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17, August 2023
Former French president Sarkozy calls for ‘compromise’ with Russia 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, News
France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy has stirred outrage in Kyiv and Paris by suggesting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could be ended with new referendums in occupied territories. “The Ukrainians… will want to reconquer what has been unjustly taken from them. But if they can’t manage it completely, the choice will be between a frozen conflict… […]
17, August 2023
Fr Tatah Humphrey’s Christological Problem 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Religion
Fr. Tatah Humphrey should most certainly be commended for his assiduous commitment to African scholarship. It is no small feat to have 25 books and counting under one’s belt. That is a number most scholars would envy. Though I am yet to get a copy of Studying the Faith of Our Ancestors: A New Approach […]
17, August 2023
Inspector of Basic Education in Manyu Calls for help for IDP 0
by soter • Education, Headline News, Life
The inspector of Basic Education for Manyu Division, Arreyngang Harman Taku, has called on Manyu sons and daughters at home and abroad to come to the assistance of young IDPs who will soon be returning to school, unfortunately without the necessary school supplies due to the prevailing economic hardship. Mr. Arreyngang made the call in […]
16, August 2023
Coup crisis is deepening Niger food insecurity, UN says 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, News
The United Nations warned Wednesday that the ongoing crisis in Niger could significantly worsen food insecurity in the impoverished country, urging humanitarian exemptions to sanctions and border closures to avert catastrophe. The UN humanitarian agency OCHA highlighted that even before Niger’s democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum was toppled in a coup late last month, the […]
16, August 2023
Football: Man City beat Sevilla on penalties to win UEFA Super Cup 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, Sports
Manchester City won the UEFA Super Cup for the first time on Wednesday but needed penalties to beat Sevilla after a 1-1 draw in Athens. Youssef En-Nesyri’s towering first-half header gave the Spaniards the lead. European champions City were far from their slick best, but hit back to force the game to penalties through Cole […]
15, August 2023
Roger Milla weighs in on CAF-Eto’o affair 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Sports
While the Confederation of African Football has announced the opening of an investigation against the President of the Cameroon Football Federation over allegations of inappropriate conduct, Samuel Eto’o is receiving support from a number of Cameroonian soccer players, including Indomitable Lions legend Roger Milla. The CAF vs Eto’o split is likely to occupy the media […]
15, August 2023
Olusegun Obasanjo heading to Yaoundé with Bakassi transfer on his agenda 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News, Nigeria
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is expected in Yaoundé for the celebrations of the 15th anniversary of the transfer of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon by Nigeria. The arrival is announced in a letter sent on July 31 by Felix Mbayu, Minister Delegate to the Minister of External Relations, to Paul Atanga Nji, Minister of […]
15, August 2023
West Africa military chiefs to discuss Niger crisis this week 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, News
Military chiefs from the West African bloc ECOWAS will meet in Ghana this week to discuss a possible intervention in Niger, a spokesperson for the regional group has confirmed. The meeting on Thursday and Friday – originally scheduled for last weekend but then postponed – comes after ECOWAS leaders last week approved deployment of a […]
14, August 2023
Biya is 90: Whether or not he runs for another term in 2025, succession is clearly an inevitable question 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
Since 2016, the conflict in Cameroon between armed separatists and government forces has killed more than 6,000 people and displaced over 500,000 in the country’s north west and south west regions, where 2.2 million people need humanitarian assistance. The government’s hybrid approach to the crisis, combining political and security measures, has failed to appease local […]
17, August 2023
French Cameroun: 11-month-old baby dies of hunger with mum in custody 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Caroline Ngum ‘s 11 -month-old baby has been buried in their family residence in Penja-Moungo division in the Littoral region of Cameroon under the watch of his heart broken mother. Caroline Ngum, who reportedly lost her baby while on detention at the Penja police district disclosed she was denied the opportunity to breastfeed her baby […]