CPJ said that apart from detaining journalists, authorities had also banned news outlets deemed sympathetic to the Anglophone protesters, shut down internet in regions experiencing unrest, and prevented outside observers, including CPJ, from accessing the country by delaying the visa process. “Journalists say that the risk of arrest or closure has led to an atmosphere […]
Arno Klare is a senior MP in the German parliament from the SPD political party. He hails from the Mulheim/Essen-Borbeck constituency and was very instrumental in achieving the historic Paris Climate Agreement. He has been a long standing supporter of renewable source of energy and favours the complete integration of immigrants into the German society. […]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has dismissed prospects for engaging in negotiations with the United States, saying doing so would be a “waste of time” as Washington does not honor its commitments. At a presser after his speech at the 72nd UN General Assembly in New York, Rouhani said there could be no future dialogue with the […]
The Francophone Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Relations with the Assemblies is reportedly dying of an illness that has kept him away from the public eye for several months. The so-called patriarch of the Far North region has not been seen at the National Assembly for over nine months. CIR gathered that for some […]
The Southern Cameroons have been gripped by crisis for 11 months. Thousands of lawyers, teachers and students and several civil society groups have taken to the streets and launched strikes in opposition to discrimination against Anglophones by the Biya Francophone Beti Ewondo government. The Francophone government’s response has been harsh. At one protest more than […]
A fake militant of the Southern Cameroons National Council who speaks only French at the centre of a long-running immigration case – which includes three asylum appeals and two failed residence bids – has been granted a work visa to stay in New Zealand. The Cameroonian man’s final attempt to claim refugee status was turned […]
President Paul Biya, who has been present in New York City since September 17, 2017, did not participate in a meeting summoned by US President Donald Trump on Monday (September 18th). Before the opening of the General Debate of the 72nd Ordinary Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, 19 […]
At least 15 people have been killed in a bombing attack, bearing the hallmark of the Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group, in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno. The Monday attack targeted an aid distribution point in Konduga area, about 40 kilometers from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state. “(It) killed 15 people and left 43 […]
The Biya Francophone Beti Ewondo regime has announced that there shall be a delay in the opening of the 2017-2018 academic year in Southern Cameroons. The Francophone Minister of Higher Education, Jacques Fame Ndongo said in a statement that the delays have been granted due to the socio-political crisis in Southern Cameroons. The anti Anglophone […]
Rebels from the Central African Republic have attacked employees of a French timber company based in the East region of French Cameroun. The incursion of the Central African rebels took place recently in the small town of Yokadouma, Boumba-and-Ngoko division. Employees of the Compagnie Forestier du Cameroun (Cfc) belonging to the Thanry group were surprised […]
