A car has crashed into the gate of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office in the capital, Berlin, according to eyewitnesses. The main entrance to the office was sealed off and dozens of police cars and a fire engine rushed to the scene on Wednesday. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Reuters released pictures showing […]
President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday introduced a slate of veteran diplomats and policy-makers who will make up his national security and foreign policy team, saying: “America is back, ready to lead the world.” Biden, 78, at an event in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, presented his picks for secretary of state, national security advisor, homeland […]
Burkina Faso’s president, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, notched up a hefty lead Wednesday in results announced from more than half of the country’s voting districts following weekend elections. Kabore, bidding for a second term at the helm of the troubled Sahel state, has 58.14 percent of the vote, according to the ongoing count conducted by […]
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is asking the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to investigate the treatment of Cameroonian asylum seekers in custody, following a report of pressure by government officials on detainees to sign deportation paperwork. “I urge ICE to halt deportations of these individuals until this investigation is complete,” Bennet wrote in a Nov. […]
A Cameroonian military tribunal has jailed the head of the main opposition party’s women’s wing for six months for “plotting revolution”, according to an order seen by AFP on Tuesday. Fri Awasum Mispa of Maurice Kamto’s Movement for the Rebirth of Cameroon (MRC) was arrested Saturday in the capital Yaounde along with around 20 other […]
Spain’s King Felipe VI is self-isolating after coming into contact with a person who tested positive for Covid-19, the palace said Monday. “A person with whom he was in contact yesterday tested positive for Covid-19 today,” the palace said in a statement, adding that the 52-year-old monarch had suspended all official activities for 10 days. […]
President Donald Trump came his closest yet to admitting election defeat Monday after the government agency meant to ease Joe Biden’s transition into the White House said it was finally lifting its unprecedented block on assistance. Trump acknowledged it was time for the General Services Administration to “do what needs to be done.” In the […]
In anticipation of the various proposals and action plans for regulating digital platforms, funding media and protecting democracy that the European Commission will unveil on 2 December, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is submitting its recommendations to European institutions on how to respond to the challenges to democracy and fundamental rights. RSF is presenting 10 recommendations […]
The campaign for maiden regional elections started in Cameroon on Saturday. The campaign will last for two weeks and end at midnight on the eve of voting day scheduled for December 6. A dozen political parties will try to win the votes of some 10,000 municipal councillors and traditional rulers who constitute the electoral college. […]
Paul Biya’s regime is ignoring the battle against Boko Haram and the Islamic State and using foreign counterterrorism assistance to fund its brutal repression of citizens with legitimate grievances. Cameroon was once thought to be an island of stability in a sea of instability, but that mirage started to crumble in 2016, as President Paul […]
