The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has marked 2016 as the deadliest year to date for refugees who venture the perilous North Africa-Italy route to reach Europe. “So far this year, one person has died for every 42 crossing from North Africa to Italy, compared to one in every 52 last year. This […]
Hundreds of military and police forces have been deployed in Gabon’s capital of Libreville to deal with persisting riots after a disputed presidential poll in which incumbent President Ali Bongo claimed victory. The Friday riots took place as the Central African country’s opposition leader Jean Ping also declared himself the rightful president and demanded a […]
Cameroon’s State broadcaster, CRTV, that was built and equipped by Siemens in Germany has acquired two state-of-the-art Outside Broadcast Vans (OB Vans) in view of an optimal coverage of the upcoming Female Africa Nations Cup billed for Yaounde and Limbe from 19 November to 3 December 2016. Communication Minister, Issa Tchiroma Bakary on September 1, […]
Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov has died almost one week after he suffered a brain stroke, Reuters news agency says citing three diplomatic sources. The 78-year-old president had been taken to the hospital following the stroke on Saturday, but his health condition had sharply worsened over the past 24 hours, the government said in a statement on Friday. The statement, […]
The new Cameroon 2016 home kit introduces a simple and clean design that highlights Puma’s completely new ‘evoKNIT’ football shirt technology. Combining the country’s traditional style – green shirt, red shorts and yellow socks – the Cameroon 2016 home shirt boasts a simple and almost one-colored design. The Puma logo, placed in the upper center of […]
A preparatory meeting for an international conference expected to attract some 200 youth across several African countries from the 5th to 9th of October 2016 to map the way forward in fostering regional integration for a prosperous Africa has held in Buea, capital of the South West region. During the discourse bearing the theme Transforming […]
The Southern Cameroon National Council, SCNC, has embarked on a 2million signature referendum to be forwarded to the United Nations as a requirement to gain independence. So far, hundreds of signatures have been secured with the first being the prominent activist Mola Njoh Litumbe bearing No 001 on the 2million expected liberation petition. The exercise […]
Heavily armed elements of the Nigerian Islamic sect, Boko Haram have attacked Cameroon military positions in Kerawa in the Far North region. Our chief intelligence officer in Maroua who confirmed the incident to us also revealed that the incursion took place early on Thursday. The Cameroon army responded decisively in clashes that lasted several hours. […]
Iran has urged the international community to endeavor toward changing counterproductive, deep-rooted attitudes in favor of furthering justice, morality, and democracy. “What the world needs today is an international commitment and endeavor toward [the creation of] fundamental changes in old, common, and repetitive methods and attitudes, thus bringing about a world that is more just, moral, […]
President Barack Obama has deported more undocumented immigrants than any US president in history, an American author and radio host says. Stephen Lendman made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Thursday while commenting on a speech by Donald Trump in which he vowed to show “no amnesty” for undocumented workers living in the […]
