Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, governor of Nigeria’s north central Kano state has threatened legal action against a publisher, Daily Nigerian, for reporting that he has taken five million dollar bribe. A viral video by the Daily Nigerian portal has been circulating on social media in which Ganduje is seen allegedly receiving bundles of dollar notes supposedly […]
According to a leaked Cameroon government document, CPDM barons are planning to strictly control the activities of Prof Maurice Kamto, the man widely believed to have won the October 7 presidential elections including members of his coalition. The ruling Beti-Ewondo elites are also aiming to further militarise the nation’s capital before the official proclamation of […]
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Bavarian allies suffered their worst state election result in more than 60 years in a regional vote on Sunday that is likely to increase tensions within Germany’s fragile coalition government. The Christian Social Union took 37.2 percent of the vote, down from 47.7 percent five years ago. It was the party’s worst […]
Local media portals are reporting that a leaked result shows that president Paul Biya was in the lead with over 71% of votes cast. The government or ELECAM has yet to confirm or deny the information. The fight against fake news was one of the core campaign issues ahead of the election. Yaoundé had gone […]
Some eight days after Prof Maurice Kamto of the MRC party declared himself winner of the October 7 presidential election, the Biya regime is still struggling to hold on to power. The Kamto Campaign has reportedly told the military to stop showing loyalty to the man tormenting the Cameroonian people. At a well-attended press briefing […]
On 22nd September 2018, the General Assembly of SOBA UK met at St George’s Park, Burton Upon Trent, the Home of England National Teams under the theme of “Together we Succeed”. The General Assembly was well attended and members sat through a six-hour meeting to deliberate on all issues on the published agenda. The following […]
Zaki Nusseibeh, UAE Minister of State reportedly held a meeting with Lejeune Mbella Mbella, Foreign Minister of Cameroon, on the sidelines of the 17th Francophonie Summit in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Lejeune Mbella Mbella and Zaki Nusseibeh during the meeting discussed ways to enhance bilateral relations between the two countries. We gathered that the […]
Following elections in Gabon and Cameroon last weekend, it has become clear that the two countries have several things in common. The polls were expected to prolong unpopular and unstable regimes of Ali Bongo and Paul Biya respectively. Whereas the oil-rich Gabon held long-delayed legislative and municipal elections on October 6, Cameroonians cast their presidential […]
Earlier this week, opposition candidate Maurice Kamto claimed election victory ahead of the official election results announcement. Unofficial and unverified election results numbers have flooded social media in Cameroon, which in the past the government has been accused of repressing internet freedom especially during election time. The early announcement by Kamto has been fueled with […]
French prosecutors have requested the dismissal of a probe into the deadly 1994 attack on former Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana, which sparked the country’s genocide, according to legal papers seen by AFP Saturday. The long-running probe has been a major source of tension between the two countries following accusations that a Tutsi militia headed by […]
