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 […]
A senior Southern Cameroons scholar has said that the United Republic of Cameroon project has failed. “Day-by-day it is becoming evident that British Southern Cameroons is irreversibly transitioning into Africa’s newest state. The French backed Francophone domination equation does not work in Southern Cameroons anymore, and the old ENAM order that used to serve the […]
In the last few hours, two senior members of the Israeli military have compared Saturday’s attacks from Gaza to the 9/11 attacks on the US. “This is our 9/11,” spokesman Major Nir Dinar said. “They got us.” Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus also compared the Hamas attacks to major attacks in America. “This could be a […]
Cameroon Concord News Group chief correspondent Nelly Epupa has said that the Biya Francophone regime in French Cameroun has detained more than 4000 Southern Cameroonians since the outbreak of the conflict in 2006. Nelly Epupa who headed undercover operations for the Cameroon Intelligence Report said during our October editorial meeting on Thursday that the Francophone […]
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was on Friday charged as part of an investigation into possible witness tampering, adding to his long list of legal woes, including over illegal campaign financing. Following 30 hours of questioning over nearly four days, investigating magistrates decided they had grounds to charge Sarkozy with benefitting from witness tampering and […]
A drone attack on a Syrian military academy in the country’s western city of Homs has killed scores of people and left many others wounded. “Eighty people, including six children and six women, were martyred and 240 people were injured as a result of this terrorist act,” Syrian Health Minister Hassan al-Ghabash said on Thursday. […]
