The German city of Kassel has awarded American whistle-blower Edward Snowden for the “courage and conscience” that he showed in spilling US secrets. Snowden “with courage, competence and reason has taken a conscience decision and put his past life and safety at stake for a bigger thing,” the organizers said, awarding him the Glass of Reason, worth 10,000 euros. The former National […]
Cameroon’s First Lady Chantal BIYA has attended a concert for the spouses of Heads of State hosted by Michelle OBAMA, First Lady of the United States of America. The event was dedicated to the “Let Girls Learn” initiative; for the education of adolescent girls in the world. It was organised on Monday 19 September 2016, […]
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who recently regained the leadership, could be the key to the conflicts in the country, an analyst suggests. Corbyn, who was initially elected last year, took 62 percent of the vote, beating challenger Owen Smith on Saturday. Despite mainstream media efforts to undermine his campaign, surveys had indicated that Corbyn would […]
The production, marketing and consumption of whisky in sachets are persistently developing serious resistance to all administrative measures towards their complete ban. Following results of laboratory test which found that whisky in sachet and in plastic bottles is detrimental to human health, government, through the Minister in charge of industries, took the bold step banning its […]
Following a crisis meeting between the Governor of the Littoral Region, Samuel Dieudonné Ivaha Diboua and commercial motorcycle trade union leaders, calm returned to Douala yesterday, September 22, 2016. Activities by motorbike riders resumed and continued normally after the tense standoff between riders and security forces and council staff on September 21, 2016. Samuel Dieudonné […]
Militants of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) have claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on an oil pipeline in the south of Nigeria, declaring an end to a ceasefire with the government agreed upon a month ago. NDA spokesman Mudoch Agbinibo said in a statement on Saturday that the militant group had destroyed Bonny pipeline in Rivers […]
A conference to deliberate on the marking scheme for the competitive entrance exam into the International relations Institute of Cameroon, IRIC is ongoing in the school campus in Yaounde. The conference has been organized at the end of written part of the 2016-2017 competitive entrance examination into IRIC after three days of writing. Some 833 candidates […]
A number of fatalities have purportedly occurred during heavy fighting between security forces and militants loyal to a slain tribal leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to the DRC government spokesman, the violence erupted in the country’s south central city of Kananga on Thursday and continued into Friday, with conflicting reports on the number of […]
A video has been released showing the moments before and after the fatal shooting of an African American man by police in Charlotte, North Carolina. The footage shows the wife of Keith Lamont Scott repeatedly telling officers he is not armed and pleading with them not to shoot her husband as they shout at him […]
Gabon’s Constitutional Court has given its verdict on the presidential election of August 27. The court through the voice of its president Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo, confirmed the re-election of outgoing President Ali Bongo with 50.66% vote cast. Jean Ping finished second with 47, 24% after a recount of polling station by polling station under the supervision […]
