Cameroon: Nearly 30,000 refugees have reportedly fled to Southern Nigeria from the violence in English speaking southern Cameroon region- Anglophone region, and now these refugees are left with no sufficient food or suitable living in the area. The Government has imposed a ban on public gatherings along with suspending transportation and shutting down the businesses […]
It remains unclear whether the new prison sentence for Ahmed Abba, who stood accused of terror-related charges for his Cameroon coverage, would take into consideration the 29 months he has already served behind bars. The Yaoundé appeals court on Thursday acquitted Abba – a reporter for the Hausa-language service at RFI, FRANCE 24’s sister radio […]
UK’s first secretary of state Damian Green, a key ally of Prime Minister Theresa May, has stepped down after acknowledging that he had broken the ministerial code by misleading investigators about using pornography on his office computers. In a resignation letter made public on Wednesday night, Green denied the accusations but admitted that he had […]
French Trade Unionists gathered in Paris’ Opera Square on Wednesday, to demonstrate against French President Emmanuel Macron’s planned labor and tax reforms. Hundreds of protesters brandished red smoke canisters as they marched to the Ministry of Labor, carrying flags and banners. Protesters claim that the cuts implemented by Macron’s reforms of the labor market, will […]
Cameroonian troops this month crossed into Nigeria in pursuit of rebels without seeking authorization from Nigeria, causing a falling-out between the governments behind the scenes, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. At least one incursion was confirmed by a Nigerian government official, two Nigerian military officers and two foreign diplomats, all of whom spoke […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed security and intelligence forces in his country for efforts that foiled more than 60 terrorist attacks. Putin said Wednesday that intelligence agencies in Russia had played a huge role in ensuring security in the country over the past years as the government was busy countering terrorism in the region. […]
At least 92 people have been killed and dozens more sexually assaulted during Kenya’s months of election turmoil, a human rights watchdog says. The independent Kenya National Commission on Human Rights group in a report released on Wednesday said that most of the victims “were felled by the bullet” during the recent turmoil across the […]
UNHCR, the UN Refuge Agency, is stepping up its presence in south-eastern Nigeria, to provide life-saving support to thousands of people fleeing unrest in English-speaking areas of Cameroon. Since tensions between security forces and pro-independence demonstrators in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone region intensified in October, joint UNHCR and government teams have registered some 7,204 arrivals in […]
Operation Restore Legacy, which saw the end to Mugabe’s 37 year rule, has broken the log jam in Zimbabwe’s politics. But does it herald a democratic opening and economic recovery? At the moment, all that is clear is that the military will play a key and expanded role. The military has been highly influential since […]
On the second day of her official visit to Cameroon, the Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland was received in audience by the French Cameroun dictator, Paul BIYA at the so-called Unity Palace on Tuesday, 19 December 2017. Nothing has filtered from their conversation but some sources have said it was cordial. Mr. Biya and his […]
