Iranians have begun voting in a presidential contest which pits President Hassan Rouhani against a serious challenger, Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, in what is believed to be a close race. Some 63,500 polling stations opened at 08:00 local time (0330 GMT) for long lines which had already formed around the country where more than 56 million […]
The Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reform has come under attack from French speaking political elites following a recent press release issued by his ministerial department on May 15, 2017 for the recruitment of 80 Southern Cameroonians into the judiciary as magistrates and court registrars. The Francophones now say the minister should have said […]
The Anglophone problem that started in October 2016 is still playing out in earnest and the consequences are mounting on a daily basis. Students have already lost a whole year and courts have been out of service for months. While the government has been flexing its atrophied muscles to strike fear into the minds of […]
A rapid intervention force of Senegalese troops will soon be deployed in central Mali, which has seen an increase in militant attacks and communal violence since 2015, the new UN peacekeeping chief says. “We are awaiting the upcoming deployment in the center (of Mali), by Senegal, of a rapid intervention force to deal with the […]
The Francophone South West Governor, Bernard Okalia Bilai has maintained that celebrations marking the 45th edition of the so-called Unity Day will hold hitch free in Southern Cameroons no matter pressure mounted by Anglophone Cameroonians whom he painted as “extremists”-a position earlier upheld by President Biya. The East Cameroun political elite recently placed under a […]
The Divisional Officer for Mbanga has written a letter to a prominent SDF Councillor in Mbanga stating that the presence of the Social Democratic Front (SDF) in public ceremonies is “a republican requirement”. The SDF, through the voice of its leader, Ni John Fru Ndi, decided to boycott celebrations marking the 45th edition of the […]
Deepening worries over US President Donald Trump’s uncertain future following a series of scandals has sent jitters through financial markets in the United States. US stocks suffered their worst trading day in eight months on Wednesday after some lawmakers strongly criticized Trump over his recent scandals involving ousted FBI Director James Comey. The Dow Jones […]
Pope Francis has appointed an African priest as apostolic nuncio to Ireland for the first time. Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo, 60, from Nigeria is due to take up the role during the summer. He will be the Vatican’s diplomatic representative in Ireland. The outgoing papal nuncio to Ireland Charles Brown will move to Albania to […]
The Red Cross says 115 bodies have been found in the Central African Republic’s town of Bangassou following several days of attacks by militants. “We found 115 bodies and 34 have been buried,” said Antoine Mbao Bogo, the president of the aid group’s local branch, from the capital Bangui on Wednesday. “They died in various […]
A Francophone member of cabinet has officially opened the International Forum on Digital Economy holding in Yaoundé, the nation’s capital. The Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization, René Emmanuel Sadi, on behalf of the 84 year dictator, Paul Biya honored the three day meeting grouping start-uppers, experts, investors and government agencies organized on the theme […]
