Pope Francis issued a letter to Catholics around the world Monday condemning the crime of priestly sexual abuse and its cover-up and demanding accountability, in response to new revelations in the US of decades of misconduct by the Catholic Church. Francis begged forgiveness for the pain suffered by victims and said lay Catholics must be […]
Mali’s Constitutional Court on Monday declared Ibrahim Boubacar Keita president after the 73-year-old incumbent won elections that his opponent, former minister Soumaila Cisse, 68, said were marred by fraud. Keita was victor in a runoff on August 12 that, according to official results issued by the court after a one-hour session, gave him 67.16 percent […]
When church-brokered peace talks in Cameroon were postponed in August, it testified to the worsening plight of the West African country, where English-speaking separatists have been fighting French-speaking government forces. In a statement, the talks’ chief sponsor, Cardinal Christian Tumi of Douala, pledged he and his Muslim and Protestant partners would go on seeking a […]
Intelligence services of the Interim Government of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia have confirmed that bullets and guns used by the French Cameroun army in its genocidal campaign in Southern Cameroons that has claimed the lives of some 2000 people had been supplied by France. The Ambazonian security agents briefed Acting President Samuel Ikome Sako […]
The deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo has now claimed 49 lives since the start of the month, the government says, and the World Health Organization expects more cases. The gradually increasing death toll, with a further 2,000 people feared to have come into contact with the virus, adds to the woes of a […]
An attempt to define Petit Pays is an attempt to define, the indefinable. The Greeks once defined man as something between a fool and God- this definition could probably be the peck into which Petit Pays could comfortably fit into, for simple reasons. But if we were to add flesh to this skeleton of a […]
The 13-man Jury of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, on Tuesday, unveiled the nominees list for the 2018 edition. The event which held at the Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, had officials of the African Union Commission, Jury members and some stakeholders in attendance. The released nominees list covers the five Regional Categories divided […]
Matthew Lee is a man of single-minded focus. For years, it served him well as an independent journalist covering the United Nations. But for the last several weeks, he’s been banned from UN Headquarters for, according to the UN, going beyond the pale of acceptable behavior for a reporter. The United Nations on Friday provided […]
It is scarcely possible to watch the news or to read a newspaper anywhere in the world without a report about corruption or a corruption scandal. Often such a story is only the tip of the iceberg. Corruption has always been a challenge for most societies. While in certain European countries there is little tolerance […]
The 27-year-old is yet to feature in a competitive match since he suffered a minor muscle tear on July 22, 2018 Cameroon’s Joel Matip will ‘hopefully’ be part of the Liverpool team that will trade tackles with Crystal Palace in Monday’s Premier League encounter, according to the Reds’ boss Jurgen Klopp. Last month, the Cameroon […]
