President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday said he survived heavy fire for five hours during an attempted coup which he claimed killed or injured many people in the unstable west African country. Appearing in a video posted on the presidency’s Facebook page hours after gunfire was heard near a compound where he was […]
The World Health Organization chief warned Tuesday that it is too early for countries to either declare victory over Covid-19 or give up attempts to halt transmission. “It is premature for any country to either surrender or to declare victory,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters. “This virus is dangerous, and it continues to […]
Manchester United’s Mason Greenwood has been further arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and threats to kill as police were given a fourth day to question the 20-year-old. The forward was initially arrested on Sunday afternoon on suspicion of the rape and assault of a young woman after social media images and videos were posted […]
The head of an elite Cameroon government army soldier serving with the 51 Infantry Batallion in the West region was cut off with a spade after out of ammunition Ambazonia fighters on Tuesday raided Government High School Bameyam in the Bamboutous District bordering the North West. After killing the Cameroon government soldier, the Amba fighters […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has turned down calls for his resignation even after publication of a report on rule-breaking lockdown parties that blasted “failures of leadership and judgment” at 10 Downing Street. The premier was forced into a humiliating apology in the House of Commons on Tuesday, after Civil Servant Sue Gray published a […]
The African Union appears set for an internal clash over its relationship with Israel at a summit this weekend, a rare point of contention for a bloc that values consensus. The dispute was set in motion last July when Moussa Faki Mahamat, chair of the African Union Commission, accepted Israel’s accreditation to the 55-member body […]
The Vice President of the Ambazonia Interim Government Dabney Yerima says genuine Southern Cameroons front line leaders need to put in place solid structures for the Ambazonia resistance in the interest of the people of Ambazonia. The exiled Ambazonia leader made the comments in Den Hague during an evaluation meeting on the plight of Southern […]
Summary of the profile of the NERA 10 1. Julius AyukTabe: Information Technology expert, Vice President of the American University of Nigeria. 2. Augustine ChehAwasum: Professorof Veterinary Surgery and Diagnostic Imaging, Ahmadu Bello University. 3. Blaise BerinyuySevidzem: Barrister-at-Law, human rights advocate, solicitor and notary public. 4. Cornelius NjikimbiKwanga: PhD in Economics and Senior Lecturer, Umaru […]
Mali on Monday gave the French ambassador 72 hours to leave the country after describing comments by the French foreign minister about its transitional government as “hostile and outrageous” in a statement read on national television. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Friday that Mali’s junta was “out of control” amid escalating tensions […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has received a version of an eagerly-awaited report into claims of lockdown-breaking parties at his Downing Street office, the government said on Monday. Senior civil servant Sue Gray has been investigating a series of revelations about boozy get-togethers held while the government told the public to remain socially distanced. The […]
