The National Assembly has pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to use diplomatic means to ensure the release of 30 Nigerians recently abducted by some Cameroonian militants. The Belegete community, a border town between Nigeria and Cameroon was, on December 5, 2023, subjected to a horrific attack by suspected Ambazonian militants from the Republic of Cameroon. […]
Samuel Eto’o was clearly unaware of the publication of a book dedicated to the first two years of his presidency at the head of the Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT), written by journalist Jean-Bruno Tagne, who was once his campaign manager. The title, “L’arnaque” (“The scam”), is quite evocative and should make the former captain and […]
Mohamed Salah admitted his 200th Liverpool goal was a “great feeling” as the Egypt star urged his side to do “something special” in the Premier League title race. Salah’s landmark strike inspired Liverpool’s fightback from a goal down to win 2-1 at 10-man Crystal Palace on Saturday. Jurgen Klopp’s side stole the points thanks to […]
Vladimir Putin on Friday moved to prolong his grip on Russia for at least another six years, announcing his candidacy in the presidential election next March that he is all but certain to win. Putin still commands wide support after nearly a quarter-century in power, despite starting an immensely costly war in Ukraine that has […]
Judging from all political gossips in the nation’s capital Yaoundé, it is evidently clear that Biya still wants to hang on. Biya is 91 and if Cameroonians are not deceiving themselves, can a 91-year-old man be enthusiastic about developing a country? The time to make room for the youngest, for new ideas and for other […]
Robert Jenrick has resigned as immigration minister, saying the government’s emergency Rwanda legislation “does not go far enough”. He said “stronger protections” were needed to end “the merry-go-round of legal challenges which risk paralysing the scheme”. The government said the bill, unveiled earlier, made clear in UK law Rwanda was a safe country for asylum […]
Three people were killed and another critically injured in a shooting at a Las Vegas university on Wednesday, police said, with the suspect also dead. The incident at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a short distance from the gambling hub’s tourist-packed Las Vegas Strip, was the latest in the United States, where gun violence […]
Gabon’s military leader, General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, visited Cameroon on Wednesday, asking central African states to lift economic sanctions on his country before the 2025 elections. When Nguema ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba in a bloodless coup on August 30, economic sanctions were imposed on the country by CEMAC, the six-nation Central Africa Economic […]
Authoritarian states are increasingly targeting journalists working in exile as part of government reprisal campaigns against dissidents living outside their countries, US-based rights group Freedom House said in a new report Wednesday. The uptick in so-called “transnational repression,” which can target all kinds of citizens living abroad, comes just a week after an Indian national […]
British interior minister James Cleverly signed a new treaty with Rwanda on Tuesday in an attempt to overcome a court decision to block the government’s controversial policy of sending asylum seekers to the East African country. The Rwanda plan is at the centre of the government’s strategy to cut migration and is being watched closely […]
