Central African Republic has approved a law creating a special criminal court to investigate allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity during more than a decade of ethnic and religious conflict, a lawmaker said. Hundreds have died in the violence and scores more have been raped and tortured but the perpetrators have not faced […]
THE parade featured singing schoolchildren and goose-stepping soldiers. A giant presidential portrait was wheeled along the boulevard. To some observers it must have looked like a comic sketch about an event staged by an African dictator. But no one dared snigger. The celebration of Cameroon’s national day on May 20th was lorded over by President […]
Two men who called on Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou to extend his rule by serving an extra term in office have been charged with “plotting to destroy or change the constitutional system”, reports French-language news site RFI. During their detention in the southern city of Zinder, Salissou Ibrahim and Issoufou Brah are said to have told […]
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane is leaving the European champions after winning an unprecedented third straight Champions League title, he told a news conference on Thursday. “I think it’s the moment, both for me, the team and the club (to step down). It’s a strange moment to do so, I know, but an important one […]
The French Cameroun despot sent army soldiers to burn down villages and towns in Southern Cameroons and to kill hundreds of Ambazonian civilians as his hated regime looked increasingly likely to fall. Biya is resorting to sorties by his still ill-equipped ground forces to resist what appears to be the final gambit of a senseless […]
Germany and France have said that they will respond “firmly” to the US if it imposes tariffs on European steel and aluminum. On Wednesday, French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said that as long-time US allies, the EU does not deserve such actions by the US. “We will not accept that Europe be struck with […]
Liberian President George Weah on Wednesday decided to reduce import taxes on more than 2,000 commodities to combat rising inflation. A statement from the Ministry of Information said, the decision will see the reduction of taxes on a large number of goods imported onto the Liberian market. George Weah has thus asked his tax administration […]
South Sudan’s army massacred civilians, burned children alive and gang-raped women after a supposed ceasefire with rebels in December, according to reports by monitors appointed by the country’s East African neighbours on a five-year-old civil war. South Sudan, which won independence from Sudan in 2011, has denied targeting civilians and called the reports, compiled in […]
On May 20, Cameroon’s national day, citizens in the capital of Yaounde marched in parades, and President Paul Biya congratulated members of the armed forces on their commitment to peace and safety. At the same time, in the country’s unstable Anglophone regions, separatists kidnapped a mayor, killed two police officers and intimidated people who tried to celebrate the holiday. Such […]
The crisis in the South-West and North-West Regions of Cameroon has compounded pre-existing vulnerabilities. Since 2016, political and social instability, exacerbated by sporadic violence, has had a negative impact on the civilian population of Cameroon’s South-West and NorthWest Regions, hosting four million inhabitants (16% of the total population). In November 2017, the sociopolitical crisis progressively […]
