US National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton is quitting his post at the administration of US President Donald Trump amid a shake-up of his national security and foreign policy teams. Trump called Anton on Sunday to thank him for his service, multiple reports quoting US officials said Sunday. He reportedly voiced personal regard for Anton, […]
How Gilbert Ngwani, 26, saved a captured classmate but died in battle hours after A “battalion commander” of the Ambazonia fighters who acquitted a captured suspect, perished in gun battle with government defence and security forces less than 24 hours later. Gilbert Ngwani, 26, was found dead with bullet wounds, Thursday, April 7 on the […]
Dozens were wounded in overnight clashes on Sunday, April 8, between the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central Africa Republic and self-defense forces who control a Muslim district of the capital Bangui known as the PK5. A UN spokesman said 11 soldiers from MINUSCA – United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic – were wounded, […]
Six miners were killed and two injured when the roof of a tunnel collapsed at a gold mining site operated by US-based Newmont in Ghana’s southern region, the company said Sunday. “I can confirm six fatalities to you. Two others were treated at the clinic and discharged after the tragedy on Saturday,” said company spokesperson […]
The African Union (AU) and Cameroon have signed agreements for Cameroon to host three pan-African institutions. The three institutions to be hosted in Yaounde include the Pan African University (PAU) Institute for Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences; the African Monetary Fund (AMF); and the AU Sport Council, according to an AU statement on Saturday. Sarah […]
On Tuesday, April 3, 2018, the Francophone dominated Cameroonian military attacked and burned several homes in Mungo Ndor, a small village located about 40km away from Nguti in Koupé-Manengouba. Ms. Egbe Maria Ndonge, well known as Mami Maria was burned to death in her house, while she was asleep. Residents of the village confirmed that […]
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote has faulted Kenya’s leadership for their greed and persistent failure to place matters of national interest first when it comes to development. Speaking to a renowned Kenyan journalist Jeff Koinange, he shelved his plans to build a mega cement factory in Kenya after being put off by top decision makers […]
Two US Army soldiers have been killed after their AH-64E Apache helicopter crashed during a training drill at Fort Campbell military base in Kentucky. The soldiers killed in the Friday night crash were members of the US Army’s 101st Airborne Division, military authorities announced on Saturday, adding that their identities will be withheld until 24 hours […]
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame appointed Uzziel Ndagijimana as finance minister in a cabinet reshuffle, his office said. Kagame swept to a landslide victory in a presidential election last year, securing a third term in office and extending his 17 years in power. Late on Friday, he promoted state minister of finance Ndagijimana to replace Claver […]
A prominent human rights activist in Cameroon has accused the army of causing civilian deaths through fires of houses and places of worship in the English-speaking region of the South-West, an accusation rejected by the army. Agbor Bala Nkongho, director of the NGO Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa, posted on his Facebook page, a […]
