Rattled by two weeks of muddled messages, departures and spitting matches between the US president and his own top officials, Donald Trump is facing a shrinking circle of trusted advisers and a staff that’s grim about any prospect of a reset. Even by the standards of Trump’s often chaotic administration, the announcement of Hope Hicks’ […]
Yusuf Buhari, son of Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, returned to the country on Wednesday (February 28) after two-months seeking medical care after a gory bike accident. Yusuf was flown to Germany in late December 2017 for expert medical treatment local media sources reported at the time. The presidency confirmed reports in December that he had been […]
Zimbabwe’s president says a “long list” of loot has been returned to Zimbabwe, reports the government-controlled Herald newspaper. In November, the Zimbabwe Defence Forces gave a three-month deadline for people to return funds. The deadline passed yesterday. President Emmerson Mnangagwa is quoted in Bulawayo 24 as being happy with the result: “Some patriotic comrades have repatriated their funds […]
US Ambassador to Mexico Roberta Jacobson will step down from the job in May, she said on Thursday, joining a growing list of senior State Department officials to resign from the agency during the presidency of Donald Trump. Jacobson’s decision comes as relations between the two neighboring nations are at a low point, thanks to […]
As many as 300 teachers have been detained in Cameroon for the last two days after protesting about their pay and conditions, our reporter in Yaoundé confirms. They were arrested after demonstrating outside the prime minister’s office on Tuesday – with many complaining that they had not been paid their salaries for fourteen months. BBC reporter […]
President Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia would regard any use of nuclear weapons against its allies as a “nuclear attack” on itself and give an “instant” response. Delivering his annual state of the nation speech in Moscow on Thursday, Putin expressed concerns about the new US nuclear posture, which has lowered the threshold for the use of […]
Cameroon captain Benjamin Moukandjo has joined Chinese Super League club Beijing Renhe on a season-long loan from rivals Jiangsu Suning. The 29-year-old forward left French club Lorient for Suning, managed by Fabio Capello, last July and scored seven goals in ten appearances for the club. He had been strongly linked with Guizhou Hengfeng, but Beijing Renhe swooped […]
At least 11 people have fallen ill at a military base in the US state of Virginia after opening a suspicious letter, officials say. The letter arrived at the base at Joint Base Fort Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington earlier this and was opened in one of the administrative buildings, according to the Arlington County Fire […]
Fifty members of the French parliament have spent a night on the streets to express solidarity with the country’s homeless population and draw attention to the social issue exacerbated by a cold snap in France. The French lawmakers spent the night on the streets of the French capital of Paris on Wednesday as air temperature […]
The home of the chairman of the Social Democratic Front (SDF) in Bamenda was last night attacked by arsonists. Mr. Fru Ndi has, for a long time now, been a victim of threats from unknown persons who accuse him of playing ball with the Yaounde government. The fire, which started around the kitchen area of […]
