Several hundred mutinous soldiers and ex-rebel fighters in Ivory Coast have taken control of main access roads to the country’s second largest city, demanding the payment of promised bonuses following a deal in January. Wearing balaclavas or some with ash-blackened faces, mutineers set up barricades and blocked access to the city of Bouake and Ivory […]
The Cameroonian dictator in power for 35 years has sent a letter of congratulations to French president elect, Emmanuel Macron today Monday, May 8, 2017, following his electoral victory in France’s general elections. In the letter Mr. Biya wrote: “Mr. President, on the occasion of your brilliant election as President of the French Republic, I […]
Former US President Barack Obama has urged Republican lawmakers to show “political courage” and save his signature health insurance program, which covers some 20 million Americans. Obama made the remarks while receiving the John F. Kennedy “Profile in Courage” Award in Boston, Massachusetts, on Sunday, three days after the US House of Representatives narrowly passed […]
The Cameroon Doctors’ Trade Union, SYMEC is calling on all doctors to observe the second phase of their strike action slated from the 15 to 17 May 2017 throughout the national territory. Cameroonian doctors are demanding a reform of the health system. More specifically, they require the introduction of universal basic health insurance (without categorization […]
France’s centrist candidate, Emmanuel Macron, has won the country’s presidential election by a resoundingly margin over far-right candidate, Marine Le Pen. Initial estimates showed Macron winning between 65.5 percent and 66.1 percent of ballots ahead of Le Pen, who is expected to win between 33.9 percent and 34.5 percent. In an interview with AFP, Macron […]
The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) has convened a meeting in Zurich on the 8th of June grouping all the Francophone protagonists of Cameroonian football. The FIFA list includes the controversial legendary goalkeeper, Bell Joseph Antoine, Nkou Mvondo, Abdouramane and a host of other Cameroonian football players, acting on behalf of the clubs they […]
People in France are casting their ballots in a presidential run-off that pits the centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron against his far-right rival, Marine Le Pen. Voting began at 8 a.m. local time (0600 GMT) on Sunday and will end at 8 p.m. (1800 GMT). Some 47 million people are eligible to vote at 66,546 polling […]
A road accident around Up Station in Bamenda, Southern Cameroons involving a truck and a taxi has claimed the lives of four persons. The accident occurred on Saturday May 6, 2017. Eye witnesses reported that around the Tradex filling Station, a truck belonging to SAJOCA, a disabled institution situated in Mambu Bafut, collided with an […]
A white police officer in the US state of Texas has been charged with murder in the shooting of an unarmed 15-year-old African American teenager. A Texas judge issued an arrest warrant for former Balch Springs Police officer Roy Oliver on Friday, seven days after he killed Jordan Edwards, a high school student. The judge […]
The Minister of Forestry and Wildlife, Ngole Philip Ngwese launched the 2017 National Tree Planting Campaign in Ngaoundere on the 4th May 2017. Philip Ngwese who is one of the Anglophone members of government rejected by Southern Cameroonians from the Kupe Muanenguba constituency, revealed that the theme for this year’s edition is “Let’s address climate […]
