The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions on Cameroon, – having regard to the statement by DROI Chair Antonio Panzeri on 7 March 2019on the situation in Cameroon European Parliament, – having regard to the declaration by the HR/VP Federica Mogherini on 5 April 2019 on the deteriorating political and security situation in Cameroon, – having […]
More than 50 Boko Haram fighters have been killed in an attack on a multi-national force in northeastern Nigeria, a military spokesperson said Wednesday. Two Chadian soldiers belonging to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MMF), an anti-Boko Haram force combining soldiers from Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria, died in the assault at Cross Kauwa on […]
“Cameroon will ratify the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement,” the country’s Prime Minister – Joseph Dion Ngute assured UN Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Commission – Ms. Vera Songwe, Wednesday. Mr. Dion Ngute gave the assurance on the first day of Ms. Songwe’s official visit to Cameroon, at the ‘Star Building’ that […]
Cameroon officials on Wednesday said it has concluded arrangements with neighbouring Nigeria for the return of 4,000 Nigerian refugees to their country by April 29. According to the region’s governor Midjiyawa Bakari, the refugees from Minawao camp, the only official refugee camp in Cameroon’s far North region, voluntarily opted to return home. “We have agreed […]
Egypt’s parliament has voted in favor of a number of constitutional amendments that would extend the rule of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and would allow him to stay in power until 2030. The 596-seat legislature, which is dominated by Sisi loyalists, also backed other sweeping changes to the constitution on Tuesday, including giving the military greater […]
Russia’s deputy foreign minister has said Moscow recognizes the new Sudanese authorities in Khartoum amid political uncertainty in a country whose president, Omar al-Bashir, was toppled by the military after 30 years in power. Mikhail Bogdanov said on Tuesday that Moscow recognizes a military council that will run Sudan’s affairs for a two-year transitional period, Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency […]
Ajax produced a spell-binding display of inventive, passing football to win 2-1 away to Juventus on Tuesday and end the Serie A team’s dreams of winning the Champions League, while a Lionel Messi-inspired Barcelona cruised past Man Utd. Ajax’s 19-year-old captain Matthijs de Ligt headed the winner from the corner in the 67th minute of […]
Festicoffee, Cameroon’s coffee festival in its seventh edition, kicked off Tuesday in the capital of Yaounde amidst dwindling local production. “For many years production has been declining. We are asking Cameroonians to valorize and consume local coffee which is very delicious and natural,” according to Yves Abissi, communication officer of National Coffee and Cocoa Interprofessional […]
Leymah Roberta Gbowee, 2011 Noble Peace Prize winner, Liberian female peace activist, on Tuesday called for ending of disputes in Cameroon’s two English-speaking regions that have been ravaged by war in the last two years. “As someone who has survived war and has lived through it, I will tell Cameroonians, war has never been the […]
Women who have fled into the bushes from the conflict in English-speaking regions of Cameroon are using moss squashed into balls as tampons, risking infection. One 16-year-old explained to BBC Focus on Africa the challenges she is facing since she left her home: Quote Message: There is no way we can get sanitary towels in […]
