DR Congo’s Denis Mukwege, a Nobel-winning gynaecologist, staged a rally in his hometown on Saturday, promising to tackle corruption and conflict if elected president next month. Addressing supporters in the eastern city of Bukavu, the renowned doctor said he would use political power to “put an end to war, put an end to famine” and […]
Ousmane Dembele scored his first Paris Saint-Germain goal in stunning fashion as the reigning French champions crushed Monaco 5-2 in Ligue 1 on Friday to cement their lead at the top of the table. Goncalo Ramos opened the scoring early on for PSG but a howler by home goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma gifted Takumi Minamino the […]
The comptroller of the Taraba State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Halid Usman Kwa, has asserted that the upsurge in the number of refugees in Taraba State is a direct consequence of the ongoing crisis in the Ambazonian region of neighbouring Cameroon. During a meeting with Rev. Fr. Anthony Bature, the founder of […]
Members of the Clergy of Cameroon’s Catholic Diocese of Buea are supporting their Local Ordinary, Bishop Michael Miabesue Bibi, who is facing social media attacks, which the Clergy dismiss as an unfortunate “smear campaign”. In a statement issued, Wednesday, November 22, members of the Clergy of Buea Diocese weigh in on social media posts, including […]
South Africa’s ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was granted early release from prison on Friday, a decade after he fatally shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in a crime that gripped the world, prison authorities said. A parole board reviewing whether Pistorius, 37, was fit for social reintegration decided to place him on parole from January 5, […]
The United Nations called Thursday for the swift release of at least 10 civilians abducted during a deadly attack this week on a village in Cameroon, which is being blamed on Southern Cameroons Restoration Forces. Cameroon’s primarily English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions have been gripped by conflict since separatists declared independence in 2017. That followed […]
Spanish prosecutors are seeking a nine-year jail term for former Brazil star Dani Alves who is accused of raping a young woman at a Barcelona nightclub in December 2022. Prosecutors have also demanded the former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain full-back, who has been in jail in Spain since his arrest in January, pay his alleged […]
The Vice President of the Ambazonia Interim Government Dabney Yerima says he is confident that Southern Cameroons Restoration Forces will emerge victorious in their journey to Buea and that the French Cameroun regime even after Biya will suffer a decisive defeat. Dabney Yerima made the remarks in a meeting with members of the Southern Cameroons […]
North Korea said Thursday it was suspending a five-year-old accord reached with South Korea to reduce military tensions — the latest retaliatory fallout over Pyongyang’s spy satellite launch. The angry statement from the nuclear-armed North’s defence ministry came after state media claimed leader Kim Jong Un was already reviewing images of US military bases in […]
At least three civilians were killed after Boko Haram raided two communities in Cameroon’s Far North region, security and local sources said Wednesday. Militants of the terror group ambushed two motorcyclists who were riding along a dusty road in the Djourou locality of the region Tuesday, killing them before absconding with their motorcycles, a security […]
