UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed a decision by South Sudan’s government to accept the deployment of a regional protection force to help quell the ongoing violence in the country. The agreement was reached at a summit meeting of the leaders of the eight-nation bloc of East African Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in Ethiopia […]
South West Governor Bernard Okalia has reportedly ordered work to stop at the 200 million ultra-modern mortuary construction site adjacent to the regional hospital annex in Buea. Local media reports have suggested that the CPDM governor acted under pressure that came from a group of Bakweri elites known as “Concerned Citizens”. The governor Bernard Okalia […]
US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s lead over her Republican rival Donald Trump has reached 8 points following both parties’ presidential nominating conventions, a new poll shows. According to the Washington Post-ABC News poll released on Sunday, Clinton now leads Trump 50 percent to 42 percent among registered voters. The survey, carried out August 1-4, shows […]
At least six people have reportedly lost their lives and dozens of others been detained in anti-government protests in Ethiopia. The fatalities were announced by locals, who said they occurred during two days of rallies on Friday and Saturday as hundreds of protesters clashed with police in Ethiopia’s northern region of Gondar, located 700 kilometers north […]
In South Africa’s local elections, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) suffered a historic defeat in Tshwane municipality, which is home to the country’s administrative capital Pretoria, to the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA). The electoral commission said Saturday that the DA, the main opposition party in South Africa, won 43 percent of the vote in Tshwane. […]
It has been revealed that sexual violence against children is rising at alarming proportion in Cameroon. Recent statistics made public by the Cercle international pour la promotion de la création (Cipcre) indicated that between 2012 and 2014, 374 cases of sexual violence against children were reported in several parts of the country. Between January 2015 […]
Acting Brazilian President Michel Temer has opened the 2016 Summer Olympic Games at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as the country grapples with an economic and political crisis. There were jeers and booing from the audience as the 75-year-old politician, who stepped up from the post of vice-president and replaced suspended President […]
A popular South African pastor died after attempting dry fasting which the Prince of Peace did for 40 days. The South African pastor reportedly told his followers that he would match Jesus Christ by depriving himself of food and water in the bush for 40 days. Pastor Alfred Ndlovu, aged 44 in an attempt to […]
Cameroon has unveiled the mascot of the African Cup of Nations women’s football commencing on the 19th of November to the 3rd of December 2016. It was released on Friday and it is a dressed lioness in the national Green-Red-Yellow colours. The official name is Lili, it will be the official mascot of the competition […]
As part of efforts to reach out to more patients by making its services more affordable, the Chantal Biya International Reference Centre, CIRCB, Yaounde, has reduced the cost of the Antiretroviral, ARV drug test for AIDS patients who develop resistance. The amount has been slashed from 100,000 FCFA to 10,000 FCFA – a reduction of […]
