A Geneva court has rejected the appeal of six members of Cameroon president Paul Biya’s security detail who were convicted for assaulting a Swiss journalist during the president’s visit last year. Robert Assaël, the lawyer of one of the defendants, confirmed reports of the judgment in local Geneva media on Tuesday. He added that the […]
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had “terminated” Defense Secretary Mark Esper, signaling he may use his final months in office after defeat at the polls to settle scores within his administration. Trump had split with Esper over a range of issues and was particularly angered by his public opposition to Trump’s threats […]
Over 1200 delegates accredited the conference. Over 72,000 people engaged via online streaming. International guest speakers included a former head of state, former ambassadors and active parliamentarians from 7 different countries in Africa, the U.S.A and Europe. 28+ panelists from across the globe contributed on 5 different panels on key topics relevant to the armed […]
Former Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré, has died. Toure passed away on Monday in a hospital in Turkey, his family said. He was 72. Touré was president of Mali from 2002 to 2012 before being overthrown in a military coup. He was recovering from a heart operation he had in Bamako before his condition deteriorated, […]
“We were sitting in a bar that evening when about 60 people burst in,” says Appolin Tchanga, a 43-year-old house painter. “I was stabbed with a knife – I came close to death.” Changa bears scars on his chest, inflicted when a gang swept through a neighborhood in Douala, Cameroon’s economic capital, in June. Gang […]
The road crash occurred in the western city of Cameroon on Sunday Former Barcelona and Inter Milan striker Samuel Eto’o is in stable condition after he was involved in a road accident around Nkongsamba-Douala road in Cameroon. Eto’o was said to be returning from a wedding celebration when his car was hit by a public […]
The US is expected to fly Cameroonian asylum seekers back to their home country on Tuesday despite fears that their lives will be at risk and reports that deportees repatriated last month are now missing. Some of the deportees are activists from the country’s anglophone minority, who face arrest warrants for their political activities from […]
Hundreds of villagers have deserted a village in Cameroon’s English-speaking Southwest region after rebels attacked, killed their chief and torched his palace Friday evening. The fleeing civilians are asking for help in neighboring towns. The incident took place a day after another English-speaking chief was abducted. His whereabouts are still unknown. Palm oil merchant Isaac […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has remained silent on the issue since Democrat Joe Biden clinched the presidency on Saturday, four days after the Nov. 3 election, clearing the threshold of 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House. In the vote’s run-up, Putin had appeared to hedge his bets, frowning on Biden’s anti-Russian […]
Southern Cameroons Vice President Dabney Yerima says the Biya French Cameroun policy of targeting Ambazonia women and children including the clergies in order to force British Southern Cameroonians into submission has failed along with all the Atanga Nji charlatans behind it while the Ambazonian resistance still stands tall. Vice President Dabney Yerima made the remarks […]
