Cameroon’s election commission on Friday called for the sacking of its own director, accusing him of “opaque and calamitous management” ahead of this year’s presidential and parliamentary votes, in an internal note seen by AFP. The election commission Elecam said it had withdrawn support for its head, Abdoulaye Babale, and that he should be removed […]
More than two dozen people have been killed in one of Cameroon’s Anglophone regions, local sources said on Saturday, although the exact circumstances of their deaths were not immediately clear. The incident in the town of Menka in Cameroon’s Northwest Region is one of the deadliest since armed secessionists from the English-speaking minority launched an […]
South African politician Julius Malema says the King Mswati of eSwatini (formerly Swaziland) should leave politicians in the country to thrive. According to Malema, who leads the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), South Africa’s third-force party, Mswati could go ahead to marry as many women as possible but his inteferance in the freedoms of citizens was […]
The situation in Cameroon’s two English-speaking regions has continued to deteriorate following the slaughtering of some 20 young men and women in Menka-Pinyin last Thursday following a violent attack by government forces that have been seeking to prove that they are actually rolling back the Southern Cameroonian fighters who have won hearts and minds in […]
Ireland has voted overwhelmingly to end the abortion ban after a historic referendum, in yet another example of how the country is moving away from its traditional Catholic values. Irish people voted 66.4 percent to 33.6 percent on Friday to repeal the Eight Amendment of the country’s Constitution, which has been in place since 1983, effectively banning abortion. […]
More than two dozen people have been killed in one of Cameroon’s restive Anglophone regions, in what appears to have been an operation by government forces against alleged separatists. One witness said anonymously on Saturday that she had seen 29 bodies — including those of women and young boys — in the town of Menka, […]
The bodies of eight young men were discovered in Cameroon’s restive Northwest anglophone region, an opposition MP and eyewitnesses told AFP on Friday. Local residents found the bodies in the bush in the town of Menka. Photos of a dozen dead bodies circulated on social media. Violence between armed anglophone separatists and government forces occurs […]
Listen up, France: If you want to help avert a full-scale civil war in Cameroon (you still have major economic interests in your former colony), it’s time to take a tougher line against its long-serving president, Paul Biya. That’s the urgent appeal this week from a group of (unnamed) French and Cameroonian observers and published […]
Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale scored a jaw-dropping overhead kick and a long distance strike to give them a 3-1 win over Liverpool in the Champions League final on Saturday, May 26, delivering a remarkable third consecutive title for the Spaniards. Real Madrid’s Welsh forward Gareth Bale with his winner’s medal and a Welsh flag […]
Several thousand of people from unions are holding protest rallies against French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed labor reforms. France’s main far left party, the hardline CGT trade union, and some 80 other organizations led the nationwide protests, which are expected in at least 160 places across France on Saturday. CGT Secretary General Philippe Martinez said Macron should address the […]
