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5, February 2017
West Cameroon Crisis and Biya’s continuous torture: The AGBAW-EBAI DEBATE 4
by soter • Breaking News, Editorial, Headline News
Since 2016, the editorial desk of the Cameroon Concord News Group has regularly expressed concern at the ill-treatment of Anglophone detainees in Francophone jails. Now it appears that over 300 persons arrested in connection with the recent Southern Cameroons uprising are still being held without being formally charged with any offence. It is reported that […]
5, February 2017
AFCON 2017: Captain Moukanjo appeals for calm in Southern Cameroons 2
by soter • Africa, Headline News, Sports
The captain of the indomitable Lions, Benjamin Moukanjo has called for dialogue and a peaceful settlement of the Anglophone problem. The skipper and his team mates will be staging the final of the African Cup of Nations 2017 in Gabon today and he took the opportunity to call on all Cameroonians to rally behind him […]
5, February 2017
Romania: Government retracts controversial decree after days of protests 0
by soter • Breaking News, Headline News, News, World
The Romanian government has announced the withdrawal of a controversial decree which decriminalized minor corruption offenses following five days of mass nation-wide protests. “We’ll hold an extraordinary meeting on Sunday to repeal the decree, withdraw, cancel it … you understand, and find a legal way to make sure it does not take effect,” said Romanian […]
5, February 2017
Veteran CRTV Journalist endorses the Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium, Says there are no anointed ones 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Former political commentator with the Cameroon radio and television, Lawrence EyongEchaw has broken the silence he maintained ever since the Anglophone uprising started in 2016. Larry Eyong who also moonlighted as the Shadow Minister of Communication for the Social Democratic Front posted on his Face Book page an endorsement of the leadership of the Cameroon […]
4, February 2017
Leading German News Magazine portrays Donald Trump as a terrorist 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
A leading German weekly magazine has published a striking cartoon of US President Donald Trump on its cover, portraying him as a terrorist, who beheaded the Statue of Liberty while shouting “America First.” On the cover of its Friday edition, Der Spiegel depicted the cartoon figure of Trump with a bloodied knife in one hand […]
4, February 2017
Anglophone Crisis: Consortium getting tough on La Republique du Cameroun 3
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
The interim leaders of the Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium have dismissed reports over state radio and television calling off the strike. The leaders say, the government succeeded in getting signatures of some insignificant members of one of the teachers’ trade unions and claimed that the Consortium had agreed to stop the strikes and the […]
4, February 2017
Moderator Samuel Fonki calls for the release of all Anglophone detainees 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Religion
The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon, PCC, Rt. Rev. Samuel Fonki Forba has said that the Government should release all Anglophone leaders of the Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium and proceed with dialogue for the possible resumption of schools in the two English speaking regions of the country. Rt. Rev Samuel Fonki was […]
4, February 2017
US judge blocks Trump’s travel ban 2
by soter • Headline News, News, World
A US federal judge in Seattle, Washington, has ordered a temporary, nationwide halt to President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban that blocks the entry of citizens from seven predominately Muslim countries. The ruling on Friday by US District Judge James Robart was broader than similar ones before it, and represents the most severe legal blow […]
4, February 2017
80% of Cameroonian men die 5 years after they retire 1
by soter • Headline News, Health, Life
Experts have revealed that 80% of Cameroonian men die 5 years after they retire from active service. The study also pointed out that they die because of poor preparation of their retirement. To put an end to these so-called early deaths, a program of the Retired and Pre-Retirement Support Center (CARE 4) has been launched […]
5, February 2017
Presbyterian Church in Cameroon distancing itself from the PEATTU resolution 1
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Religion
The Presbyterian Church in Cameroon has reportedly issued a statement contradicting the position held by the Presbyterian Education Authority Teachers Trade Union, PEATTU. Cameroon Concord News is yet to confirm the authenticity of the document that was emailed to our Brussels bureau today Sunday the 5th of February 2017. Below is the text as sent […]