A series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 600 others Sunday, authorities said. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema said the explosion at 4 p.m. local time was the result of “negligent handling of dynamite” in the military barracks in the neighborhood of Mondong Nkuantoma […]
Cameroonians are complaining of increasing human rights abuses as the central African state intensifies raids on English-speaking rebel camps. The military says within the past week, at least 23 separatist rebels and three soldiers have been killed, but local people say most of those killed were unarmed civilians. The military is denying the accusations. There […]
Last Saturday, 6 March 2021, interview of Ambazonia’s Vice President, Dabney Yerima, on South Africa’s major TV broadcaster, SABC News, was a breakthrough for the pro-independence movement in the Southern Cameroons in their quest to get their plight covered by the international media. The 7pm primetime interview by Ms Francis Herd was intense but fair […]
One of President Biya’s numerous cabinet ministers has died from COVID-19, making him the most high profile person in the country to die in the coronavirus outbreak. Minister Adoum Gargoum, Minister Delegate to the Minister of External Relations, in charge of Cooperation with the Islamic World died some few minutes ago in Yaoundé at the […]
Happy women’s day 2021 to all the women of Ambazonia (Takumbeng) Amongst many things, this day is a celebration of freedom. Freedom is important and inevitable for Ambazonia. It is my strong belief that this freedom will mean nothing if we are not united, at least in purpose. Our freedom will mean nothing if we […]
Ivory Coast’s ruling party and the main opposition both claimed victory Sunday in the West African nation’s legislative elections, with the official results still to be announced. Saturday’s polls come as a key test of stability following violence before and after October’s presidential vote, which claimed 87 lives in the former French colony. Adama Bictogo, […]
Mahamadou Issoufou, who is stepping down as president of coup-prone Niger after two terms in office, on Monday won Africa’s top prize for leadership. He was awarded the 2020 Mo Ibrahim Prize for facing “seemingly insurmountable challenges”, ranging from deep poverty to jihadism and desertification. Despite these enduring problems, “Issoufou has led his people on […]
On 16 February 2021, the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (the Subcommittee) heard from witnesses who gave members an update on the conflict between the Government of Cameroon and the English speaking regions of the Republic of Cameroon that has been escalating […]
After a week of digs at Britain’s royal family, just how far will Prince Harry and Meghan Markle go in their hotly anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey? Millions of people will tune in to CBS Sunday evening to find out, and if that trickle of excerpts is any indication, they have scores to settle with […]
Pope Francis prayed on Sunday for “victims of war” outside a centuries-old church in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, heavily damaged by the Islamic State group. The 84-year-old, travelling under tight security, led a prayer service for the victims of the war in Mosul, an ancient crossroads whose centre was reduced to rubble by […]
