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7, December 2016
Nigeria: Poverty, prejudice drive more women to join Boko Haram 0
Failing to improve the lives of girls and women trapped in poverty and domestic drudgery in north-east Nigeria could drive them into the ranks of extremist groups, analysts said. Many girls and women have been abducted by the jihadist group Boko Haram and used as cooks, sex slaves and even suicide bombers, according to rights […]
7, December 2016
Obama says Guantanamo Bay is a disgrace and waste of money 0
US President Barack Obama has expressed disappointment over failure to close the notorious prison of Guantanamo Bay in Cuba during his term in office, saying it was a disgrace and a waste of money. “We are wasting hundreds of millions of dollars to keep fewer than 60 people in a detention facility in Cuba,” Obama […]
7, December 2016
National Communications Council suspends 20 journalists 0
The National Communications Council, the secular arm of power in the field of media regulation has dished out new sanctions against particularly virulent media reporting against the CPDM regime. More than 20 journalists and media were suspended from activities on Tuesday the 6th of December 2016. Cameroon Concord News gathered the sanctions ranged from 1 […]
6, December 2016
UN names 41 peacekeepers in sex abuse in Central African Republic 0
The UN has named and referred for punishment 41 of its peacekeepers accused of a slew of “abhorrent” sexual abuse of refugees in the Central African Republic (CAR). The announcement came after a four-month probe into disturbing reports of sexual assaults and exploitation of women and children by the UN peacekeeping mission in the CAR […]
6, December 2016
Reasons why the North West/South West Divide tactics is outdated 0
Two Higher Teachers Training Colleges existed in the then United Republic of Cameroon. Bamenda for Southern Cameroonians and Yaoundé for French speaking Cameroonians. The Francophone spiritual and political leaders said let us pray for national integration, peace, work and fatherland and we closed our eyes and Yaoundé became Higher Ecole Normale and Bamenda, the Annex!!! […]
6, December 2016
France: Prime Minister Valls resigns, declares himself a candidate for the presidency 0
France’s Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, has resigned to declare himself a candidate for the presidency in an attempt to save the Socialist Party from a humiliating exit from elections next spring. Mr Valls, 54, a reformist, launched his bid to win party primaries just four days after François Hollande announced he would not seek re-election […]
6, December 2016
1,300 refugees rescued in Mediterranean, 16 found dead 0
More than 1,300 refugees have been rescued and 16 bodies recovered from the Mediterranean Sea over the past three days, the Italian coastguard says. Italy’s coastal service said 285 of the refugees were rescued on Saturday, 791 on Sunday and 231 on Monday, making up 1,307 the total number of refugees saved from the sea. […]
5, December 2016
Southern Cameroons on fire, several arrests in Bamenda, Fru Ndi in Buea, Kumba joins the dance 1
British Southern Cameroonians have staged massive demonstrations in the South West and North West of the regions of the country today Monday the 5th of December 2016. In Buea, capital of the South West region, the elected representatives of the Social Democratic Front (SDF) led by its leader Ni John Fru Ndi mobilized and held […]
5, December 2016
Cameroon government gives priority to prevention in the fight against HIV/Aids 0
The Minister of Public Health, Andre Mama Fouda has stated Government’s determination to have two hundred thousand HIV patients get access to free treatment by the end of 2016.Public Health boss made this declaration this Thursday 1st December 2016 in Yaoundé during the commemoration of the 29th edition of the World AIDS Day organized under […]
7, December 2016
Egypt dismantles a vast network trafficking human organs 0
by soter • Africa, Breaking News, Headline News, News
The Egyptian authorities have announced the dismantling of a vast network specialized in the trafficking of human organs. According to the administrative control authority, twenty-five people were arrested in possession of “millions of dollars and gold bullion after an investigation carried out in 10 hospitals. Among the suspects arrested were doctors, nurses, intermediaries and buyers, […]