French Cameroun authorities have banned all demonstrations in the nation’s capital Yaoundé. According to a press release detailing the order, the governor of the Centre Region, Naseri Paul Bea stated that the aim is to prevent disturbances of public order. The Biya regime decision comes as MRC leader Maurice Kamto announced a general protest to […]
US President Donald Trump has called on a federal appeals court to block what he described as a bad faith effort by Manhattan’s top prosecutor to obtain his tax returns. A lower court judge has allowed Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance to obtain eight years of business and personal tax returns from Trump’s longtime accounting […]
More than 20,000 firefighters from across the United States on Friday battled sprawling deadly wildfires up and down the West Coast — a wave of infernos that have forced more than half a million people to flee their homes. The true scale of destruction was hard to gauge, with 16 deaths confirmed so far this […]
There was no million march for independence on Catalonia’s national day this year, mainly due to the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers said this year’s rally attracted some 60-thousand people. They vowed to continue protests against what they called Madrid’s repression. On Friday, an eerie sight was that of over 28-hundred empty chairs outside Catalonia’s High Court […]
On September 8, U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Ben Cardin, joined by an impressive bipartisan group of cosponsors, introduced a resolution calling for an end to the violence in Cameroon and for inclusive dialogue to address the underlying political tensions that are at the root of the conflict between the state and anglophone separatists. They […]
Mali’s military junta on Thursday launched a three-day “national consultation” with political parties, unions and NGOs, facing questions at home and pressure from abroad over its plans for returning the country to civilian rule. Around 500 people are attending the forum, unfolding at a conference centre in Bamako, the capital. The talks mark the second […]
US President Donald Trump boasted that he saved Saudi Arabia’s crown prince from greater scrutiny over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to an explosive new book. In one of 18 interviews with legendary investigative reporter Bob Woodward, Trump defended Mohammed bin Salman over the gruesome murder inside a Saudi consulate of Khashoggi, a […]
Cameroon authorities say anglophone separatists have stolen thousands of cattle from ethnic Mbororo ranchers since July, forcing them to move livestock hundreds of kilometers away to more secure areas. Authorities say the rebels’ cattle rustling appears to be motivated by food shortages. Forty-one-year-old Mbororo rancher Sule Kerla leads several hundred cattle to graze in the […]
Cameroon’s military this week launched an operation to weed out anglophone separatists in the northwestern city of Bamenda. Locals say the commercial hub is eerily quiet after the military banned motorcycles, and rebels responded by demanding all vehicles stay off the streets. Civilians have been escaping the renewed fighting to neighboring towns and villages. Twenty-seven-year-old […]
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Ghana-born Matthias Z. Naab as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Cameroon. A UN statement said Mr Naab holds dual citizenship as he was born in Ghana but grew up in the United States and his appointment has the approval of the Cameroonian government. The statement adds […]
