In a recently emerged audio recording from 1971, then-California Governor Ronald Reagan can be heard disparaging African delegates to the United Nations as “monkeys” during a phone call with US President Richard Nixon. The previously undisclosed recording followed a move by the United Nations to expel Taiwan, something the United States had opposed. “To see […]
116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. RES. ll Calling on the Government of Cameroon and armed separatist groups to respect the human rights of all Cameroonian citizens, to end all violence, and to pursue an inclusive dialogue to resolve the conflict in the Northwest and Southwest regions. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES llllllllll Mr. […]
For the past 20 years, a young man from the slums of Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, has been running a local waste collection service that has had a transformative impact on the community around him. The residential area of Melen, like most teeming city’s informal settlements, is not connected to the public garbage disposal […]
Former Prime Minister Sadou Hayatou and National Director of the Bank of Central African States BEAC well known for the role he played in the so called Yaounde Tripartite Talks has died in Switzerland, aged 77. Sadou Hayatou served as Prime Minister and Head of Government under the Biya CPDM crime syndicate from April 26, […]
Cardinal Christian Tumi, the Archbishop emeritus of Douala, has called for the schools in Cameroon’s troubled Anglophone regions to be re-opened at the beginning of the forthcoming scholastic year, two months from now. The country’s North West and South West regions have been suffering an ongoing insurgency by English-speaking rebels complaining of discrimination and marginalization […]
Of late there has been a ‘back to school’ chorus in the media. But the simple questions I have asked over the past few weeks but received no answers for them are the following: 1. We have children agonising in the refugee community in and out of camps. We have children battling with disease and […]
Islamist extremists have cut off the ears of women seized during a night-time raid on a rural town in Cameroon. On Monday night, 29th July, members of terrorist group Boko Haram attacked Gagalari, in Yagoua Diocese, in the Far North region of the country. According to information from local sources received today by Catholic charity […]
HIGHLIGHTS Insecurity has forced more than 530,000 people to flee their homes since the conflict erupted in late 2016. Continuous armed clashes, civilian casualties and the burning of houses, hospitals and other infrastructures continue to cause further displacements. The humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate as incidents of violent conflict, abductions and widespread violations of international […]
Ambazonia leader Sisiku Ayuk Tabe has censured the harsh and inhumane conditions of Southern Cameroons detainees in various French Cameroun detention centers. The leader also informed the AU, EU and the United Nations of a hunger strike action by him and his top aides held at the Kondengui High Security prison. Speaking to our Yaoundé […]
Rwanda has shut its frontier with Ebola-hit Democratic Republic of Congo after a third case of the deadly virus was detected in the border city of Goma, the Congolese presidency said Thursday. In a statement, it said there had been a “unilateral decision by the Rwandan authorities” that affected citizens from both countries who had […]
