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13, April 2018
Southern Cameroons War: Ambazonians facing humanitarian crisis 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
Cameroonians swept up in a conflict between anglophone separatists and the government are facing a humanitarian crisis, aid groups say as they struggle to reach people in remote areas that have become virtually off-limits. They have “numerous humanitarian needs”, said Allegra Maria Del Pilar Baiocchi, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator for Cameroon. “Beyond the violence, (the […]
13, April 2018
Pentagon cautions White House: Syria strike could trigger wider war 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
US Defense Secretary James Mattis has warned that a military strike on Syria carried the risk of spiraling out of control, cautioning the White House as it weighs how to respond to a suspected chemical attack outside Damascus last weekend. Speaking before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday, Mattis said his primary concern in planning […]
13, April 2018
Spain court rules proposed Catalan leader must stay in jail 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, Politics
Spain’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a request by Catalonia’s pro-independence presidential candidate Jordi Sanchez to be let out of jail and sworn in as regional head. The Catalan parliament had been scheduled to hold a debate and vote on Sanchez’s candidacy on Friday, but after the court’s ruling Catalan parliament speaker Roger Torrent announced […]
13, April 2018
Boko Haram has kidnapped at least 1,000 girls since 2013 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, News
The United Nations (UN)’s children’s agency has slammed the repeated attacks by the Daesh-linked Boko Haram terrorist group against children in Nigeria, announcing that at least 1,000 children have been abducted in the African country since 2013. More than 1,000 children, mostly under 15 years of age, have been abducted in northern Nigeria since January 2013, […]
12, April 2018
Southern Cameroons War: The Red Dragons of Lebialem strikes again 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, News
The Red Dragons of Lebialem staged a massive raid on the gendarmerie post in Alou on Wednesday the 11th of April 2018 killing six officers who were in the locality to take part in the installation ceremony of the new commander of the Alou Brigade. Cameroon Concord News was reliably informed that the Red Dragons […]
12, April 2018
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Government is overwhelmed 0
by soter • Headline News, Politics, World
The Southern Cameroons crisis that started in 2016 has finally entered a very critical phase. The Yaounde government is in trouble as the two “cubes of sugar” refuse to melt. According to a source in the military, many army soldiers have lost their lives and hundreds have been wounded in the jungles of Ndian, Manyu […]
12, April 2018
After La Republique: More African athletes missing from Commonwealth Games 0
by soter • Headline News, Sports, World
A men’s squash pairing from Sierra Leone and a Rwandan para-powerlifting coach are the latest African absentees to go missing from the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Hours after Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton warned athletes who breached their visa conditions they’d be tracked down, locked up and deported, Sierra Leone’s Ernest Jombla and Yusif Mansaray […]
12, April 2018
Togo police crack down on anti-government protesters 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, Politics
Police in Togo have dispersed an opposition protest in the capital Lome. Reports indicate that teargas was fired to disperse protesters in Lome and in other towns across the country. The 14-member opposition coalition calling for the resignation of the president since August last year called a two-day protest beginning today. Reports indicate that the […]
12, April 2018
The Ambazonia Revolution: The distinguishing policies that define our unique identity 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
Cameroon Concord News correspondents in Mamfe, reported that Justice Martin Mbeng, a retired Judge of the Court of Appeal in Buea Southern Cameroons was released after interrogation by Ambazonia Forces operating in the Manyu operational sector of Ambazonia revolutionary liberation war. He was arrested a few days ago in his native Ewelle village in Manyu […]
14, April 2018
The race for Nigeria’s presidency in 2019 0
by soter • Headline News, Nigeria, Politics
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari announced on Monday he wants to seek another term in office in February 2019 elections. With that declaration, the race to lead Africa’s largest democracy is underway. The path ahead could be tough for his All Progressives Congress (APC), the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) opposition and any other party that may […]