Lawmakers on the tiny French overseas territory of New Caledonia voted on Monday to hold an independence referendum on November 4, the culmination of decades of campaigning by separatists to break from their old colonial master. Better known for its stunning lagoons, pristine Pacific beaches and diverse wildlife, New Caledonia has seen years of bitter […]
The Collective of Catholics at the center of the marches in the Democratic Republic of Congo has called on the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to strengthen the role of the UN mission ahead of the December scheduled elections. The coordinating committee in a letter to the UN said, it has halted all protests until […]
Japan’s embattled prime minister hit back on Monday at critics over a favoritism and cover-up scandal that has seen his popularity plunge and loosened his iron grip on power. In a hotly awaited statement in parliament, Shinzo Abe stressed he had not ordered bureaucrats to alter documents relating to a controversial land sale as he […]
At the invitation of Mr. XI JINPING, President of the People’s Republic of China, President Paul BIYA left Yaoundé on Sunday, March 18, 2018 with his wife Chantal BIYA , bound for Beijing, for a State Visit to the People’s Republic of China. Biya is accompanied by a sea of cabinet ministers and barons of […]
The Southern Cameroons crisis that started with strikes by lawyers and teachers in October 2016 has sent the country in a downward spiral. Before this crisis, Cameroon was touted around the world as one of the most peaceful and growth-oriented nations on the continent. The country’s natural and human resources, as well as its strategic […]
Armed separatists in Cameroon are holding 40 people, including a government official. The abductions occurred as President Paul Biya dispatched a minister to the troubled English speaking regions on a peace building mission. Cameroon businessman Angelbert Etoga has returned to his home town, Yaounde, 24 hours after he was abducted and released by armed separatist […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has scored a landslide re-election victory for the fourth time with 73.9 percent of votes, according to an exit poll by state-owned pollster, VTsIOM. According to the exit poll from 1,200 polling stations around Russia, Communist candidate Pavel Grudinin is runner-up with 11.2 percent of votes. VTsIOM also said in a […]
The assailants attacked under cover of darkness, slaughtering Nguli Nzafi’s wife and three children with machetes and arrows. The 71-year-old, who also lost all 40 of his cattle in the violence, was forced to flee on foot some 90 kilometers (56 miles) to safety in the town of Bunia. “I have lost everything because I […]
Suspected separatists abducted a top civil servant Saturday in the English-speaking region of Cameroon while security sources said four people were hurt in an attack on a ministerial convoy, adding to months of recent unrest. Ivo Leke Tambo, recently-appointed chairman of Cameroon’s anglophone educational board, GCE, was abducted just outside the southwestern town of Lewo. A video was later circulated by sources […]
The Vatican bowed to pressure Saturday and released the complete letter by Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI about Pope Francis after coming under blistering criticism for selectively citing it in a press release and digitally manipulating a photograph of it. The previously hidden part of the letter provides the real explanation why Benedict refused to provide […]
