Democratic Republic of Congo’s health ministry on Tuesday declared an end to an Ebola outbreak believed to have killed 33 people, after 42 days with no new cases. The outbreak, first detected in northwest Congo in April, was dealt with rapidly by the World Health Organisation and Congolese authorities, including the deployment of an experimental vaccine given to over 3,300 […]
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party has accused the country’s electoral commission of planning a “manipulated” general election on July 30. The Movement for Democratic Change Alliance spoke out Tuesday after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission turned down several of its demands for changes to procedures in the presidential election. Among the changes sought was a redesign of […]
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya is poised to win a seventh term of office come October 7, which will see him extend his 36 years rule and become a life president. Like in 2011, the 85-year-old president said his decision to run again was a nod to overwhelming calls for him to do so. His supporters […]
Hundreds of women whose children have been killed or are missing as a result of the separatist war in Cameroon marched in the capital Sunday. The women called for a cease-fire between the government and the armed groups demanding independence for Cameroon’s English-speaking regions. These are women who have escaped to Yaounde from the English-speaking […]
Cameroon is grappling with the threat of escalating violence in different crisis locations across the country even as the authorities prepare for run-up to the presidential elections set for Oct. 7. About a fortnight ago, a video emerged showing men in the military fatigues of the Cameroonian army executing two women and two children. The video is […]
A total of fifteen lawmakers on the ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have officially defected to the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The move which comes ahead of general elections in 2019 means that the APC is currently the minority in the Senate – the country’s upper chamber of parliament. It also deepens […]
A senior aide to Acting President Samuel Ikome Sako has said that the Interim Government is preparing a response over recent shocking killings of Southern Cameroonians in Fako, Meme, Lebialem and Mezam Counties. The Ambazonian official who is currently in Southern Cameroons also underlined the need for an independent investigation into the carnage in Muyuka […]
Atiku Abubakar, a former vice-president of Nigeria has declared his bid to become president of Nigeria when elections are held in 2019. Atiku is seeking to run on the ticket of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a party he rejoined earlier this year. His declaration was during a rally in his home state […]
Sama Jude knew it was time to flee his home town in western Cameroon when he heard the sound of gunfire ringing above the roof of the University of Buea where he’s taught for four years. As clashes between the nation’s army and separatist rebels intensified, the 41-year-old lecturer packed his bags and fled to […]
At least eight Nigerian civilians have been killed after a bomber from the Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group detonated his explosives at a mosque in the country’s troubled northeast, a local militia and residents say. Ibrahim Liman, from a civilian militia force assisting the military in the fight against Boko Haram, told AFP on Monday […]
