There comes a point in the life of every political movement when slogans cease to be enough. Promises lose their force, explanations become repetitive and citizens begin to judge their government not by what it says it will do, but by what they can actually see, touch and experience. For Cameroon’s ruling Cameroon People’s Democratic […]
Cameroon is set to strengthen its security presence in the Far North with the creation of a new elite BIR Lake Chad unit, as the government steps up its response to renewed attacks attributed to Boko Haram. The announcement was made as Minister Delegate in charge of Defence, Joseph Beti Assomo and Minister of Territorial […]
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that if Britain decided to rejoin the European Union it would be “excellent news” and “a good decision”. His comments, made in Madrid during a joint news conference with Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, came after new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said his country should consider options […]
The US military completed its withdrawal from Iraq on September 30, with the last troops leaving a base in Erbil under an agreement between Baghdad and Washington to end the US-led military occupation. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, who presided over the handover ceremony, described the withdrawal as the beginning of “a new phase” defined […]
A Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber has crashed during a training flight, killing at least six crew members and injuring another, Russia’s Defense Ministry says. The ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the aircraft went down in an uninhabited area in the Amur Region in Russia’s Far East, which borders China to the south. […]