Investigators have seized 23 tonnes of cocaine in a record haul of the drug in Europe, with a street value of billions of euros, German customs said Wednesday. The 28-year-old owner of an import company in Rotterdam was arrested early Wednesday in the Netherlands over the illicit cargo, as Dutch police searched two premises—one in […]
Ghana has become the first country in the world to receive vaccines acquired through the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative with a delivery Wednesday of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India. The vaccines, delivered by UNICEF, arrived at Accra’s Kotoka International Airport early Wednesday and are part of the […]
Cameroon could lose its access to the lucrative European Union seafood market due to the government’s failure to tackle illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The European Commission has put Cameroon on notice by issuing the country a “yellow card,” which is a formal warning that could lead to a total ban on seafood exports […]
At least eight people were killed and at least 25 others were injured when a bus collided head-on with another vehicle on a highway in Cameroon’s West region early Monday, police said. Several passengers were ejected in the accident that happened in Fossang locality of the region along the Koutaba-Yaounde highway. More than 25 people […]
The Vice President of the Ambazonia Interim Government Dabney Yerima says the Federal Republic of Ambazonia will not back down on its right to an independent state and will continue its self defense policy and resistance in line with the right to sovereignty as defined by the founding fathers of the United Nations. “The Federal […]
Rwandan Hutu rebels on Tuesday denied accusations they were behind the killing of the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and instead blamed the armies of the DRC and Rwanda, as further details emerged about the attack. Luca Attanasio, 43, died on Monday after a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy was ambushed […]
Mohamed Bazoum, a candidate for the presidential election in Niger has won the presidential run-off elections, according to provisional results by the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI). He polled 55.75% of the votes against the opposition candidate Mahamane Ousmane who had 44.25%, the commission announced. These “results are provisional and must be submitted to the […]
Argentina’s public prosecutor’s office will convene a medical board on March 8 to decide whether or not late football legend Diego Maradona was given proper treatment before his death, legal sources said on Tuesday. Maradona died of a heart attack on November 25, weeks after undergoing brain surgery on a blood clot. Investigators are trying […]
An emotional President Joe Biden called the milestone of more than 500,000 US deaths from Covid-19 “heartbreaking” on Monday and urged the country to unite against the pandemic. “I know what it’s like,” Biden said in a national television address, referring to his own long history of family tragedies. “I ask all Americans to remember, […]
Health cooperation within the framework of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and the Southern Cameroons crisis were the two main subjects on the menu of the audience granted on Monday, February 22, 2021 by the French Cameroun dictator, Paul Biya, to Christophe Guilhou, the French Ambassador to La Republique du Cameroun. The French Commissioner […]
