At least three people were shot dead Thursday as opposition protests sparked violence during Kenya’s presidential re-run, according to police and hospital sources. One man was killed in Nairobi’s Mathare slum, one of the hotspots where protesters tried to block the vote which has been boycotted by opposition leader Raila Odinga, prompting clashes with police. […]
Barrister Akere Muna was acclaimed by more than a hundred motorcycle riders and other curious citizens at the end of a show hosted by Radio Equinoxe. The renowned lawyer was surprised today Thursday, October 26, 2017 in the morning when more than a hundred motorcycle and taxi drivers appeared in front of the Equinoxe building […]
Boko Haram militants in Nigeria have launched an attack on a military base in the northeast of the African country, killing at least six soldiers. Reports said on Wednesday that the fatalities had occurred a day earlier, when the militants, arriving in six pick-up trucks, raided the base in Sasawa Village, some 45 kilometers from […]
The authoritative “Lettre du Continent” has revealed how President Biya runs state affairs from his hotel apartment in Geneva, Switzerland. The publication noted that before returning to Yaoundé on October 21, the President of the Republic wanted to make his return sound messianic by making public an official statement from the presidency which specified his […]
An explosion in Kiev on Wednesday killed a bodyguard and wounded three people including Ukrainian lawmaker Ihor Mosiychuk, Ukrainian officials said, describing the incident as a deliberate attack. Mosiychuk, a member of the opposition Radical Party, has been hospitalised but did not suffer life-threatening injuries, while his bodyguard was killed, according to party leader Oleh […]
The people of Bakunma in Ngokentunjia Division, in the Bamenda State have presented a list of 17 demands that the Biya administration should meet before schools will resume in Southern Cameroons. The local leaders handed over their petition to a delegation led by Prime Minister Philemon Yang. The Bakunma leaders inter alia called for the […]
The Biya Francophone regime has suspended the activities of the International Crisis Group. The decision was announced on state radio and television by the so-called government spokesman and minister of communication, Issa Tchiroma Bakary. Yaounde says the Belgian NGO has been biased and unfair in its reporting on the Southern Cameroons crisis. The respected International […]
A secessionist revolt is gaining ground in the English-speaking west of Cameroon, but for lack of charismatic local leaders, the impetus is coming from the Diaspora, analysts say. On October 1, secessionist militants proclaimed the independence of Ambazonia, the name they give to the two Anglophone regions, provoking a crackdown by President Paul Biya’s security […]
Security guards have arrested a protester who managed to sneak into the US Capitol and throw Russian flags at President Donald Trump. While walking through the Capitol Hill in Washington DC to attend a lunch with Republican senators on Tuesday, the US president was heckled by a man who shouted “Trump is treason,” before throwing a […]
The Social Democratic Front (SDF) has convened for Saturday, October 28, 2017 the members of its National Executive Committee. The so-called main opposition party in a press release issued on October 23 and signed by the secretary general, Senator Tsomalou Jean, indicated that the important ordinary meeting will be held in Bamenda under the chairmanship […]
