Two French pilots convicted for their role in a spectacular 2013 drug bust on a private jet in the Dominican Republic were acquitted on appeal by a French court Thursday. The two men had been sentenced to six years in prison in what had become known as the “Air Cocaine” case, an attempt to smuggle […]
The Taliban said Friday they had captured a key border crossing with Iran, hours after President Joe Biden issued a staunch defence of the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan. The group have captured more than a third of the country’s 400 districts since the US accelerated its final pullout in early May, with the insurgents […]
South Sudan, the world’s youngest country and one of its poorest, marks a decade of independence on Friday but there is little to celebrate in a country crippled by civil war, chronic instability and desperate hunger. At midnight on July 9, 2011, raucous celebrations erupted as thousands gathered in Juba, the new national capital, to […]
The leader of the Southern Cameroons Interim Government President Sisiku Ayuk Tabe says it is Ambazonians that are presently determining the magnitude and quality of the war in Southern Cameroons. “We have to do what we’ve got to do today; we will and we must as Ambazonians, so our children will be able to do […]
England will play in their first major tournament final for 55 years after coming from behind to beat Denmark 2-1 after extra time in front of a delirious 65,000 crowd at Wembley in Wednesday’s Euro 2020 semi-final. Mikkel Damsgaard’s stunning free-kick after 30 minutes threatened another semi-final disappointment for Gareth Southgate’s side, three years on […]
South African former President Jacob Zuma turned himself in to police on Wednesday to begin 15 months in jail for contempt of court, the culmination of a long legal drama seen as a test of the post-apartheid state’s ability to enforce the rule of law. Police spokesperson Lirandzu Themba confirmed in a statement that Zuma […]
The world passed the “tragic milestone” of four million recorded Covid-19 fatalities on Wednesday, the World Health Organization said, adding that the pandemic’s true toll was probably higher. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the landmark had been reached, more than 18 months since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019. “The world is […]
The Vice President of the Southern Cameroons Interim Government Dabney Yerima says Southern Cameroonians will eventually prevail over the French backed French Cameroun regime in Yaoundé and they will sing the Ambazonian National Anthem in Buea. “Southern Cameroonians in Ground Zero and our Restoration Forces are giving me hope that we will eventually sing the […]
Southern Cameroons Restoration Forces have pledged revenge after Cameroon government soldiers murdered an innocent Ambazonian in his car in Below Foncha Street in Bamenda. Elements of the so-called Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) on Sunday 4 July 2021 in Bamenda opened fire and killed Mr Njibril Dula. Eyewitnesses contacted by Cameroon Concord News said the Francophone […]
England can finally end 55 years of major tournament misery with a Euro 2020 semi-final victory against Denmark on Wednesday, after Italy beat Spain in a dramatic penalty shoot-out to book their place in the final. Gareth Southgate’s side are bidding to reach the European Championship final for the first time as they try to […]
