Every Monday, FIFA spotlights a World Cup record. Two of the most implausible of call-ups enabled two Cameroonians to set one at USA 1994. Twins, the 1988 Hollywood blockbuster, featured the oddest double act in cinematic history. It comprised Vincent, a pudgy, 4ft 10ins crook played by Danny DeVito, and Julius, a happy-go-lucky hulk played […]
Gunmen suspected to be separatists on Monday shot dead three officials, including a mayor, in Cameroon’s war-torn English-speaking region of Northwest, according to the army and officials. Innocent Ngong — mayor of Belo council, one of his deputies, as well as Aaron Aghi Ngong — chief of basic education in Belo subdivision were ambushed and […]
The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and three Hamas leaders, the court’s chief prosecutor announced on Monday. US President Joe Biden called the move “outrageous”, saying there was “no equivalence” between Israel and Hamas. The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday he is seeking […]
Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian have died in a helicopter crash in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan. The helicopter carrying President Raeisi and his accompanying delegation crashed on Sunday in the Dizmar forest, nestled between the cities of Varzaqan and Jolfa in East Azarbaijan Province. It was transporting Raeisi, Amir-Abdollahian, […]
Despite having lived in the United States for most of her life, Libianca is unmistakably proud of her Cameroonian heritage. The Afrosoul star was introduced to the world while singing in a Cameroonian accent – in 2022 she dropped her day-to-day American cadence for the career-launching, globally-charting hit that was People. On Facebook, Libianca’s bio proudly […]
At least four separatist fighters and two army officers have been killed in clashes in Cameroon’s war-torn English-speaking regions of Northwest and Southwest, local and security sources confirmed on Friday. Separatist fighters ambushed and attacked security forces in the Akwaya subdivision of the Southwest Region overnight into Friday, resulting in the deaths of the brigade […]
The operatives of the Delta State Police Command, in collaboration with the Force Intelligence Unit, Abuja, have arrested three suspected notorious kidnappers. The spokesman of the command, Bright Edafe, who disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday, said the suspects were allegedly responsible for several kidnapping incidents in Orerokpe, Sapele, Warri and environs. He listed the […]
A Japanese high court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling ordering the government to pay 1.65 million yen ($10,600) in damages to the bereaved family of a Cameroonian man who died in 2014 while being detained in an immigration control facility in eastern Japan. The mother of the 43-year-old man was seeking 10 million […]
Two security soldiers and two civilians were killed in a separatist attack in Cameroon’s war-torn English-speaking region of Northwest, security and local sources said on Wednesday. Separatist fighters ambushed two members of Cameroon security Tuesday night in Bambui locality of the region, said a senior security official. “The soldiers were drinking in a bar and […]
The police in Cameroon had rudely raided, interrupted and assaulted journalists in Douala as they gathered to celebrate World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, and confiscated their equipment in the process. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, Syndicat National des Journalistes du Cameroun in condemning this act of naked aggression on […]
