The number of British citizens applying for Irish passports has increased by more than two-thirds, Ireland’s Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan says, attributing it in part to Brexit. “It’s reasonable to suggest that Brexit is a factor in what are record numbers of applications,” Flanagan stated on Saturday while expressing concerns on the impact of the […]
The Biya Francophone government through the Bamenda Court of First Instance has summoned Bishops Cornelius Fontem ESUA, Bishop Michael, Bishop George NKOU, Fathers Michael KINTANG and Williams Neba for statements and releases made during the heart of the Anglophone crisis which according to the regime have paralyzed activities in schools. In a summon with seven […]
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres has appointed Vera Songwe to the coveted post of Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The appointment was made public on Thursday, 13 April 2017. Prior to the appointment as head of ECA, the 42 year old who hails from the […]
Monday promises to be tense in the Ministry of Health as a tug-of-war seem to have erupted involving medical doctors and the Francophone Minister of Public Health. The medics under the banner of SYMEC have announced a nationwide strike action beginning April 17, 2017. For his part, the Public Health Minister Mama Fouda has made […]
I’ll never cease to remember my man, Silver, especially as he hopped the twig only yesterday, 14/4/17 at the University Teaching Hospital in Yaoundé. He was the only (dreadlocks-carrying) reggae musician I knew and still know who shunned cannabis. He was an embodiment of simplicity, overly respectful and ever willing to serve. There was a […]
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warns that Libya faces a risk of relapsing into chaos amid renewed military confrontations between rival parties and a political stalemate in the North African country. Guterres made the warning in a report to the UN Security Council on Thursday, saying that Libya could return to widespread conflict in the […]
The United Nations’ World Food Program could in a few weeks run out of funding to feed millions living on the brink of famine in Nigeria, four people familiar with the matter said, intensifying one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. In the northeast, 4.7 million people, many of them refugees from the conflict with […]
Gunmen have ambushed and killed eight police officers in eastern Tanzania, the presidency said Friday, the latest in a string of killings targeting politicians and security officers in the East African nation. “President John Pombe Magufuli is surprised and very sorry to learn of the news of the death of eight police officers killed last […]
The Synod, which is highest body of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon, has debunked allegations; the Moderator Rt. Rev Fonki Samuel has been summoned to appear before a Court in Buea concerning the Anglophone crisis. The Communication Secretary of the PCC, Rev Mokoko Mbue Thomas said it was only a rumor and told reporters that […]
Nearly 100 asylum seekers have been reported missing following the sinking of their inflatable boat off the Libyan coastline. The boat sinking occurred off the Libyan capital of Tripoli’s western suburb of Gargaresh on Thursday, said Libya’s coastguard spokesman Ayoub Qassem. He said 23 refugees had been rescued but 97 others, among them women and […]
