Haiti is fast descending into anarchy. Over the weekend, the violence in the capital Port-au-Prince ramped up once again. Heavily armed gangs attacked the National Palace and set part of the Interior Ministry on fire with petrol bombs. It comes after a sustained attack on the international airport, which remains closed to all flights – […]
Northern Cameroon has for decades been a hub for ammunition, small arms and light weapons trafficking in the Sahel. The problem has fuelled regional insecurity since 1980. In response, states of the Lake Chad Basin Commission created the Multinational Joint Task Force in 1994. But arms trafficking has worsened since Boko Haram’s emergence and expansion […]
Cameroonian authorities must disclose which journalists, in addition to murdered journalist Martinez Zogo, have been targeted for surveillance by the country’s counterintelligence service and ensure that spying on members of the media is immediately discontinued, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. The existence of a surveillance operation that allegedly spied on Zogo since at […]
Ngannou returned to his feet and stood in the middle of the ring, talking to Joshua and the world knew it was all over! The pair exchanged greetings and Joshua said “don’t leave boxing.” It could be the last time we see Ngannou in a boxing ring. He’s lost both of his fights but, in […]
The African Union on Friday joined the United States and European Union in welcoming Senegal’s decision to hold a presidential election on March 24 after weeks of turmoil triggered by the vote’s delay. President Macky Sall plunged Senegal into crisis with a last-minute postponement of the presidential poll, originally scheduled for February 25. After a […]
With Gaza’s humanitarian crisis growing more dire and his left flank in uproar, President Joe Biden is increasingly showing impatience with Israel’s leader and making clear the United States will act on its own — but few expect a dramatic break. In his State of the Union address Thursday, Biden announced that the United States […]
Rigobert Song was sacked as the head coach of the Cameroonian national team after the Indomitable Lions’ elimination at the Round 16 stage of the 2023 AFCON. It was clear the former skipper of Camereon, Song, was going to be sacked as his tenure had been marked with indiscipline and poor performance. 2017 AFCON winner, […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners on Wednesday convened a ministerial conference on how to tackle malaria in countries hardest hit by the disease in the Cameroonian capital of Yaoundé. While presiding at the opening ceremony, Cameroonian Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute said it is imperative to unite resources to stop people from dying […]
Real Madrid reached the Champions League quarter-finals as Vinicius Junior provided the quality finish which RB Leipzig lacked to secure a 2-1 aggregate win in the last 16. Like the first leg, German side Leipzig were made to pay for wasting a host of chances when Vinicius clipped in Jude Bellingham’s pass with 25 minutes […]
Ex-UFC champion Francis Ngannou clashed with Tyson Fury and says he is “just getting started” in boxing before his heavyweight fight with Anthony Joshua. Ngannou faces Joshua in Saudi Arabia on Friday but opted to do his best verbal sparring with former opponent Fury at Wednesday’s news conference. Joshua took a back seat as Fury […]
