Separatist leaders said on Friday they will be imposing a 6-day lockdown in Cameroon’s two troubled English-speaking regions in February to disrupt the general elections. The lockdown will run from Feb. 7 to 12, according to a statement by the leaders. “On these days, anyone seen anywhere outside in our villages and towns will be […]
Dozens of weapons of separatist fighters have been seized by angry population of Balikumbat, a locality in restive Cameroon’s Anglophone region of Northwest, local officials said on Saturday. Quetong Anderson Kongueh, Prefect of Ngoketunja Division where the incident happened said, the population revolted against the fighters after they seized items from them “unjustly”. “They marched […]
Espanyol’s Wu Lei became the first Chinese footballer to score against Barcelona on Saturday and has revealed how the goal that went viral was planned while he was warming up. Wu earned Espanyol a dramatic 2-2 draw at the RCDE Stadium after he fired in an 88th-minute equaliser to salvage a point in the all-Catalan […]
Two mortar rounds hit the Iraqi capital’s Green Zone Saturday and two rockets hit a base housing US troops, security sources said, a day after an American strike killed a top Iranian commander. In Baghdad, mortar rounds on Saturday evening hit the Green Zone, the high-security enclave where the US embassy is based, security sources said. […]
Militants of the Somalia-based al-Shabab terrorist group have launched an attack against a military base used by US and Kenyan forces in neighboring Kenya, with conflicting accounts of the aftermath. In a statement on Sunday, Kenya’s army spokesman Colonel Paul Njuguna said an attempt had been made at 5:30 a.m. local time “to breach security […]
Four days after the Federal Government says the Nigerian Military will be withdrawing troops from some parts of the country, the President has explained why the decision was taken. President Muhammadu Buhari, in a statement on Friday, clarified the government’s decision, saying there was no cause for alarm. He believes the nation is not at […]
The violent conflict in Cameroon, still rarely discussed in Washington, is becoming increasingly dire. Both President Paul Biya’s Francophone regime in Yaounde and the Anglophone separatists in the southwest region are accused of brutal human rights abuses, including the burning of villages, attacks on schools, and the killing of men, women, and children. Despite mediation […]
Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed at least 50 people on an island on Lake Chad, bordering Cameroon and Chad, a local official told the BBC. The militants, disguised as traders, attacked fishermen, local mayor Ali Ramat said, quoting a survivor. The attack happened on 22 December, but news from the remote area is only […]
Electricity supplies in Australia’s most populous state, including its largest city Sydney, were under threat on Saturday after bushfires took out two substations with authorities warning of rolling blackouts if conditions worsen. The blazes have raged across New South Wales, and they brought down transmission lines in the state’s south connecting with neighbouring Victoria, state […]
Thanks to his ever growing investments in the area of cement especially but also sugar and flour among others, Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, made further profits at the end of 2019. He is reported by the Bloomberg news portal to have raked in $4.3 billion in profits over the course of the year 2019. […]
