Lizzy Maupa uses a bucket to transfer water she used to bathe from her tub to her toilet. She has a four-week-old baby and a three-year-old child, but the city water supply has not been working for a month, says Maupa. So she collects water from a nearby river, which she boils to drink. Maupa […]
Children at the Government Primary School Limani dance with joy as they meet each other in class for the first time in several years. Cameroon has re-opened 40 schools on its northern border with Nigeria that were sealed four years ago because of threats from Boko Haram insurgents. But while students are happy returning, […]
A steady flow of relatives, friends and well-wishers have been visiting Martina Afanwi at her home this week in Bamenda, an English-speaking town in Cameroon’s northwest. They are encouraging the 40-year-old to have faith that her 11-year-old son, who was abducted Monday from the Presbyterian School of Science and Technology, will be found safe. But […]
Serena Williams vies for a record-equalling 24th major title at the US Open on Saturday, with Naomi Osaka out to deny her idol and become Japan’s first Grand Slam champion. One of the two will make history on Arthur Ashe Stadium court, where Williams won the first of her six US Open titles at the […]
It is often hard to figure out precisely what President Donald Trump’s security strategy is. He seldom talks about U.S. national interests and priorities other than trade. His broad regional policies are vague or missing altogether. This is particularly true for Africa. Nearly halfway through his term, Trump has made no speeches on Africa, has […]
Twenty-seven bodies were found in the Menchum County after the French Cameroun army carried out an onslaught in the Ambazonian constituency precisely in the Yemngeh locality some few kilometers from Zhoa sources have confirmed to Cameroon Intelligence Report, adding to concern about abuse by the Francophone security forces in their fight against Southern Cameroons Restoration […]
The British government has a robust contingency plan for a situation where the country leaves the European Union in March next year without reaching a deal with the bloc, a snap photo of a state document has revealed. The photo circulating in the British media on Thursday showed contents of a document related to Civil Contingencies […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized the country’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party of using violent protest rallies over a mortal stabbing blamed on refugees to inflame ethnic tension. “The AfD is stirring up the mood and this has to be said clearly. I view some of their remarks very critically,” said the […]
US Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has called on senior administration officials to oust US President Donald Trump following the release of another damning report about Trump’s impulsive nature. A Wednesday op-ed in The New York Times, titled “I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration,” written by an anonymous official, described how the Trump administration […]
The Francophone dominated army on Wednesday said it had killed three Southern Cameroonian citizens in Bamenda. The French Cameroun army spokesman revealed that the killings took place on the same day that the education minister visited the capital of the Northern Zone, with tensions spiking as children return to school. Didier Badjeck opined that those […]
