The trial of former CAF president Issa Hayatou and former secretary-general Hicham El Amrani was on Monday postponed by Egypt’s Economic Misdemeanors Court to April 16. The two are accused of violating local anti-monopoly rules, after they signed a contract with a French company Lagardère Sports on the management of media rights of African football. The Egyptian […]
Basile Atangana Kouna, former minister of Water and Energy sacked from the government on March 2, has not been seen at his home ever since the Yaoundé regime issued an order preventing him from leaving the country. The former baron of the ruling CPDM crime syndicate was expected at the Yaoundé Special Criminal Court yesterday, […]
A fifth explosion has rocked the US state of Texas this month, injuring one man on Tuesday, as police hunt for a suspected serial bomber. The latest explosion took place at a FedEx distribution facility in the town of Schertz near San Antonio. Quoting FBI agents, The Washington Post reported that the new package had been bound […]
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was being held in police custody on Tuesday for questioning by magistrates looking into allegations of Libyan funding for his 2007 election campaign, an official in the French judiciary said. A lawyer for Sarkozy could not be reached immediately for comment. France opened a judicial inquiry in 2013 into allegations […]
Ambazonian freedom fighters have released a senior official of the Ministry of Secondary Education recently held in protective custody. The Francophone governor of the South-West region, Okala Bilai confirmed the gesture and said Prof. Ivo Leke Tambo, a hostage and chairman of the GCE Board, the body responsible for English-language examinations has now gained his […]
The West has been sharply divided in its reaction to Vladimir Putin’s decisive win in the Russian presidential election; while some European leaders have sent warm wishes to Putin in the hope of closer ties with Moscow, some others have taken advantage of the moment to say the strained relations would be irreversible under Putin. Congratulations […]
The African Union Extraordinary Summit on the African Continental Free Trade Area that is being held in Kigali, Rwanda is steadily making progress despite earlier setbacks including snubs by Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari and Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni. The Free Trade Area is one of the flagship projects of Agenda 2063 and aims to deepen the […]
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has congratulated his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for winning a fourth term through Sunday’s presidential election, ascribing Putin’s victory to his “outstanding performance.” Sending a message to Putin on Monday, Syria’s President said, “The Russian people’s exceptional trust in you is a natural outcome of your outstanding national performance.” Pointing to […]
Hardwood Dimensions, a timber importer in the U.K., violated the EU Timber Regulation by not properly verifying the legality of a shipment of Cameroonian ayous in January 2017. A judge ordered Hardwood Dimensions to pay 4,000 pounds ($5,576) plus court costs in the case. The case calls into question the effectiveness of Forest Stewardship Council […]
Hundreds of French Cameroun troops will be forced to leave the army or sent on early retirement soon because the Biya regime has run out of money to pay salaries and to feed them including paying water and electricity bills at several military bases in the Far North region and in Southern Cameroons. Cameroon Intelligence […]
