The former head of Gabon’s cabinet Brice Laccruche Alihanga was arrested on Tuesday as ailing president Ali Bongo pushed on with his anti-corruption drive. Several former government officials have been detained by anti-corruption investigators in recent days. They include Tony Ondo Mba, and Noël Mboumba – former Ministers of Energy, Petroleum respectively. In Gabon, the […]
Southern Cameroons Vice President Dabney Yerima will visit the Republic of South Africa from the 10th of December in an official outing to the Rainbow nation harboring thousands of Ambazonian citizens and home to the Southern Cameroons national television, the SCBC, according to the Foreign Affairs Department of the Ambazonia Interim Government. Dabney Yerima will […]
French President Emmanuel Macron accused Turkish forces of sometimes working with fighters linked to the Islamic State (IS) group in its operation in northern Syria. “When I look at Turkey, they are now fighting against those who fought with us. And sometimes they work with IS group proxies,” Macron said at a news conference with […]
Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne has resigned after a member of the ruling coalition said it had lost confidence in him following a series of disruptive strikes. The Center Party asked Rinne to step down after a more than two-week strike at Finland’s state postal service, Posti, spread to the national airline, Finnair, and to […]
The Cameroon talisman could only feature for 38 minutes in Monday’s league game before he was replaced due to an injury Porto manager Sergio Conceicao is uncertain about the severity of Vincent Aboubakar’s injury after the forward limped off in a Portuguese Primeira Liga match. Aboubakar was in action for only 38 minutes as the […]
President of the United States, Donald J. Trump on Monday retweeted a portrait of himself done by a Nigerian artists who goes by the Twitter name Creative Doks. The artist said it was his second portrait of the American leader adding that he had spent 70 hours using a ball pen to achieve the portrait […]
Former Vice President Joe Biden says he does not need endorsement from his former boss, President Barrack Obama, for the 2020 presidential election. The Democratic frontrunner made the comments in an interview with Politico on Monday, arguing that his close ties with Obama are evident. “Everyone knows I’m close with him,” he said. “I don’t […]
Cameroon’s Minister of Public Health Malachie Manaouda said on Monday 14 measles-related deaths were recorded in the country since January 2019. More than 90 percent of the victims were children. In total, 42 cases of measles have been reported since the start of the year, Manaouda told a press conference. A measles vaccination campaign targeting […]
The United Nations Security Council head is set to meet with President Donald Trump over lunch Thursday, then travel this month to a part of the U.S. that’s off the beaten path for diplomats: Ambassador Kelly Craft’s home state of Kentucky. Craft announced the plans Monday. The U.S. this month holds the rotating presidency of […]
Deposed Sudan President Omar al Bashir, already on trial over economic crimes during his 30-year reign, faces a possible death sentence over his role in the 1989 coup that removed the democratically elected government of Sadiq al-Mahdi from power. During a busy week where he has tried to build confidence in the judiciary following the […]
