A court in Sudan has sentenced 29 members of the country’s intelligence service to death for their involvement in the fatal torture of a detained protester during the government’s deadly crackdown against protest earlier this year. The defendants were sentenced to death by hanging on Monday, over the deadly abuse against Ahmed al-Kheir at an intelligence […]
Al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia has claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing in the capital, Mogadishu, over the weekend, and the death toll from the terrorist attack has risen to 90 people. The al-Shabab terrorist group claimed responsibility for the blast that took place at the busy Ex-Control checkpoint, northwest of Mogadishu, on Saturday. “The blast […]
Nigeria says it is studying the currency changes ringing through the West African region and that it will respond in due course. A statement by a media aide to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning read as follows: “Nigeria has received the news of the change of the UEMOA Currency, the CFA (Communaute Financiere d’Afrique) to Eco […]
Eight people were abducted and one person injured during an armed raid overnight on a Greek-registered tanker anchored off Cameroon, Greek authorities said on Tuesday. Greece’s shipping ministry said the ‘Happy Lady’ tanker was two nautical miles off the port of Limboh in Cameroon when it was stormed by individuals who were armed. Five Greeks, […]
The Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamenda, His Grace Cornelius Fontem Esua tendered his resignation letter to His Holiness Pope Francis. The Prelate handed over his resignation letter to Pope Francis in prelude to his 75th anniversary The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Bamenda, Cameroon, […]
The Cameroonian government does not intend to participate in talks with the Ambazonians until local elections have been held. A delegation from the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) was to go to Cameroon at the end of November to meet the government, but the government canceled the meeting without re-scheduling. According to our sources, Yaoundé […]
Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Andrew Nkea of the Mamfe Diocese as Archbishop of Bamenda. Cameroon Intelligence Report understands an announcement will be made soon inside the Bamenda Cathedral. The Bishop of Mamfe will take over the role from Retired Archbishop Cornelius Esua.
Ossing village in Manyu is once more bereaved. Its regent chief, Mr. Mathias Ako, a retired civil servant, has been murdered by some men of the underworld. His body was dumped between Kembong and Mfuni and pictures of what was done to his body are too graphic to be posted online. This unfortunate situation is […]
The French government and a key trade union on Sunday exchanged bitter accusations over who was to blame for France’s over three-week transport strike against pension reforms, as the stalemate showed little sign of relenting. Deputy Transport Minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari accused the hardline CGT union of a “systematic opposition to any reform” while the union’s […]
Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Addo has indicated his country’s determination to join a West African currency that will replace the France-backed CFA franc as soon as next year in eight regional countries. “We, in Ghana, are determined to do whatever we can to enable us (to) join the Member States of UEMOA, soon, in the use of the eco, […]
