Members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are determined to find solutions to the ongoing unilateral border closure by Nigeria. ECOWAS’ fifteen member countries met on Saturday in Ouagadougou to find what they described as “realistic solutions” in the “short term”. The unilateral closure of borders goes against all the trade and […]
Burundi’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission has found more than 6,000 bodies in six mass graves in Karusi Province, the largest finding since the government launched a nationwide excavation in January. The commission chairman, Pierre Claver Ndayicariye, told journalists on Friday that the remains of 6,032 victims as well as thousands of bullets were recovered. Clothes, […]
Britain’s embattled royal family has been caught up in fresh controversy centred on the disgraced Prince Andrew. It has been reported the Duke of York intensively socialized with a billionaire accused of raping 10 women and girls, some as young as 14. In what is being billed as yet another major blow to Buckingham Palace, […]
The Chinese capital Beijing on Friday imposed a 14-day self-quarantine on people returning to the city from holidays to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, and threatened to punish those who failed to comply. It was not immediately clear how the restriction, relayed by the official Beijing Daily newspaper, would be enforced, or whether […]
The United Nations has condemned the killing of more than 20 people in Ngar, Donga Mantung Division, Northwest region. The victims, most of whom were children and pregnant women, were killed by Cameroon’s army soldiers who have been on a rampage over the last two weeks. The United Nations humanitarian coordinator in the Northwest region […]
Valentine’s Day is celebrated throughout the world as a time for love and romance. This year, the Irish Republic witnessed an African touch into the normal desire to sell cards, flowers and chocolates as members of the Swords Centre, African Chaplaincy in the Archdiocese of Dublin made history by staging one of the most colorful […]
Following the February 09 Municipal and Legislative elections, an avalanche of calls for political breakthrough in Cameroon have been downloaded from several national and international bodies including the African Union (AU), Human Rights Watch (HRW), the Roman Catholic Church as well as a host of other rights focused institutions. According to the AU observer mission […]
It was the last day of the summer holidays when, on his way to meet friends in his hometown of Batouri, eastern Cameroon, 12-year-old Saustem Brandon Samba slipped on reddish mud and fell into what at first looked like a large puddle. The puddle turned out to be an abandoned gold mine, with a steep drop, […]
The Trump administration provoked another international outcry when it announced late last month that it was adding six new countries to its list of nations that face broad travel restrictions to the United States: Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania. The expansion of the travel ban, which President Donald Trump first issued as an […]
A few days ago, Cameroon’s President, Paul Biya, convened an emergency meeting of his cabinet and for days, it seemed like nothing would filter out. As usual, it does not take long for some people to start spilling the beans, and this is what is happening. Even members of the president’s inner circle are frustrated. […]
