A senior government official has told the Cameroon Concord News Group Yaounde correspondent that “only a new president will solve the problem that is splitting our country and ruining our economy.” The senior official, who elected anonymity, said things had deteriorated to a point where regime insiders are scared. “They themselves are scared that something […]
Some world leaders serve a set term and others go on to rule for decades. Here is a list of current world leaders who have held onto power the longest. The list excludes monarchs. Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, 77, has been president of the central African nation for some 40 years after toppling his uncle in […]
Well aware of the surveillance capabilities of major companies in the sector, Africa’s heads of state try to make their phones as secure as Fort Knox. Every leader is geared up and takes extra precautions to prevent the ever-looming risk of being tapped. We take a look at the phones used by Africa’s presidents and […]
A South African court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for embattled former president Jacob Zuma after he failed to appear for a pre-trial hearing over corruption charges related to a 1990s arms deal. But the court said that execution of the warrant will be deferred until May 6 when the case is due to […]
An office serving the Biya regime’s election commission (ELECAM) has been burned down in Tombel in the Kupe Muanenguba County in Southern Cameroons just some few days before the divided country is due to vote in a twin poll. The fire in Kupe Muanenguba reportedly destroyed ballot boxes and voting slips transported there by soldiers […]
Civic groups, political parties and the government are pleading for the women of Cameroon to vote in next week’s local and parliamentary elections, despite threats by separatist groups who have vowed to disrupt the polls. Female candidates, and women who campaigned on behalf of others fear their efforts may amount to nothing if women do […]
The United States says 11 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in five states, and that health officials are awaiting test results on dozens more possible cases. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said six of the coronavirus cases have been confirmed in California. Illinois has announced two cases, and officials in […]
Ahead of Cameroon’s legislative and municipal elections scheduled for February 9, the country’s ruling party held a meeting under a heavy police presence with fear of secessionist attacks. It was held in Buea, the capital of the English speaking southwest region where separatists recently declared the upcoming elections illegal and announced a six-day “lockdown”. Parliamentary […]
Daniel arap Moi, the autocratic president of Kenya from 1978 to 2002, who ruled his East African nation in a postcolonial era of political repression, economic stagnation and notorious corruption, but in the end gave up power peacefully, died on Tuesday at Nairobi Hospital in the capital. He was 95. President Uhuru Kenyatta, who announced […]
Cameroon’s territorial administration minister, Paul Atanga Nji, has had a taste of what will happen to him in case things fall apart. The conman and ex-convict who is responsible for the escalation of the Southern Cameroons crisis was denied an American visa late last year when he wanted to visit his family, a source at […]
