Cameroon says it has deployed additional troops to Bamenda several hours after armed separatists blocked access into and out of the northwestern English-speaking town, attacking buses and passengers. At least 20 passenger buses are still lined up at Akum, a village 10 Kilometers from Bamenda, the capital of the Cameroon’s English speaking northwest region. Some […]
Burkina Faso has become a frequent target for terrorist attacks. But while jihadist activity was previously confined to the north of the country, it is now moving to the east, a region already suffering from rampant organised crime. On September 5, a group of Burkinabésoldiers were travelling to defuse mines laid by jihadist groups when, […]
It is not rocket science to recognize that as Biya advances in age, he is showing more wear and tear most visibly in the form of his wrinkled face; the deterioration in his husky voice; the declining swagger of his gait; the alleged diapers and uncontrollable flatulence and protracted anal blasts in public and private […]
For close to two years, the situation in Southern Cameroons has continued to deteriorate and nobody, not even the government, believes that it is time to change course. The killings have continued on both sides, but the government still holds that a swift military victory is possible before the presidential election that will take place […]
Many people are feared dead after militants dressed in military uniforms carried out an attack on a town in the northeast Nigerian state of Borno, residents and a vigilante say. Local residents and witnesses said on Saturday that the militants from Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group struck Gudumbali in the Guzamala region of Borno state […]
If an offer is too good to be true, most probably it’s a scam. A Quezon City businessman almost fell victim to a “black dollar” scam offering to triple his money. But operatives of the National Capital Region Police Office-Regional Special Operations Unit (NCRPO-RSOU) arrested the perpetrators—two Cameroon nationals and a Filipino woman in Makati […]
Cameroon government forces have reportedly killed a man and his three sons in Ekona some few miles from Buea the capital of the Southern Zone in the Federal Republic of Ambazonia. Troops loyal to the Biya Francophone regime carried out the massacre on Friday evening as the family were returning from the farm. Our correspondent […]
Hundreds of women gathered for an angry protest in Cameroon on Friday against abuses committed in months of fighting between the government and Anglophone separatists. With some singing, weeping, crying out or praying, the women described the rapes of their daughters and killings of family members as civilians are caught in the crossfire. Nearly 200,000 […]
A “coup d’état” has been launched by the White House against the US President Donald Trump, according to Stephen Lendman, an American journalist, writer and political analyst based in Chicago. “What’s going on is a slow motion coup d’état to oust him from office,” Lendman said. The New York Times published an Op-Ed by an anonymous writer on Wednesday that claimed […]
Nigeria’s former vice-president Atiku Abubakar has revived debate on restructuring of the country’s federal structure by pledging greater devolution if he becomes president at polls next year. Atiku, who picked nomination forms to be the presidential flag-bearer of the opposition People’s Development Party (PDP) this week, says he is in favour of handing more powers […]
