The National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC) has reaffirmed its stance on sexuality that marriage is between a man and a woman. This comes after Pope Francis, who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church, recently allowed priests to bless same-sex couples. According to a document issued by the Vatican recently, Pope Francis said […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Gaza war has come at a “very heavy price” for his side. The military says 14 more soldiers have been killed in the Palestinian territory since Friday, bringing the total of the ground assault to 153. Saturday was one of its deadliest days – but Mr Netanyahu said […]
The normally bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus resembled a ghost town on Sunday, as Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem were called off due to the Israel-Hamas war. The festive lights and Christmas tree that normally decorate Manger Square were missing, as were the throngs of foreign tourists who gather each year to mark the holiday. […]
Five months ago, Amnesty International stated: “Cameroonian authorities must act to end the violence against the population and conduct thorough investigations into the killings, acts of torture, rapes, burning of houses and other atrocities committed in the Anglophone regions…” The 5th July 2023 report, like many before, was disapproving and detailed extensive human rights violations […]
Troops loyal to the Biya Francophone regime in Yaounde have launched an operation to hunt separatist fighters who are suspected to have killed five security forces in the country’s war-torn Anglophone region of Northwest, several security sources said. Two soldiers and three gendarmes were killed Wednesday after their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive […]
Cameroon has received 12,000 Nigerian refugees in 2023, according to the United Nations refugee agency, the UNHCR. Minawao camp, the only official refugee camp in the country’s Far North region, hosts about 70,000 Nigerians seeking shelter from violence in their homeland, the UNHCR said in a statement Thursday. “Minawao refugee camp in the Far North […]
Initial results from a presidential poll in DR Congo were expected Friday after shambolic elections spread over several days which the authorities deemed successful. The African nation held four concurrent polls on Wednesday to elect the president, lawmakers for national and provincial assemblies as well as local councillors. President Felix Tshisekedi is running for a […]
France is planning to close its embassy in Niger for an indefinite period as it is unable to carry out diplomatic tasks due to restrictions imposed by the ruling junta, a French embassy letter to its Niger staff dated Tuesday and seen by Reuters on Thursday showed. Relations between Niger and France, its former colonial […]
Two prominent judges of the Military Tribunal have been removed by the 91-year-old President Biya in a move described by many as an unexpected blow to the reputation of the judiciary. The dismissal of the two Francophone judges in Yaoundé has sparked fierce debates around the conditions under which judges’ work. The Biya decision to […]
Soter Agbaw-Ebai, chairman and editor-in-chief of the Cameroon Concord Group has said that Paul Biya’s 41 years at the head of the Cameroonian nation has to end. In a presentation today in Dublin, Ireland on the hydra headed political situation in Yaoundé, Soter Agbaw-Ebai stated that there is a ghost president in Cameroon and a […]
