A billionaire Democratic donor has built a growing army of grass-roots activists to call for impeachment of US President Donald Trump in a digital petition, an issue that may be part of the Democratic mainstream in the 2018 elections. The Need To Impeach petition has so far been signed by some three million people and is […]
The UK government has expressed concern over the attendance of former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle to Prince Harry’s wedding. There has been speculation in the British media that the White House might take offense if Harry invites Obama, with whom he is friends with, but not US President Donald Trump. “The […]
A secessionist push in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions is on the brink of a full-blown revolt, threatening political stability in a country ruled by one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders. Following a crackdown on independence supporters who tried to raise flags on government buildings in the central African nation’s English-speaking regions in October, at least 16 members […]
With the year coming to an end, many Cameroonians are impatiently looking forward to the traditional end-of-year speech as they believe it could bear a special message of hope. The country has been wrapped up in conflict for over a year. There have been calls for inclusive dialogue, but the calls seem to have been […]
A New York literature professor held in the Central African nation of Cameroon since early this month for criticizing the government was released Wednesday, his lawyer said. Dual U.S. and Cameroonian citizen Patrice Nganang waited to be expelled to an unknown destination, lawyer Emmanuel Simh said, adding that the professor has been told not to […]
President Jacob Zuma has congratulated former Fifa World Football Player of the Year, George Weah, on his victory in the Liberian presidential run-off held on Tuesday. Weah won 12 of the 15 counties in the west African country’s elections. The former AC Milan striker becomes the 25th president of the country. In a statement issued on Wednesday, […]
The Manyu constituency indeed had enjoyed relative peace during the start of the Anglophone uprising in October 2016 following a simple boycott of the courts by Cameroon Common Law Lawyers. Throughout the months that follow, while students and teachers respected the civil disobedience campaign launched by the Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society and the boycott of […]
A soldier from the Rapid Intervention Battalion (Bir) – an elite unit of the Cameroonian army – was killed on Monday in Egbekaw following an attack attributed to Southern Cameroons Defense Force. The death of the soldier has been confirmed by the military authorities in Manyu Division. The attack has also been claimed by an […]
Sudan says Turkey will reconstruct a ruined Ottoman-era port city on Sudan’s Red Sea coast, as Ankara seeks to expand its military and economic ties in the African continent. Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour announced the news on Tuesday, saying the restoration at Suakin Island, located in northeastern Sudan, was agreed during a visit to […]
The software the FBI and 18,000 other US law enforcement agencies use to analyze fingerprints may contain a Russian code placed by a French company after a secret deal with a Russian firm, two whistleblowers say. The former employees of a subsidiary of the French firm Safran Group said the company secretly purchased code from the Russian […]
