Cameroon is among nine countries that can avail of at least $100 million in funding from the United Nations in 2018 for underfunded or “forgotten” emergencies. The funds will come from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), a voluntary fund pool that supports critical relief operations in crises around the world. During a pledging […]
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party, which has been struggling to form a coalition, faces more difficulties as its prospective coalition partner, the Social Democrat (SPD) Party, expresses disagreements over migration and tax policies. Germany has been in political limbo since elections in September, which saw heavy losses for the centrist “grand coalition” that has been ruling […]
The president of Equatorial Guinea said a war is being organised against his regime, days after a government official warned of a “destabilisation attempt”. A “war” is being prepared “because they say I have spent a lot of time in power,” President Teodoro Obiang Nguema said Saturday, without saying who he was referring to. On […]
GEORGETOWN — It is well known that the Catholic Church in the United States is struggling to recruit candidates for the priesthood. The Archdiocese of Boston ordained eight men last May. Going back 50 or more years, the numbers were far greater. Enrollment at St. John Seminary in Brighton dropped to an all-time low of […]
Liberian President-elect George Weah has vowed to fight widespread corruption and improve people’s welfare in the impoverished West African Country. Weah made the pledges at a press conference in the capital, Monrovia, on Saturday, delivering his first speech to the nation after securing a decisive victory at a presidential election run-off last week. “Those looking […]
Cameroon President Paul Biya says he will destroy all terrorists whom he says are fighting to separate his country or using it as a hiding place for armed attacks on neighboring states. In a message, Biya reiterated he was open for dialogue with the disgruntled English speaking minority in the bilingual country but that his […]
A blaze has destroyed every vehicle in a 1,600-capacity car park serving the British city of Liverpool’s indoor arena, police said Monday. The Liverpool International Horse Show, taking place in the northwest English city’s neighboring 11,000-seater arena, was cancelled due to the fire, which broke out after dark on Sunday. Nobody has been seriously injured […]
Germany begins to fully enforce a hate speech law that requires operators of large online networks to act faster in removing hate speech, fake news and illegal content. Media reports said on Monday that the transition period given to companies to adjust with the so-called Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG) ended on January 1, 2018. The […]
The President of Chad, Idriss Deby, on Sunday said general elections, scheduled for 2015 but much postponed, would be held in 2018. “I am happy to announce, on the cusp of the New Year, that legislative elections will be organized in 2018,” Deby said in a televised address, urging all politicians to show responsibility and […]
In his year-end message, Pope Francis says 2017 was ruined by deadly wars, injustice and other man-made ills which worked to undermine humanity and environment. Speaking at his last public event of the year in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican City On Sunday evening, the head of the Roman Catholic Church said that humanity […]
