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20, April 2018
South Africa president cuts short UK visit amid unrest at home 0
by soter • Headline News, Politics, World
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has cut short his visit to Britain by a day to return home to deal with protests in the country’s North West Province, his office said on Thursday. Protesters seeking jobs, better housing, roads, and hospitals frequently clash with police in a country faced with weak economic growth and near-record […]
20, April 2018
Syria hands unexploded US cruise missiles to Russia 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
Syria has handed over to Russia two unexploded cruise missiles it discovered in the aftermath of the recent attack by the United States, Britain and France, Syrian sources say. “Two cruise missiles that did not detonate during the US missile strike on Syria overnight on April 14 were found by the Syrian military. Both are […]
20, April 2018
King changes Swaziland’s name to ‘Kingdom of eSwatini’ 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, Politics
The king of Swaziland, one of the world’s few absolute monarchs, announced on Thursday that his country had changed its name to “Kingdom of eSwatini” to mark 50 years since independence from British rule. Meaning “place of the Swazi”, eSwatini is the Swazi language name for the tiny nation landlocked between South Africa and Mozambique. […]
19, April 2018
Alex Song not on trial with Red Bulls 0
by soter • Headline News, Sports, World
Alex Song wasn’t in training with the New York Red Bulls on Wednesday although he is expected back at some point in the future, this as the club reiterates that he isn’t on trial. For the last two weeks, Song has been training with the Red Bulls in what the club has said has been […]
19, April 2018
UK investor to develop mall in Cameroon 0
by soter • Business, Headline News, World
British private equity firm Actis is investing in a £200m mall and business park in the central African country of Cameroon. Planned for the city of Douala, the 18,000-sq-m Douala Grand Mall and Business Park will have a Carrefour supermarket, a multiplex cinema, restaurants and shops. A second phase will include a five star hotel […]
19, April 2018
Biya leaving a legacy of corruption and chaos 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
President Biya’s much anticipated departure is unlikely to alter the political climate of the country he ruined for more than three decades. It is already heading to two years ever since the Southern Cameroons crisis started and none of his fake policies seems to have delivered the expected result. The appointment of an ardent Southern […]
19, April 2018
Southern Cameroons War: Gov’t forces responsible for civilian deaths in Manyu 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
Forces loyal to the Biya regime in Yaoundé and the Rapid Intervention Battalion including a special security outfit fighting the Ambazonian self-defense groups have reportedly killed several civilians in the Manyu County. Our correspondent in the Upper Bayang Sub constituency in Manyu on Thursday confirmed that many civilians lost their lives when they were fired […]
19, April 2018
Biya regime launches hunt for ghost workers 0
by soter • Africa, Business, Headline News
Cameroon has launched a mandatory headcount of all government employees in another effort to unmask ghost workers, official said. Finance minister Louis Paul Motaze, in a statement, said the nationwide census would start from the salary pay-out period of April and end in June. “The aim of the physical headcount of all civil servants is […]
19, April 2018
US: Trump denies Russia investigation was behind Comey firing 0
by soter • Headline News, Politics, World
US President Donald Trump has denied firing FBI director James Comey last year over the agency’s investigation of Russia’s alleged collusion with Trump’s election campaign before the 2016 US presidential election, contradicting the explanation he offered in the days after Comey’s firing was first announced. “Slippery James Comey, the worst FBI Director in history, was […]
20, April 2018
Southern Cameroons Crisis: British Foreign Secretary tells Philemon Yang peace is possible 0
by soter • Breaking News, Headline News, Politics, World
British Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has again stressed the need for the Biya regime to hold talks with the leadership of the Southern Cameroons revolution. The UK’s chief diplomat observed that there was an urgent need for dialogue in solving the political crisis in Southern Cameroons. Boris Johnson made public the position of Her Majesty’s […]