In a heartfelt homily on Sunday, Bishop George Nkuo of Kumbo in Cameroon reminded the faithful of God’s constant presence and care in times of trouble amid a new spat of violence. He urged all parties to renounce violence and seek peace in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon, where a secessionist uprising has claimed thousands […]
Golf superstar Tiger Woods said Saturday he was feeling better a day after illness prompted him to withdraw during the second round of the Genesis Open at The Riviera Country Club. “I would like to confirm that I had to withdraw from the Genesis Invitational due to illness, which we now know is influenza,” Woods […]
Thousands on Saturday joined the first authorised protest in Senegal’s capital since President Macky Sall postponed elections for his successor, only for a top court to overturn his ruling. In a sign of calming tensions in the West African country, the protests passed peacefully and police largely kept their distance. Sall’s last-minute move to delay […]
Interpol has apprehended two suspects in the murder of a Burmese businessman who may have been involved in a counterfeit currency fraud in Bangkok’s downtown, three days after fleeing Thailand. They were detained in Cameroon. On February 14, a 51-year-old Burmese businessman, Kyaw Zeyar, was brutally beaten and killed at Saranjai Mansion in Bangkok’s Khlong […]
A New York judge on Thursday rejected Donald Trump’s attempts to dismiss charges he covered up hush money payments to a porn star, setting the stage for the first criminal trial ever of a former US president to begin on March 25. At the same time, Trump’s representatives attended a separate hearing in Atlanta, pushing […]
The Anglophone conflict in Cameroon is entering its eighth year with no resolution in sight. Insurgents in the North West and South West – the country’s two Anglophone regions – are still attacking government soldiers but increasingly one another as well. Civilians bear the brunt of the fighting. Killings, abductions and sexual violence are almost […]
On February 14, 2020, Cameroonian soldiers and armed ethnic Fulani raided Ngarbuh, a village in Cameroon’s North-West province, killing at least 21 civilians, including 13 children and a pregnant woman, and burning and looting homes. It was a brutal day that shocked even those who had long become numb to increasing violence in the region. […]
Elections even under the one-party state in the days of President Ahmadou Ahidjo stood as the cornerstone of government establishment and security, grounded in the foundational principle of freedom. However, immediately Mr. Paul Biya took office in 1982, Cameroon’s electoral landscape suddenly became a distressing narrative and today; the nation is grappling with the erosion […]
President Joe Biden has blasted criticism of Nato by his likely 2024 election challenger, Donald Trump, as “dumb”, “shameful” and “un-American”. The Democrat assailed Mr Trump for saying he would “encourage” Russia to attack any Nato member that did not meet its defence spending quota. Mr Biden said the remarks underscored the urgency of passing […]
President Paul Biya on Monday condemned an attack on school children in the country’s conflict-torn English-speaking region of Northwest, which left a 15-year-old student killed and more than 40 others injured. The blast occurred Sunday in Nkambe, a town in the region, as schoolchildren were taking part in activities to mark the National Youth Day. […]
