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12, March 2019
Zinedine Zidane re-appointed as Real Madrid’s new manager 0
Real Madrid have re-appointed their former manager, Zinedine Zidane, after the Galacticos’ poor results in the La Liga, and their early exit from the Champions League. The Spanish club announced the Frenchman’s return to the Santiago Bernabeu, just 10 months after his departure, replacing the struggling Santiago Solari at the helm till the year 2022. […]
12, March 2019
Cameroon suspended from WTO for failing to pay XAF180 million contribution 0
Cameroon just got suspended from the World Trade organization (WTO) for non-payment of its contribution amounting to XAF180 million. Trade minister, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana, has referred the matter to the Prime Minister’s office on March 5 and requested that the country complies with the requirements of WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement. “I have the honor […]
12, March 2019
Yaounde: Defense minister evaluates security measures following “growing violence” 0
Cameroon’s Minister of Defense, Joseph Beti Assomo on Monday held a meeting with senior military and police officers to evaluate security measures in the country in the wake of “growing violence”. “The security situation in the country now is marked by violence sparked by secessionists and criminal gangs in the Northwest and Southwest regions. This […]
11, March 2019
Iran’s Rouhani arrives in Iraq on first official visit 0
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Iraq on Monday for his first official visit, state television said, as Baghdad is under pressure from Washington to limit ties with its neighbour. Before leaving Tehran Rouhani hailed the “special” relations between Iran and Iraq, saying they could not be compared to Baghdad’s ties “with an aggressor country […]
11, March 2019
Fake News: Did a former minister in Cameroon really burn embezzled money? 0
In early March, a video showing a room filled with stacks of euro bills, some of which were burned, began circulating widely in Russia, Cameroon and Haiti. Social media users in these three countries all made the same claims: that this video offered proof that a politician or oligarch was manufacturing fake money. It turns […]
11, March 2019
Ethiopian Airlines launches forensic probe into crash 0
Ethiopian Airlines says it has teamed up with all stakeholders including international organizations to conduct forensic investigations to the cause of Sunday’s accident. The probe it said will also help identify victims of those who perished in the crash. In a statement posted to twitter, the airline said a committee made up of Ethiopian airlines, […]
11, March 2019
FIFA President warns Oceania against abuse of the beautiful game 0
FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Saturday issued a final warning to the Oceanic Football Federation (OFC) while in New Zealand to attend its convention and elect a new president. Infantino’s message came a few weeks ago following an investigation into the World Cup in Russia. “The time when football was being abused for personal ends […]
11, March 2019
US: Sentor Sanders says Trump ‘does not know the difference between truth and lies’ 0
US Senator Bernie Sanders, who announced he is running for president again in the 2020 elections, has lashed out at US President Donald Trump, calling him a “pathological liar,” who “embarrasses” the United States daily. Speaking at a campaign rally in in Concord, New Hampshire on Sunday, the Independent senator from Vermont who caucuses with Democrats, […]
10, March 2019
UK: Prime Minister May faces heavy Brexit defeat in parliament 0
British Prime Minster Theresa May’s Brexit deal faces a heavy defeat in parliament on Tuesday because she has so far secured no major changes from the European Union, the leaders of two major eurosceptic factions in parliament said on Sunday. Just 19 days before the United Kingdom is due to leave the EU on March […]
12, March 2019
British PM secures ”legally binding changes’ to Brexit withdrawal agreement from the EU 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, Politics
British Prime Minister Theresa May has claimed to have secured ”legally binding changes” to the Brexit withdrawal agreement from the European Union prior to a key parliamentary vote on Tuesday. British Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington notified Parliament of the development following negotiations between May and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in the French city […]