Russian President Vladimir Putin puts the country’s nuclear deterrence forces on “high alert,” reacting to aggressive statements by NATO’s leading members. “Top officials of leading NATO nations indulge in making aggressive statements about our country,” Putin told a briefing on Sunday. “Therefore, I am ordering the minister of defense and the chief of the general […]
Chelsea’s Russian owner Roman Abramovich said Saturday he was handing over the “stewardship and care” of the Premier League club to the trustees of its charitable foundation. The move comes with Russia under intense scrutiny following its invasion of Ukraine this week. Billionaire Abramovich, who took over at Stamford Bridge in 2003, said in a […]
Armed men have kidnapped five people working for Medecins Sans Frontieres in Cameroon’s Far North, the organization’s local branch said Friday. Overnight Thursday into Friday, armed men broke into the organization’s base in Fotokol and abducted five people, MSF Cameroon said. Neither the identity nor the motives of the perpetrators are known at this time, […]
The collapse of the AGOVC crime syndicate of Cho Ayaba Lucas, as well as the tragic images of its armed gang trying to flee the surging Ambazonia Revolutionary Guards in the Northern Zone, has left Southern Cameroons political elites and the Ambazonia Interim Government scrambling for answers. The IG tolerated AGOVC’s corruption and crimes for […]
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is ready to dispatch a high-level delegation for talks with Ukraine in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, the Kremlin says, as the Russian military campaign in Ukraine enters its second day. On Friday, Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin was ready to “send a delegation at the level of representatives of Defense […]
PARIS has been confirmed as the replacement for St Petersburg for the 2022 Champions League final. Uefa convened for a meeting this morning and made the announcement after pressure from major Champions League sponsors. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked a backlash against European football’s governing body, who are sponsored by gas supplier Gazprom, whose […]
At least three people died after terror group Boko Haram raided a locality in Cameroon’s Far North region overnight into Thursday, according to local and security sources. Militants of the group raided Ziler locality of the region, killing a blacksmith, a mason and a septuagenarian. “The terrorists also kidnapped a member of local vigilante group […]
The new decade has brought about a series of seismic changes in the African political system. There has been an increase of the number of coups across the continent that has seen long standing head of states lose power. Despite this, there still remains a number of African leaders who have continued to consolidate their […]
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine continued for the second day, with explosions reported in Kiev as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rued being “left alone” by the West and announced readiness to declare neutrality. Russia’s forces pressed deep into Ukraine as deadly battles reached the outskirts of Kiev. They captured Zmiinyi Island in the Black […]
Explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv early Friday as Russian forces pressed on with a full-scale invasion that resulted in the deaths of at least 137 Ukrainians in the first day of fighting. The attack on Kyiv as the war entered its second day is part of what Western officials suspect is […]
