The killing of four US soldiers in Niger by 50 Islamic State-affiliated militants , and the controversy over President Donald Trump’s compassion for the soldiers’ families, has drawn attention to terrorism in Africa this month. The US has about 1000 troops distributed over the Lake Chad Basin — Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad — and […]
Ryoto Murata isn’t well known in the US, but the Japanese middleweight took a step, maybe a step and a half, in the right direction when he stopped vet Hassan N’Dam in Japan on Saturday-Sunday in Tokyo. Murata has a deal with Top Rank to handle the US side of things and promoter Bob Arum […]
Boko Haram’s renewed campaign of suicide bombings in Far North Cameroon has bred suspicion that remains even as attacks have died down. Local communities are currently blocking 400 former Boko Haram hostages from returning home. Hundreds of former Boko Haram hostages and fighters are lining up to be served food at Mozogo, on Cameroon’s northern […]
The Southwest Coordinator, Southern Cameroonians in Nigeria (SCINGA), and member, Southern Cameroonian United Front (SCACUF) Relief and Welfare Committee, Professor Samuel Tita Wara, in a chat with The Guardian spoke on the crisis in Cameroon and the plight of the people of Southern Cameroon. What is the scope of the devastation/casualties in the ongoing crisis […]
Five former US presidents have attended a concert held in Texas to raise money for victims of devastating hurricanes that have swept through southern United States and Caribbean, amid criticism of the Trump administration’s inadequate response. Former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter appeared onstage at Texas A&M […]
The Republic of Cameroon’s President, Paul Biya, on October 21 landed at the country’s main international airport in Yaounde where he was welcomed by his entire government and many ruling party supporters. He received in audience the eighty-three-year-old senate president, Marcel Nyat Njifenji, who is a long-time friend of the ailing president and a stalwart […]
US Defense Secretary James Mattis has told lawmakers in Congress that the American military is shifting its counterterrorism strategy in Africa and will expand military operations in the continent. Mattis told two senior members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Friday that the Pentagon will expand the ability to use lethal force against suspected […]
A helicopter with five people on board plunged into a lake in Kenya’s Rift Valley and it’s likely that no one survived, officials said Saturday. The crash in Lake Nakuru occurred shortly after takeoff from a nearby hotel. Early indications showed there were no survivors, said Gilbert Kibe, director general of the Kenya Civil Aviation […]
Spain’s King Felipe VI has censured Catalonia’s secession attempt as “unacceptable,” saying the autonomous region “is and will remain” an “essential part” of the country. “We do not want to give up that which we have built together,” said the king during an exceptionally emotional address at a ceremony in the northwest city of Oviedo […]
My brothers and sisters, each time I learn the news of an unfortunate event, I react like anybody else would : a parent. Last night in Buea, a truck belonging to the gendarmes rammed into several vehicles and bystanders at Malingo Junction. Leaving several injured and at least one confirmed civilian death. Ewane Nora lost […]
