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24, September 2016
Riyadh plans to invest in Cameroon’s agricultural sector 0
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has expressed interest in investing in Cameroon’s agricultural sector. The desire was made public in Yaounde by a high powered delegation from Riyadh. The Saudi delegation of parliamentarians headed by a former Minister of Agriculture held productive discussions with the Minister of Finance, Alamine Ousmane Mey. Waleed A. Elkhereiji indicated […]
24, September 2016
German Interior Minister condemns violent attacks on asylum seekers 0
The German interior minister has denounced as a national “disgrace” a surge in the number of violent attacks targeting asylum seekers, which are carried out by far-right extremist amid growing anti-refugee sentiment in the European country. Thomas de Maiziere made the remarks in an address to an event called ‘To think home anew – more […]
24, September 2016
Morocco has made an official request to join the African Union 0
Morocco has made an official request to join the African Union (AU) again more than four decades after leaving the pan-African bloc in protest at Western Sahara’s membership. In a statement released on Friday, the AU said that it had received Rabat’s bid to rejoin the 54-member body. “The Kingdom of Morocco has officially submitted a request to […]
23, September 2016
Egypt refugee boat tragedy: 160 bodies pulled out from the Mediterranean sea 0
Egyptian rescue workers have pulled out from the Mediterranean Sea the bodies of more than a hundred refugees whose boat recently capsized near the coast of Egypt. A senior Egyptian official said on Friday that a total of 162 bodies had been pulled out from Egyptian waters. The vessel capsized on Wednesday. Rescue and recovery […]
23, September 2016
Maroua host interreligious service in honour of soldiers killed in the war on terror 0
Some military families and a cross section of the population of the Far North region have paid homage to soldiers of the Rapid Intervention Battalion who died defending the nation in the war against Boko Haram. The families came together during an interreligious service that took place at the command post of “Operation Alpha Unit” […]
23, September 2016
Biya meets US Under-Secretary for African Affairs 0
The President of the Republic His Excellency Paul BIYA granted audience to Madam Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the United States Under-Secretary of State for African Affairs, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York on Thursday 22 September 2016. At the end of their discussions, the American Under-Secretary of State told the press that the audience with […]
23, September 2016
US internet giant Yahoo says state-sponsored hackers stole information of half a billion users 0
The US internet giant Yahoo says seemingly state-sponsored hackers stole the information of half a billion of its users back in 2014, in what appears to be the largest publicly disclosed cyber-breach in history. Yahoo said in a statement on Thursday that “based on the ongoing investigation, Yahoo believes that information associated with at least 500 […]
23, September 2016
British Foreign Secretary says London plans to begin Brexit process early next year 0
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said London plans to begin the formal process for leaving the European Union (EU) early next year following the Brexit vote in June. Speaking from New York on Thursday, Johnson told Sky News that Britain will trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty under which London can leave the EU […]
22, September 2016
UN General Assembly: President Biya calls for collective action 1
President Paul Biya has addressed the 71st General Assembly of the UN in New York. Cameroon state radio and television reported that his speech was based on the 17 point Sustainable Development Goals, (SDGs) which is currently guarding deliberation at the present session. The Cameroonian chief executive revealed that countries have not fully respected their […]
24, September 2016
Gabon: Opposition leader says he will not abandon his pursuit of presidency soon 0
by soter • Africa, Breaking News, Headline News, Politics
Gabonese opposition leader Jean Ping has vowed not to abandon his pursuit of presidency soon after the Constitutional Court upheld the narrow victory of incumbent President Ali Bongo in last month’s presidential election and dismissed Ping’s appeal. “This decision does not bring the Gabonese people together and it does not appease them because they don’t […]