Some 278 refugees have been rescued by the Libyan coastguard off the country’s western shores in the Mediterranean Sea. The spokesman of Libyan naval forces, Ayoub Qaseed, said Monday that rescue operations took place off the shores of Zawiya and Sabratha, two towns west of the capital Tripoli. He said 128 people had been rescued […]
Human rights group Amnesty International has called on Saudi Arabia to halt the executions of 14 individuals who were sentenced to death following a “grossly unfair mass trial” as part of the kingdom’s “bloody execution spree.” Amnesty International took a similar position recently in a report that denounced the regime in Yaounde, Cameroon. “By confirming […]
René Emmanuel Sadi, the Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization has summoned the ten CPDM appointed governors to Yaoundé for the so-called first semester conference of the year 2017. The Biya agents will begin meeting tomorrow Tuesday the 25th of July at the conference center of the Yaoundé City Council. In a press release that […]
A French news magazine, Le Point has revealed that Minister Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo’o has been involved in dirty financial deals with a French company specialize in the sale of military hardware, uniforms, and handcuffs. According to Le Point, the information came from an investigation carried out by French financial experts at the heart of […]
Malian and French troops have arrested a close associate of a preacher whose extremist group has claimed dozens of attacks against Western and Malian targets, Mali’s security minister said on Sunday. Macina Liberation Front, based in central Mali’s Mopti region, is led by cleric Amadou Koufa who has called upon followers to take up arms […]
The United States’ Secretary of State Rex Tillerson may be considering parting ways with the White House amid widening differences with President Donald Trump on a number of subjects, including on Iran, US sources say. The CNN reported on Monday that Tillerson faced “a growing list of differences with the White House, including a new […]
African footballer of the last century and itinerant Ambassador, Roger Milla and his wife Madam Stéphanie have celebrated their 10 years of marriage at the Saint-Esprit chapel in Yaoundé. Several personalities of the politico-administrative gratin were present, as well as media men and close friends of the couple. It was on July the 20th, 2007 […]
Worshippers in mosques across Guinea have been praying for the health of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr Buhari has been in London for treatment for over two months, his second long visit for health reasons this year. The Nigerian leader had been due to visit Guinea since March, but his trip has been postponed. As […]
The African Nations Cup will move from January to June and July from its next staging in Cameroon in 2019 and be expanded from 16 to 24 teams, the executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) decided on Thursday. The change of timing will be welcomed by European club sides, many of whom […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Wednesday said there was no evidence of 97 Nigerians being killed by Cameroonian Gendarmes. He said the 97 deaths represented the accumulation of all the Nigerians that had been killed in previous incidents in the Bakassi area since 2008. Mr. Onyeama made the claim before the House […]
