better. But for three decades now, things have moved from better to worse with the future looking really bleak. Way back in the mid-80s, only very few people […]
14, March 2019
115 killed in Southern Africa floods 0
by soter • Africa, News
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 […]