Algeria’s ailing president Abdelaziz Bouteflika has announced his resignation with immediate effect, following months of protests against his rule. State television announced on Tuesday that Bouteflika “officially advised the Constitutional Council of the end of his term of office as president of the republic.” The 82-year-old had been in power for the past 20 years, […]
Southern Cameroons fighters have reportedly blocked a newly built road linking the capital of the Menchum County to Bamenda, Cameroon Intelligence Report has learnt, while CRTV Bamenda reported that troops loyal to the Biya regime in Yaoundé secured a strategic highway between Batibo and Mamfe, the chief town in the Manyu County. In the Northern […]
The investment accomplished by African Development Bank in Cameroon has reached XAF177 billion. While speaking at a meeting with the economic operators on March 28 in Douala, African Development Bank’s (AfDB) executives opined that only 11 percent of this portfolio was directed to the private sector. “This is a paradox given that the African Development Bank has mechanisms for private investments. […]
The Southern Cameroons Liberation Council (SCLC) condemns, in the strongest terms, the reported kidnapping of an unknown number of civilians in the Republic of Ambazonia, formerly the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon. The victims include a former Bar Association president and former presidential candidate, Barrister Akere Muna, and an unknown number of […]
News that Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has agreed to end his two-decade reign amid weeks of protests came as his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir faced mass demonstrations against his own leadership of some 30 years. But that number is dwarfed by other heads of state around the world who have clung to power for generations. Africa is no stranger to such lengthy […]
The United States Navy and 33 other countries recently carried out weeks of maritime training in the Gulf of Guinea, to improve safety against pirates and to improve the monitoring of the West Africa coastline. The Obangame Express training exercise, in its ninth year, this year included 2,500 personnel, 95 ships and 12 aircraft, with […]
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will resign before his mandate ends on April 28, state news agency APS said on Monday, bowing to weeks of mass protests and army pressure seeking an end to his 20-year rule. There was no immediate reaction from leaders of the protest movement that has buffeted Algeria, a major oil producer, […]
Separatists in restive Northwest Cameroon have, in a rare move, freed a former government minister unharmed after two weeks in captivity. Emmanuel Ngafeson Bantar, a top Ministry of Justice official, was the first advisor to President Paul Biya to be abducted in the Northwest. Bantar says his stay with the separatists convinced him that an […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed three new government members in an expected cabinet reshuffle, including the minister who will be in charge of handling Brexit-related issues. A lawmaker with Macron’s party, Amélie de Montchalin becomes junior minister for European affairs, a statement from the French presidency said Sunday. The 33-year-old economist studied at Harvard Kennedy […]
A major business chief operating in the United Kingdom has criticized the way the government and the parliament are handling the country’s withdrawal from the European Union, saying Britain, once praised for its economic and political stability, is becoming a global laughing stock. Juergen Maier, who serves as the UK head of German industrial giant […]
