German Chancellor Angela Merkel has described her party’s failure in Berlin state elections as “bitter,” taking the blame for the loss after criticism over her refugee policy. Merkel made the remarks on Monday after her party, known as Christian Democratic Union (CDU), came in second in Berlin mayoral elections, with only 17 percent of the vote, […]
Gabon’s senior state prosecutor has made public details of all those arrested during the two days of violent demonstrations that followed the announcement of the provisional results of the 27th of August presidential election. In a press conference today in Libreville, he announced that 407 people arrested had been released and 393 others were still […]
Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) Diane James says Russian President Vladimir Putin is one of her top three political heroes. Speaking to BBC on Sunday, the newly elected party leader said she admired Putin alongside with former British prime ministers Margaret Thatcher and Winston Churchill. James had previously expressed her admiration for the Russian […]
Despite numerous appeals by the Cameroon ambassador to the US for CPDM militants to come out massively and welcome President Biya, Cameroon Intelligence Report has learned that less than ten supporters of the regime actually came out to receive the Cameroonian dictator who arrived late on Sunday in New York. Mr Biya, 83 is in the […]
The plethora of adverts by each of the four mobile telephone service providers in the country is an indication of the strides made to bring telephone services closer to the population both in the urban and rural areas. Network coverage has expanded and covers most rural and frontier towns. However, the increase of scope does […]
The sum of 4.8 billion CFA Francs has been made available to the national organizing committee of the 2016 Women’s African Cup Nations that Cameroon will host in the months of November and December. 69 vehicles and a chartered plane that will relay Yaoundé and Douala have also been handed over to the committee for […]
Aliko Dangote, billionaire businessman, has advised African leaders to give incentives to investors and make intra-Africa travel easy. He said this while revealing that despite the size of his group and his investments on the continent, he needs 38 visas to travel across Africa. The richest African said adequate steps must be taken to address the issue in […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to face electoral setbacks in the regional assembly elections currently underway in the capital Berlin, amid criticism of her policy toward refugees. Polling stations opened in the German capital at 08:00 (0600 GMT) on Sunday and will close at 18:00 (1600 GMT) the same day, with some 2.5 million […]
The US election process is undemocratic because it is unresponsive to the electorate’s priorities and, rather than representing the interests of constituents, it is rigged to achieve outcomes which advance corporate interests, according to an American political analyst. The US Commission on Presidential Debates announced on Friday that Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson and Green […]
At least 38 militants from the Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group have been killed in joint military operations by troops from Niger and Chad in southeast Niger over the past week, officials say. Niger’s Defense Ministry Spokesperson Moustapha Ledru announced the news on the country’s national television on Friday, adding that the counter-terror operations were […]
