The UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) has commended Acting President Yemi Osinbajo for his handling of the recent conflict in Bakassi Peninsula, which affected Nigerian fishermen. The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa and Head of UNOWAS, Mr. Mohamed Chambas, spoke with the Correspondent of the News Agency […]
UK Brexit minister David Davis has come under fire for heading back to his country only hours after beginning the second round of negotiations with the European Union (EU) in Brussels, Belgium. Labour said Davis’ hasty return showed that the government of Prime Minister Theresa May was in “disarray” following last month’s general election and […]
The network of Human Rights Defenders in Central Africa has strongly condemned the poor treatment of detained Anglophones and some political prisoners in Kondengui. Their stance was made known in a release signed recently in Yaoundé. The Press release was a reaction to an ugly incident which the prison authorities searched the cells of detainees […]
LIST OF Soldiers who died in the military vessel en route to Bakassi HEAD OF MISSION 1. 1. NDEDI MOUANGUE ARNOLD LT / 2 ° USIM BIR SURFACE CREW MUNDEMBA BOAT 2. 1. MELONGO GUY HENRI CIVIL / / CDT MUNDEMBA 3. 2. FOWUJANG ERNEST CIVIL / / ELECTRICIAN 4. 3. NKOA NKOA PATRICK CIVIL […]
A Cameroon government decision to close all border crossings with the Central Africa Republic following a wave of deadly attacks has forced cross-border trade to grind to a halt, Cameroon Intelligence Report has gathered from a well-placed source in the nation’s capital, Yaoundé. Cameroon closed the main borders after a security meeting chaired by the […]
At least 27 people have perished and 54 are missing after an overcrowded boat sank in a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a local official said Sunday. Most of the victims of the tragedy on the Kasai river were students on holiday, local administrator Jacques Mbila told AFP. The main reasons for the […]
The regime in Yaoundé has confirmed that a logistics boat of the Rapid Intervention Battalion, BIR that left the Douala metropolis en route to Mudemba on Sunday the 16th of July 2017 disappeared with 30 soldiers on-board. The CPDM government statement said, the ship was heading to the Bakassi peninsula and the crew was headed […]
State radio and television including the so-called Cameroon government spokesman have all been silent over the killings of 4 gendarmerie officers by their colleague in Kousseri. On Friday, the 14th of July 2017, Jude Woumessi, a young gendarme on duty at the 33 Squadron of the Compagnie de Gendarmerie in Kousséri, administrative center of the […]
Three soldiers have been killed as a fresh round of infighting erupts in a barracks in Ivory Coast. A military officer said on Saturday that the soldiers were killed in a shooting that began overnight in a barracks at Korhogo, a city in the north of Ivory Coast. “There are three dead soldiers,” said the […]
Protesters have rallied in the streets of cities across the United States to demand the impeachment of President Donald Trump, and at least two people have been arrested. The protests organized by RefuseFascism were held on Saturday in at least 20 locations, including Atlanta, New York City, New Jersey, Chicago, Phoenix, Washington, Boston, Portland and […]
