Kidnappers released this week the last of more than 80 hostages taken from a Presbyterian school in Cameroon amid an escalating crisis in the Central African country’s English-speaking regions. Just over a week after being captured at gunpoint, the principal, dorm warden, and two remaining students were freed Monday, while the rest of the victims, […]
Russia has denounced France’s “egotist” behavior in Africa and has urged the country to recognize its peace efforts in the continent at the United Nations Security Council. Speaking to the council on Thursday, Russian Deputy Ambassador Dmitry Polyanski urged France to “set aside historical complexes, egotism and parochial national interests.” “We are pro-actively helping the […]
The Southern Cameroons Interim Government (IG) says a ban on the so-called All Anglophone Conference (AACIII) slated for Buea the chief city in the Southern Zone of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia issued recently by Acting President Dr Ikome Sako remains valid. In an audio message aired today by the Ambazonian Communications Secretary, Hon. Chris […]
The Ambazonian Interim Government (IG) says French Cameroun military is using helicopters and machine guns in their strikes against Southern Cameroons civilians in rural areas, leaving huge casualties. “Troops loyal to the Biya Francophone regime in Yaoundé have resumed onslaughts against the Interim Government-controlled counties in Boyo, Manyu, Bui, Nkambe and Lebialem,” an IG representative […]
The number of people missing in one of California’s deadliest wildfires soared to more than 600 on Thursday as the remains of seven additional victims were found by rescuers. Authorities said the list of missing people had jumped from 300 to 631 during the day as investigators went back and reviewed emergency calls made when […]
Seven United Nations peacekeepers were killed in an operation against a rebel militia in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s restive east, the UN said on Thursday. Ten other peacekeeping troops were wounded, and another is missing, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in New York. Several Congolese were also killed or wounded in the joint operation, […]
Things are starting to change at the top in Gabon. After nearly three weeks of speculation, the Constitutional Court finally acknowledged the temporary unavailability of the Head of State, who is currently ill and hospitalized in Saudi Arabia. It effectively authorises Vice-President Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou to chair the Council of Ministers in order to […]
The opposition Labour Party of the United Kingdom has accused Prime Minister Theresa May of stubbornly rejecting to step down from office over a controversial European Union divorce agreement, saying the premier had no longer the authority to conclude Brexit talks in the face of back-to-back resignations of ministers from her government. Jon Trickett, a member of […]
Uli Hoeness, the outspoken Bayern Munich president, has ramped up the pressure on their misfiring squad with a thinly-veiled threat, suggesting any under-performing stars will be shown the door when the season finishes. “One has to say to the players that they are under pressure for the next three or four months,” Hoeness told German […]
Cameroon’s military has killed at least 30 separatists in two days of intense fighting in the turbulent English-speaking North West region, a military spokesman said Wednesday. The military freed people held by separatists during its two-day operation, military spokesman Col. Didier Badjeck said Wednesday. Fighting was intense in the Mayo Binka area near Nkambe, he […]
