A senior adviser to the Ambazonia Vice President whose name we are withholding on Sunday indicated that the Southern Cameroons Interim Government would allow every Ambazonian citizen in Ground Zero to keep weapons in line with the policy of resistance against French Cameroun. Members of the Southern Cameroons Interim Government began discussing a new policy […]
Nigeria to repatriate nearly 600 from South Africa after xenophobic violence
Sudan’s first cabinet since the ouster of president Omar al-Bashir was sworn Sunday as the African country transitions to civilian rule. The 18-member cabinet led by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok took oath at the presidential palace in Khartoum, AFP reported. It is expected to steer the daily affairs of the country during a transition period […]
Rafael Nadal won his 19th Grand Slam title after holding off Russian Daniil Medvedev’s exhilarating fightback in one of the greatest US Open finals. Spain’s Nadal, 33, won 7-5 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-4 against the fifth seed in New York. Nadal, seeded second, was cruising at two sets and a break up, only for Medvedev […]
At least 29 people were killed in two attacks in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday, in a region prone to extremist violence, the government said. One vehicle transporting people and goods “rode over an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Barsalogho area” leaving at least 15 passengers dead, government spokesman Remis Fulgance Dandjinou said in […]
Cameroon’s main opposition leader, Maurice Kamto, has gone on trial in a military court in Yaoundé, along with 90 of his supporters. Kamto, who was the runner-up in last year’s presidential election, is accused of insurrection and rebellion, and could face the death penalty. Kamto arrived in court on Friday under tight security. The trial […]
The African football icon announced the decision to call time on his 22-year playing career on Friday Former Barcelona captain Carles Puyol, present club captain Lionel Messi, former Chelsea forward Didier Drogba and a host of football stars have sent their best wishes to Samuel Eto’o after his retirement. Eto’o took to social media on Friday to make a low-key […]
An appeal, funded by residents of Canada, has been lodged against the sentences of life imprisonment handed down last month by a Cameroonian military tribunal to six academics arrested in Abuja, Nigeria, and deported back to Cameroon in January 2018. The academics – who were teaching in Nigerian universities and had lived in the country […]
A Cameroonian-born German citizen Wilfried S. was detained in Yaounde in February over anti-government protest videos on his camera. His trial for allegedly trying to destablilize Cameroon is pending. “It’s just a nightmare. I think the situation is drastic and we need to do something very quick for him to come back home,” his wife […]
The Scottish city of Glasgow is awash with anticipation today as two Irish Unity marches are set to take place later in the afternoon. The events are expected to attract violent loyalist counter-demonstrators who may try to disrupt the peaceful Irish Unity rallies. Police Scotland has said it will have a “significant” presence at both […]
