France plans to recognize a Palestinian state within months and could make the move at a UN conference in New York in June on settling the Israel-Palestinian conflict, President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview broadcast Wednesday. “We must move towards recognition, and we will do so in the coming months,” Macron, who this week […]
Liverpool are moving closer to agreeing a new contract with forward Mohamed Salah. Talks between all parties are ongoing and a final agreement is yet to be reached, but sources have indicated the club have made positive progress in their efforts and are hopeful a deal will be done. Salah’s deal expires at the end […]
King Charles and Queen Camilla met Pope Francis on Wednesday afternoon for a private meeting at the Vatican that lasted 20 minutes. The Pope has been suffering from ill health and the King and Queen had to postpone a planned visit to the Vatican – but the pontiff has seemed to be recovering, and appeared […]
Algeria has closed its airspace to all flights to and from Mali as the row over a drone that was shot down close to their common border escalates. On Sunday, Mali accused its northern neighbour of being a sponsor and exporter of terrorism after Algeria attacked one of its drones last week. A strongly worded […]
President Donald Trump said Monday the US will hold direct talks with Iran about its nuclear program, while warning the Iranians they would be in “great danger” if the talks don’t succeed in persuading them to abandon their nuclear weapons program. For its part, Tehran confirmed talks would happen but insisted they would be indirect […]
During a recent address to Parliament, Cameroon’s Tourism Minister Bello Bouba Maïgari reported that the country has 930 recognized tourist sites, ranging from natural wonders to man-made attractions. Yet, the sector contributes just 4.1% to GDP and supports about 15% of jobs, both directly and indirectly. The minister was responding to a question from lawmaker […]
At least 78,962 persons sought asylum in Nigeria from 2000 to 2024. This is based on a collation of published data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the period reviewed. The records, compiled from its decades-long tracking of forcibly displaced populations, reveal Cameroon, Niger and Liberia as the top three countries of […]
France’s far-right National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen has called a court ruling banning her from running for office for five years a “witch hunt”. “I won’t give up,” she told thousands of flag-waving supporters in Place Vauban, close to the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday. She was on Monday found guilty of […]
Ecobank Cameroon’s shareholders approved a capital increase of CFA1 billion for Pan-African Savings and Loans during their general meeting on March 28, 2025. This microfinance institution, categorized as a second-tier financial entity, is 89.1% owned by Ecobank’s Cameroonian subsidiary. The capital boost will raise the total equity of Pan-African Savings and Loans to CFA1.781 billion, […]
At the residence of Chief Bate Arrengang in Antwerpen in the Kingdom of Belgium prominent citizens of the South West region gathered – some from Fako, others from Kupe Muaneneguba and Meme Divisions one common thread unites them –they are all from the South West region extraction. This is the South West Elites Association, Belgium […]
