French President Emmanuel Macron was Friday to chair a new crisis meeting of ministers after a third straight night of nationwide protests over the deadly police shooting of a teenager saw cars torched, shops ransacked and hundreds arrested. The overnight unrest followed a march on Thursday in memory of the 17-year-old, named Nahel, whose death […]
Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier was held for questioning along with his son as part of a probe into alleged discrimination, the Nice prosecutor told AFP on Friday. The move follows an investigation launched in April, following claims he made racist and Islamophobic remarks about players when he coached Nice in the 2021/22 season. The […]
The so-called fifth personality of the state, Ayang Luc wants to increase his fleet of cars by purchasing a 120 million FCFA limo for his ceremonial outings. To satisfy this need, described by many political commentators in the nation’s capital as”folie des grandeurs“, the Minister of State, Secretary General at the Presidency of the Republic, […]
Amine Homman Ludiye is the new CEO of Cameroon’s power utility, ENEO. The Moroccan was appointed on June 26, in Yaoundé during an extraordinary board meeting of the company. ENEO is controlled (51%) by Actis, the British investment fund. ENEO’s new boss replaces Belgian Patrick Eeckelers who resigned on June 26 also. The latter quit […]
On June 20, 2023, Cameroon’s Acting Minister of Industry, Fuh Calistus Gendry, visited the site that housed the Cellucam, the former public paper pulp maker that went bankrupt in 1982. The official went to check progress made on the site’s rehabilitation and according to local newspaper Cameroon Tribune, Cametal, the company in charge of the […]
The Vice President of the Ambazonia Interim Government has warned that all French Cameroun agents and Anglophone traitors will never feel safe anywhere in the Federal Republic of Ambazonia because restoration forces will not tolerate any schemes to undermine the independence of British Southern Cameroons. Vice President Dabney Yerima made the remarks in a town […]
Drinks giant Diageo on Wednesday said it had ended its relationship with Sean “Diddy” Combs after the US rapper accused it of neglecting their business agreement and racism. Combs, also know by his stage names Puff Daddy, P.Diddy and Diddy, claimed in a New York court filing on June 1 that the UK-based firm failed […]
A vote by the Security Council to end a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, at Mali’s own request, was postponed to later this week due to ongoing talks, diplomatic sources said Tuesday. Mali’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop took the world by surprise on June 16 when he asked the UN to withdraw its Minusma peacekeeping […]
The EU will take the next crucial step on Wednesday towards launching a digital version of the euro, a controversial project that has come under attack from the public, politicians and banks before it even exists. From China to the United States, Jamaica to Japan, dozens of central banks worldwide are exploring or have already […]
At least two civilians were killed when militants of the terrorist group Boko Haram raided a civilian community in the Far North Region, security and local sources said Tuesday. The attack took place at about 1:00 a.m. local time, Tuesday in Tourou Village of the region. The two victims were attacked in their home while […]
