As US sanctions against Iran loom large, the country is looking for potential solutions to maintain trade with other countries with a top official in Tehran now proposing to barter oil products for gold with Africa. Hassan Khosrowjerdi, the president of Iran-Africa Council for Economic Cooperation, was quoted by media as saying that banking problems […]
A former US under secretary of state for political affairs has taken President Donald Trump to task for his rash policies and uncalculated measures towards Iran after taking Washington out of a nuclear deal with Tehran, saying Trump does not understand Iran’s culture of resistance. In an interview with Yahoo News published on Sunday, Wendy Sherman slammed […]
Zimbabweans are going to the polls to pick a new president from a list which, for the first time in nearly four decades, does not include the name of Robert Mugabe. The long-time ex-leader was ousted in a bloodless military takeover nine months ago. Polls will open early Monday morning in the southern African nation for […]
Over 160 prisoners have escaped from jail in Cameroon’s north-west region following an attack on the facility by armed men suspected to be separatists. According to state media CRTV, the overnight attack on the Ndop prisons was two-pronged. The attackers are said to have lit a fire amid the use of gun fire. “More than 160 […]
It is painfully obvious African leaders and humanitarian organizations have failed to respond to the unraveling crisis in Southern Cameroon. What makes this even more alarming is the fact [that] unspeakable crimes continue to be committed against the civilian population there. The repression and brutality are targeted at a specific region. Nobody is immune. Nobody […]
The Government of Ghana has promised to help return the body of the late Ghanaian missionary who was gruesomely killed in Cameroon . This follows complaints by the family of the 28-year old missionary to the effect that the government had ignored their calls for help. The deceased, Apostle Isaac Attoh, who is survived by a young […]
Ever since Acting President Sisiku Ayuk Tabe declared an independent ‘Ambazonia’ state in southern Cameroon, tens of thousands have fled violence into Nigeria and relief workers are struggling to keep up. Relief workers in southern Nigeria are struggling to cope with a new wave of refugees fleeing Cameroon. Fighting began in October when Southern Cameroonians […]
His Excellency Mr António Guterres Secretary-General United Nations One United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 Open Letter ABDUCTION, ILLEGAL DETENTION AND DEPORTATION OF MY HUSBAND (JULIUS AYUK TABE) AND 46 OTHER CAMEROONIAN ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES BY THE AUTHORITIES OF CAMEROON AND NIGERIA. Dear Mr Secretary-General, From the opening moments […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Nigeria is to embark upon a campaign on various campuses in Nigeria calling for the immediate release of the six academics deported by the Nigerian government to Cameroon in January. Since their deportation by military aircraft to Yaoundé on 24 January together with 47 others, followed quickly […]
The African Union and CEMAC are maintaining a kind of deliberate silence on the genocide currently going on in Southern Cameroons and the chairman of the pan African organization is not going to criticize the Biya Francophone Beti Ewondo regime for its despotic acts because the French government need their economic and military presence in […]
