Benjamin Netanyahu has dominated the political landscape in Israel for more than two decades but, almost one year after regaining the role of prime minister, an unprecedented attack by Hamas on Saturday looks set to shake his grip on power. The shock attack by Hamas on Saturday has claimed over 1,000 lives in Israel and […]
Cameroonian troops ambushed and killed at least nine separatist fighters in the country’s war-torn English-speaking region of Southwest on Monday, according to security and local sources. Troops raided a separatist hideout in the Matoh locality of the region, killing the fighters, a military official said. Among those killed was a “notorious” separatist commander who called […]
Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it fired missiles on Israel Wednesday drawing retaliatory Israeli fire, after three of its members were killed earlier this week amid soaring border tensions. The exchange of fire came as Israel massed troops and heavy armour around Gaza in its retaliatory campaign against Hamas militants in a conflict that has […]
The Yaoundé floods disaster which has already killed more than 20 people and rendered hundreds of Cameroonians homeless is clearly being blamed on Gregoire Owona, a government minister in the Biya regime who has a massive illegal fish pond in the neighborhood. On the fateful night of the accident, heavy rains in Yaoundé breached the […]
The Vice President of the Ambazonia Interim Government has expressed deep concern over the latest onslaught on Southern Cameroons villages, calling on the international community to take immediate action to stop the occupying French Cameroun regime’s reckless crimes. Dabney Yerima made the remarks on Monday, as he strongly condemned the barbaric raid on villages in […]
At least four separatist fighters have been killed in a military operation in Cameroon’s English-speaking region of Southwest, the army said Saturday. The operation took place late Friday in Kendem village in Manyu Division. Government troops ambushed the fighters who were in their hideout in a cocoa farm, killing four of them and seizing weapons […]
At least 27 people were killed and more than 50 were injured in floods set off by heavy rains in Cameroon’s capital, authorities said Monday as rescuers intensified the search for those missing following the deluge the previous day. The rains unleashed floodwaters in the district of Yaounde 2 of the country’s capital on Sunday, […]
Rwanda’s government has murdered, attacked and disappeared critics beyond its borders in a campaign of “extraterritorial repression” that must be challenged by the international community, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday. The tiny East African nation has been de facto led by Paul Kagame since the genocide in 1994, and the veteran president is seeking […]
The Nobel prize in economics was on Monday awarded to American economist Claudia Goldin for her research helping understand the role of women in the labour market. The Harvard professor, who is the third woman to be awarded the prestigious economics prize, was given the nod “for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market […]
Former Secretary General at the presidency of the republic Professor Titus Edzoa expressed his willingness to lead a transition government in the event President Biya agrees to step down. Edzoa, however, maintained he will not support another mandate for President Biya in the next presidential race. Professor Titus Edzoa told Equinox TV that any change […]
