An Indonesian plane with more than 60 people on board is believed to have crashed into the Java Sea, minutes after taking off from Jakarta. The Boeing 737-524, a Sriwijaya Air flight, lost contact four minutes into the air amid heavy rainfall on Saturday. Hours later, rescuers said they had found suspected debris in the […]
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would not attend the inauguration of his successor, Democratic President-elect Joe Biden, on January 20, hours after promising a peaceful transition of power. There have been discussions at the White House about Trump leaving Washington on January 19, a source familiar with the matter said. He is […]
Thirteen civilians, eight of them children, died Friday when a woman suicide bomber blew herself up in a jihadist attack on a village in northern Cameroon, a traditional chief and a police officer told AFP. Cameroon’s Far North region is grappling with deadly incursions from neighbouring Nigeria, where an insurgency launched by Boko Haram in […]
Two soldiers, a policeman including a gendarmerie officer in civilian attire were killed at the Santa control post in Matazem late yesterday in Mezam in the Northern Zone of Southern Cameroons bringing the number of service men killed to ten in just a week. Several other army soldiers were also injured in Thursday’s ambush, an […]
Iran is in no hurry to see the US return to a 2015 nuclear deal with major powers after Joe Biden takes office this month, its supreme leader said Friday. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said it was not a question of “whether the United States returns or not”, it was a matter of it lifting its […]
A US Capitol Police officer has died of injuries sustained during clashes with a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters who overran a session of Congress, police said late Thursday. Officer Brian D. Sicknick died Thursday due to injuries sustained while on-duty, physically engaging with protesters at the US Capitol, a statement said. It was […]
Donald Trump for the first time Thursday promised a smooth transition to Joe Biden and acknowledged his presidency was ending as calls grew for his removal from office for encouraging a mob attack on the US Capitol. An unusually tame Trump, in a video he released on Twitter after a temporary suspension, condemned rioters who […]
Though technically the highest-ranked minister, Joseph Dion Ngute is only the head of government in name and it is Paul Biya’s advisors who manage the executive’s day-to-day actions. It is not strange in the minds of every Southern Cameroonian. For over 57 years after independence and re-unification, there has never been an Southern Cameroons President […]
The Southern Cameroons Interim Government has warned CAF that the city of Limbe is a war zone and unfit for African Nations Championship matches. These matches include pool D games involving Namibia, Zambia, Guinea and Tanzania. The tournament is due to run from 16 January to 7 February across three cities. Other tournament venues are […]
President Donald Trump said there would be an “orderly transition on January 20” after Congress concluded the electoral vote count early Thursday, certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, hours after he appeared to excuse the violent occupation of the US Capitol by his supporters. A woman was fatally shot, windows were bashed and the mob forced […]
