People are deserting the English-speaking regions of Cameroon after hundreds of armed separatists and the military were involved in Tuesday’s bloody conflicts in five towns and villages leaving at least 15 people dead. Residents complain that the army was slow in responding to simultaneous attacks by the separatists. Intensive shooting between an unknown number of […]
Cameroon’s government vowed Wednesday that next month’s presidential election will be peaceful and voting will take place nationwide, despite mounting bloodshed in the central African country’s restive anglophone regions. “The October 7 presidential election will be held in a calm and serene environment throughout our country,” minister of territorial administration Paul Atanga Nji said on […]
The government of Cameroon has solicited the services of Facebook to help fight the spread of fake news and hate speech, especially during the upcoming presidential election. A team from the American online social media and social networking service company has been holding meetings and trainings with stakeholders in Cameroon. Meanwhile, a two-day symposium on […]
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has raised alarm over the increasing number of Cameroonian refugees in the state following the arm struggle and demand of Ambazonia Republic in Cameroon. Governor Ben Ayade said this when the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, paid him a courtesy visit in Calabar on Wednesday. The Senate […]
The gun violence situation in the United States has grown into a full blown “human rights crisis” amid inaction from the US government, says Amnesty International. In a scathing report on Wednesday, the UK-based human rights group blasted the lack of preventive measures such as a national registration system for gun owners and loose laws that allow […]
The United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres shared a glowing tribute of the former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday in a state funeral attended by African leaders and international statesmen who hailed his record as an advocate for humanity and world peace. Annan, a Ghanaian national and Noble laureate, died in a Swiss hospital […]
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir signed a peace agreement with rebel factions in the Ethiopian capital on Wednesday to end a civil war that has killed at least 50,000 people, displaced two million and held up the country’s progress since it gained independence seven years ago. South Sudan plunged into warfare two years after independence […]
All flights to Nigeria’s main airport in the capital Abuja were stuck after a local airline overshot the runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. A serving lawmaker, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce posted the development on Twitter stating that the holdup was because authorities had failed to get the right equipment to clear the runway. He […]
Ambazonian Acting President Dr. Samuel Ikome Sako, Communications Secretary Chris Anu including the former leaders of the Southern Cameroons struggle Mark Bareta, Tapang Ivo, and John Mbah Akuroh, are amongst those targeted by the Biya Francophone Beti Ewondo regime in Yaoundé. According to a facsimile of an unverifiable order purportedly issued by the National Police […]
The Southern Cameroons crisis which started as a demonstration by teachers and lawyers in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions is finally migrating to East Cameroon, as thousands flee Southern Cameroons following threats from Southern Cameroonian fighters to stage sporadic attacks on soldiers and punish civilians who have been cooperating with the Yaoundé government. All major cities in […]
