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10, March 2019
Colombia: Plane crash leaves 14 people dead 0
Fourteen people were killed in a plane crash in the Colombian plains province of Meta on Saturday, the country’s civil aviation agency said. The Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics said there were no survivors of the crash, which occurred after the DC-3 aircraft made a distress call at 10:40 a.m. local time (1540 GMT). […]
10, March 2019
Cameroon and Nigeria Uproot Thousands from Safe Haven 0
An estimated 30,000 refugees have been uprooted by officials in Cameroon and Nigeria this month and sent to known hotbeds of insurgents including Boko Haram on the Nigerian side of the border. Humanitarian groups including Action against Hunger are questioning the wisdom of forcing refugees to move to the city of Rann in Borno state, the epicentre […]
10, March 2019
Constitutional crisis worsens in Cameroon 0
What started as a struggle for sovereignty by citizens of southern Cameroon has spiraled into a full-blown crisis. Rebel groups seeking an end to what they consider domination of the anglophone south by the francophone north have taken up weapons against the government’s security forces, causing hundreds to die while tens of thousands are forced […]
9, March 2019
US: White House communications director and ex-Fox executive Shine resigns 0
White House deputy chief of staff and de facto communications director Bill Shine has stepped down after just eight months leading President Donald Trump’s communications team, the White House has announced. Shine, a former top Fox News executive, will work as a senior adviser to Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders […]
9, March 2019
Yaounde to promote work opportunities for women in digital sector 0
Cameroon will make efforts to enhance the skills of and opportunities for women in the digital business as part of the measures to draw more young girls to the sector, said its telecommunications minister on Thursday. “The more women we have in digital business, the better for the emancipation and growth of women,” said Minister […]
9, March 2019
African Union to establish African Central Bank by 2045 0
The plan to establish the African Central Bank (ACB) by the African Union will likely come to fruition by 2045. Ms Naglaa Nozahie representing the Association of African Central Banks (AACB), said this while presenting the progress report on the convergence of criteria for the ACB to the African Union on Thursday. The briefing was […]
9, March 2019
No one should ask why things are as they are: These questions will be answered at the right time 0
On August 31, 2006, my friend Bate Besong wrote a dedicated poem titled “Why we laugh at politicians and give them names”. That poem and its premonitory message impels me to struggle to find the underlying message behind the poem dedicated to me by a friend with whom I spent time discussing everything from literature […]
8, March 2019
‘Roma is in my DNA,’ says Ranieri as he returns to rescue hometown club 0
Claudio Ranieri urged Roma’s fans to get behind the team after returning as head coach of his hometown club on Friday looking to rescue their season and seal Champions League qualification. Eusebio Di Francesco was sacked after the team’s last 16 Champions League elimination midweek, with the club’s Spanish sporting director Monchi following the coach […]
8, March 2019
Gabon dismisses rumors president is ‘cloned’ 0
The Gabonese presidency has dismissed rumours that the ailing president, Ali Bongo, has been replaced by a clone. Bongo, who is currently recovering in Morocco, has only returned to Gabon twice since he became ill in 2018 whiles on an official trip. On both ‘visits,’ he stayed briefly and flew back to Rabat. Reports had […]
10, March 2019
President Erdogan says US angered by Turkey’s independence 0
by soter • Headline News, Politics, World
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the United States is pressuring Turkey to cancel an arms agreement with Russia because Washington is angered by Ankara’s independence. “The issue is not about (the Russian defense system) S-400. It is because Turkey takes action of its own will regarding regional developments, particularly in Syria,” President Erdogan said […]