Austria’s ruling Social Democratic Party (SPO) is suing Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, the chairman of its junior coalition partner, after he accused Chancellor Christian Kern’s party of secretly accepting a 100,000 euro ($119,120) donation. The lawsuit marks a new low in the already strained relationship between the coalition partners, who have engaged in public squabbles […]
At least one person has been killed after heavy rains caused rivers to burst their banks in southeast Nigeria, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes, an NGO said Friday. “We were able to speak to a woman and one of her children was killed in the night, two are in the […]
Kenya’s Supreme Court on Friday declared President Uhuru Kenyatta’s election win invalid due to irregularities committed by the election board and ordered a new vote in 60 days. The decision to cancel the result, the first of its kind in Kenya’s history, sets up a new race for the presidency between Kenyatta and veteran opposition […]
Michel Barnier, the European Union’s chief negotiator for Britain’s exit from the EU commonly referred to as Brexit, has scolded his British counterpart, describing London’s exit demands as “simply impossible.” “The UK wants to take back control, it wants to set its own standards and regulations, but it also wants to have these standards recognized automatically […]
In a bid to defuse tension in the country and ensure that schools effectively resume on Monday, September 4, 2017, in the country’s Anglophone region, Cameroon’s president, Paul Biya, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, ordered that legal proceedings against those arrested within the context of the Anglophone crisis be discontinued, thereby paving the way for […]
Wednesday’s announcement of the release of Anglophone leaders by the Cameroon government has been hailed by many as a major step in the right direction and many observers think that such a measure by the country’s head of state could pave the way for genuine and sincere dialogue about the country’s political future. Cameroon is […]
Good tidings it is to hear of the release . But any attempt at jubilation or thanksgiving would be misguided. The cause of justice and humanity has not been fundamentally served so long as our executive branch of government remains the accuser, the judge, the jury the executioner, and the pardoner. We cannot celebrate each […]
British Prime Minister Theresa May has said she will lead the Conservative Party into the next parliamentary elections, which are scheduled for 2022. May made the remarks in interviews broadcast on Thursday, following reports that she would step down after achieving the British exit from the European Union in March 2019. She told Sky News there […]
A French Cameroun University lecturer, Professor Messanga Nyamding has blamed the Southern Cameroons crisis on the so-called collaborators of the Head of State. According to him, the staff of the Head of State are divided into two clans namely, the administrative staff he calls bureaucrats and worthless and the collaborators whom he claims have imprisoned […]
Southern Cameroons most ardent supporters in the Douala metropolis, John Fru Nsoh has responded to the announcement of the release of the leaders and activists detained in Yaoundé. From Douala, John Fru Nsoh gave his opinion via a Radio Balafon microphone. He saluted the Paul Biya gesture but however expressed reservations. “If everyone is released […]
