Cameroon has detained hundreds more supporters of opposition leader Maurice Kamto, who is facing treason charges after leading protests and asserting that he won last October’s presidential election. The arrests happened Saturday as security forces disrupted a planned demonstration calling for Kamto’s release. Book seller Germain Kamte was found lying on the ground Monday in […]
Prospects for talks between authorities and separatist movements to end escalating violence in Cameroon’s English-speaking region are slim, a senior human rights official said, dismissing assertions by both sides to be open to dialogue. A separatist insurgency broke out in 2017 following a government crackdown on peaceful protests in the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest, which […]
Non Recognition of a decision circulating on social media dismissing Seseku Ayuk Tabe as the president of Ambazonia. Distinguish men and women, we want to acknowledge the support Ambazonian people have been getting from you in this difficult time. A friend in need is really a friend in deed. We the Ground Zero council of the […]
US President Donald Trump “would have been fired from any other job” so far, says the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, George Conway. His Sunday comment on Twitter was in response to an earlier tweet by the president, admitting that he was not acting “presidential” in dealing with media. He also noted that Trump […]
Cameroon warmed up for the 2019 Africa Cup Of Nations with a 2-1 victory over Zambia in an international friendly on Sunday evening. The Indomitable Lions named line-up fill with European-based players as preparation to defend their AFCON title began in earnest while the recently crowned COSAFA Cup champions, Zambia, brought in a few Under-23 […]
Fellow Ambazonians, Good evening, accept Revolutionary Greetings from President Sisiku AyukTabe and the collective leadership in detention. As we speak, our people are confronted by multiple challenges. The most significant being a threat to our very own existence. A challenge not many people have been forced to confront in the course of their history. We […]
At least three civilians were killed and several others injured in violent clashes opposing the native Aghem population and the muslim community in Wum, Menchum County, the region’s Francophone governor Adolphe Lele Lafrique revealed. Following “an attack staged by secessionist activists” in Thursday that led to the killing of a local Hausa community leader, “a […]
Eight people were killed and several others injured on Saturday in Ekona, a locality in Southwest, one of the two troubled English-speaking regions of Cameroon, according to local sources. “I personally saw over eight corpses, mostly men and a woman. They were lying in the bush. All of them were shot at close range,” a […]
Authorities in Liberia have blocked the internet, in what is perceived to be a move to suppress ongoing anti-government protests in the capital, Monrovia. Netblocks, an organisation that monitors internet disruptions and shutdowns confirmed the shutdown on Friday afternoon, saying access to social networking platforms Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Snapchat had been restricted. ‘‘The […]
US lawmakers say aviation giant Boeing discovered in 2017 that a cockpit warning light on its 737 MAX aircrafts that played a role in two air disasters was defective but decided to defer fixing it until 2020. US Representatives Peter DeFazio of Oregon and Rick Larsen of Washington state said in a statement on Friday […]
