Around 13,000 people are to be evacuated Sunday from their homes in the German city of Dortmund after local authorities identified suspected World War II bombs in the city center. The city, in Germany’s industrial Ruhr region, is to be brought to a standstill by a mass evacuation affecting retirement homes, hospitals, and the main […]
The Cameroon News Agency (CNA) has reported that some 5 elements of the Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR)have been apprehended at the Buea Sand Pit neighbourhood, for allegedly kidnapping a man in the same locality. The man( name withheld) was kidnapped while at home. The kidnappers jumped over the fence to find their way into his […]
The Yaounde government has resorted to using child soldiers in its bid to restore peace and order in the two restive English-speaking regions of the country. With many soldiers defecting or deserting the army, the government seems to be desperate and it has been organizing recruitment drives in East Cameroon, especially in the South region […]
In both Southern Cameroons and French Cameroun, criminal gangs and politicians have been quietly trading money and favours for mutual gains. For 37 years, thugs like Paul Atanga Nji, YCPDM National President Prince John Akwo Mukete, the late Nelson Fomenky, Battey Johnson and the late Mayor Ekema Patrick flourished while elected officials thrived. However, the […]
Cameroon government soldiers are shooting and killing scores of young Southern Cameroonian boys residing in the rural areas and in the outskirts of the major towns and cities in the territory now known as the Federal Republic of Ambazonia. Dozens of Ambazonian youth reported to be in their early 20s were shot in both the […]
Hundreds of thousands of Scottish independence supporters are on the march in Glasgow in what has been billed as the largest pro-independence march to date. The so-called “emergency” march was organized by the All Under One Banner (AUOB) campaign group as a direct response to last month’s British general election which produced a divisive outcome […]
Oman has named Haitham bin Tariq al-Said as the country’s new ruler after the death of his cousin Sultan Qaboos bin Said al-Said. In posts on their Twitter accounts on Saturday, Omani newspapers Al Watan and Al Roya said Minister of Heritage and Culture Haitham bin Tariq was taking the oath of allegiance as sultan. […]
Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said dies at the age of 79 after around half a century at the helm of the state amid a battle with resurgent colorectal cancer. The head of state passed on Friday evening, Reuters reported, citing state media. Muscat subsequently declared a three-day period of national mourning. Recently, reports had suggested […]
Talks aimed at ending France’s longest transport strike failed to make headway on Friday as the government and union leaders lock horns over a hotly-contested pension overhaul. The country has been hit by weeks of crippling train and metro stoppages as unions battle the proposals, one of President Emanuel Macron’s signature reforms. Only Laurent Berger […]
Bienvenue Nzonje Ngoul has been growing tomatoes in southwestern Cameroon for four years. His yields have dwindled recently due to unknown diseases. “My crops are regularly attacked by illnesses and these can cripple you in one day,” Ngoul said. To avoid a repeat of the shock, the young farmer set out to look for a […]
