Cameroon’s army killed a dozen separatists during an operation in one of the country’s troubled English-speaking regions, the defence ministry said on Wednesday. A deadly conflict between armed separatists and government forces has blighted Cameroon’s mainly anglophone North West and South West regions for more than five years. The separatists, who seek independence for an […]
One of the poorest and most arid states in the world, the landlocked nation of Chad has been hit by exceptional floods that have affected hundreds of thousands of lives. In the beleaguered capital of N’Djamena, a field of tents has sprung up to provide emergency shelter and victims are striving to salvage what they […]
Bundesliga side Schalke parted ways with coach Frank Kramer on Wednesday after the team’s 5-1 defeat to Hoffenheim in the German Cup. In addition to Tuesday’s Cup exit, Schalke have won just once in 10 games and sit in 17th place following their return to the Bundesliga after winning the second division last season. In […]
Mali’s foreign affairs minister on Tuesday said the military government would exercise its right to self-defence if France continued to undermine the West African country’s sovereignty and national security. Speaking at a United Nations Security Council briefing on Mali in New York, Minister Abdoulaye Diop repeated allegations that France had violated its airspace and delivered […]
Separatist leaders flown into Canada from Nigeria to attend the Canada talks have agreed to continue talking with other faction leaders in order to give peace a chance. Some three fighters who obtained their visas from the Canadian embassy in Abuja said they had been mandated by the fighters on Ground Zero to represent them […]
In October 2022, Cameroon marked a poignant anniversary: six years of an avoidable crisis that escalated to civil war, one which has killed thousands and displaced or severely impacted millions. I wrote an early overview of the crisis for CGAI in September 2018, at which point I had no idea the war would get worse […]
The Chairman and Editor-In-Chief of the Cameroon Concord News Group has announced the sad passing of his beloved father-in-law Chef Anang Zacharias in Wum, Menchum Division. The Right Honorable Soter Agbaw-Ebai described how he was his rock and his inspiration after he got married to Odette Anang. Agbaw-Ebai said that while he is completely heartbroken, […]
Ambazonia Restoration Forces have stormed the residence of the mayor of Wum and that of his dad and set both on fire, according to Cameroon Concord News sources in Menchum Division. Cameroon government soldiers reportedly fired on some of the Amba fighters at the residence in Naikom Overside before fleeing. The Francophone army soldiers loyal […]
Karim Benzema was rewarded for his remarkable success with Real Madrid by winning the Ballon d’Or at a star-studded ceremony in Paris on Monday, while Spain’s Alexia Putellas retained the women’s prize. Benzema, who is the first French winner of the most prestigious individual prize in football since Zinedine Zidane in 1998, scored 44 goals […]
Africa is a continent rich in land, water, and energy resources, with a young and fast-growing population. Already the world’s youngest continent, it is expected to grow to nearly 2.5 billion people by 2050, 80% of them in Sub-Saharan Africa (UNPD, 2019). Levels of human and economic development differ widely across the continent, and […]
