A separatist commander suspected to have led an operation that murdered seven school children was captured on Tuesday in Kumba in Cameroon’s troubled English-speaking region of Southwest, according to a government official. The commander popularly known as commander Zebra was ambushed and arrested on Tuesday noon by the military in collaboration with the local population […]
Lawyers in Cameroon abandoned their gowns and wigs Monday as they launched a five-day protest to express their dissatisfaction over the lack of respect shown to them by the country’s magistracy, military and executive branch. The decision was made by the Cameroon Bar Association, which met on Nov. 21 following the arrest and detention of […]
December 1 marks the thirtieth anniversary of Idriss Deby’s rule over Chad. Coming to power after a coup against Hissene Habre, Deby quickly retired his army uniform to become a politician. In 2016, Habré was convicted of war crimes by a specially-created international tribunal in Senegal. Survivor in a complex region Governing a country located […]
Amos Namanga Ngongi, Ph.D., says an urgent one-month ceasefire will ‘gauge the interest of the separatists to engage in a peace process’ to end the unrest in Cameroon’s North West and South West Regions. The former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, in an op-ed last week, published by The Recorder, said the Government […]
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy complained Monday of being the victim of six years of “slander”, in his first remarks to the court at his landmark corruption trial. Sarkozy became France’s first modern head of state to appear in the dock last week, going on trial on charges of corruption and influence peddling. The 65-year-old […]
One of President Donald Trump’s favoured coronavirus advisors who sparked controversy over his comments against mask-wearing and other issues has resigned, US media reported Monday. Fox News obtained the resignation letter dated December 1 for Scott Atlas, who lacked relevant experience or qualifications in public health or infectious disease. The outlet also reported that Atlas’s […]
Frankly speaking the candidates recruited by the CPDM crime syndicate to participate in the so-called regional elections in both La Republique du Cameroun and Southern Cameroons-Ambazonia seem to be very different certainly in terms of personality. However, the candidates are aware that President Biya and his CPDM gang are boorish, unrefined, loud, and they are […]
The number of farm workers killed on a rice farm in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday has shot to at least 110 people, according to a United Nations report. The massacre is the deadliest attacks in the region suspected to have been carried out by Boko Haram, locals said. The victims were buried on Sunday. “We […]
Diego Maradona’s personal doctor was on Sunday being investigated for involuntary manslaughter four days after the Argentina legend suffered a fatal heart attack, prosecutors in San Isidro near Buenos Aires reported. Police raided Leopoldo Luque’s surgery and home in search of possible evidence pointing to negligence, according to television images. The probe was triggered by […]
US president-elect Joe Biden has a foot fracture and will likely have to wear a medical boot, his team said Sunday after the 78-year-old was taken to the doctor because he had slipped while playing with his dog. Biden, who will become the oldest US president upon his January swearing-in, suffered the injury Saturday with […]
