Administrative authorities in the West Region of Cameroon have confirmed the resurgence of bird flu in this part of the country. According to a report released today by Augustine Awa Fonka the governor of the West Region, some 16 000 chickens were incinerated on a farm in Bafoussam, due to the rise of avian influenza. […]
US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Geneva for high-level talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to try to arrange a ceasefire in Syria. The State Department said the meeting on Friday would focus on “reducing violence, expanding humanitarian assistance for the Syrian people and moving towards a political solution needed to end […]
North Korea confirms that it has conducted a successful “nuclear warhead explosion” test, saying it was meant to counter US hostility. “Our nuclear scientists staged a nuclear explosion test on a newly developed nuclear warhead at the country’s northern nuclear test site,” a TV announcer said on Friday. The confirmation came after South Korean authorities said they believed North Korea has […]
Election crisis mediators from the African Union (AU) have postponed their trip to Gabon, which was slated for Friday, to a later time in the future. Gabon’s Foreign Minister Emmanuel Issoze Ngondet said on Thursday that the AU delegation, chosen to resolve the post-election dispute in Gabon, has delayed its trip until further notice. Reports say Chad’s President […]
A very disturbing story is developing from Kumbe Balindo, Ndian Division in the South West region that two little boys, aged 7 and 10, have reportedly raped and killed a 1 year old girl. CIR sources in Mundemba, capital of Ndian Division reported that, after the act the two boys forced the girl into a […]
Recent heavy floods in Niger have killed more than three dozen people and left tens of thousands of others homeless, a United Nations (UN) report says. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a report on Wednesday that, since June, at least 38 people had lost their lives and more than […]
After a failed election coup that was aimed at installing a French surrogate in power in Gabon, Cameroon Intelligence Report has learned that the French government has ordered the evacuation of Jean Ping, the 73 year old opposition leader to a French military base in the Ivory Coast. The French embassy in Gabon has not […]
Nigeria’s army says it has arrested militants suspected of working with Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), including their leader, for conducting sabotage activities against the country’s oil and gas facilities. The Nigerian soldiers and security forces, backed by air cover, detained Isaac Romeo, the suspected leader of the NDA, along with two other militants over the […]
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has accused Russia of spreading global instability and questioned whether Moscow genuinely seeks a ceasefire in Syria. In a speech at Oxford University in England on Wednesday, Carter downplayed hopes of reaching an agreement with Russia regarding peace in Syria. Carter expressed deep skepticism about Russian intentions in Syria even as […]
The African Union (AU) finds itself in a “highly unsustainable and precarious situation” as regards financing of its peacekeeping and peace support operations on the continent. According to a report released this month “the onerous nature” of its seven current peace support operations means the continental body has to rely on contributions from troop contributing […]
