President Donald Trump has declared North Korea an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to US national security as he acted to maintain harsh economic sanctions against Pyongyang, despite a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un earlier this month. The official declaration came in a notice to Congress on Friday, in which Trump ordered that […]
Several people have been killed and injured in an explosion at a rally attended by thousands in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. The blast occurred on Saturday after new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed concluded addressing the crowd in the heart of the city. In a televised address following the attack, the 41-year-old ex-soldier described the deadly […]
The US says it may support a humanitarian plan unveiled by the Cameroonian government aimed at responding to the crisis in the north west and south west regions of the country. The authorities in Yaoundé outlined a 19-million-euro project to carry out reconstruction as well as provide food and basic necessities including blankets and mattresses. […]
The Brazil men’s national football team has fought a fierce battle to see off Costa Rica in its second game at the preliminary round of the 2018 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup in Russia. On Friday, the Brazil squad, nicknamed Canarinho (Little Canary), won the Group E match at the St Petersburg Stadium 2-0 with goals […]
The Cameroon government announcement on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, to bring some relief to Southern Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria and those internally displaced across the country has instead provoked anger among Southern Cameroonians who hold that there can never be anything good from the Yaoundé government that has been maiming and killing its own people. […]
Hundreds of protesters have rallied for a second day of demonstrations in the US city of Pittsburgh to demand justice for an unarmed African American teenager who was fatally shot by police officers as he was running away. The protesters first took to the street on Wednesday evening, and fresh rallies erupted on Thursday in […]
The federal government wrestled with the fallout Thursday over Donald Trump’s move to stop separating families at the border, with no clear plan to reunite the more than 2,300 children already taken from their parents. In a day of confusion and conflicting reports, the Trump administration began drawing up plans to house as many as 20,000 migrants […]
Hundreds of Cameroonians have been stranded in Kumba since Saturday (June 16) because of road blocks erected by secessionists, on the main road to the troubled Southwest region’s capital city, Buea. The Kumba – Buea axis is a major trading route for cocoa from Kumba to the Buea hub. It is also a route frequented […]
The Argentina men’s national football team, also known as La Albiceleste (The Albiceleste), has slumped to a crushing defeat to Croatia in its second fixture at the preliminary round of the 2018 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup in Russia. On Thursday, the Croatia football team handed La Albiceleste a 3-0 drubbing at the end […]
The Australia men’s national football team, nicknamed the Socceroos, has tied with the Danish squad in a crunch clash at the preliminary round of the 2018 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup in Russia. In a Group C match held at the Cosmos Arena in Samara on Thursday, the Aussies could earn a 1-1 […]
