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28, August 2016
Donald Trump comes under attack after he exploited the shooting of an African-American woman 0
by soter • Breaking News, Headline News, News, World
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has sparked a firestorm on social media after he exploited the shooting death of an African-American woman in Chicago. Nykea Aldridge, the cousin of Dwyane Wade, a star player on the NBA’s Chicago Bulls, was caught in the crossfire and shot in the head and arm while pushing a […]
27, August 2016
UK: Pedestrian bridge collapsed on M20 in Kent 0
by soter • Breaking News, Europe, Headline News, News
A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital with suspected broken ribs after a pedestrian bridge collapsed on the M20 in Kent. It happened between junctions 3 and 4, on the London-bound carriageway northwest of Maidstone. The M20 is the main route to the Port of Dover and the Channel Tunnel. The stretch of road where the accident happened was […]
27, August 2016
Italy: Funeral mass held for victims of the recent earthquake 0
by soter • Breaking News, Europe, Headline News, News
Italians held a mass funeral Saturday for the victims of the recent earthquake in the central part of the country whose death toll has reached 290. The country observed a national day of mourning Saturday. Italy’s civil protection agency said in a statement that the tally rose to 230 confirmed deaths in Amatrice, the worst hit […]
27, August 2016
Yaounde: Secondary and Basic Education officials discussing the new academic year 0
by soter • Breaking News, Education, Headline News, Life
Officials of the Central and Decentralized services of the Ministry of Secondary and Basic Education are meeting in Yaounde to map the way forward for the new school year. The highly placed civil servants taking part in the conclave which opened on the 26th of August 2016 included Pedagogic Inspectors, Regional Delegates and heads of […]
27, August 2016
Cameroon arrest Gendarmerie Captain leading a criminal gang in the Far North region 0
by soter • Breaking News, Cameroon, Headline News, News
Captain Hamadjam Hamadjam, commander of the gendarmerie company post in the Mayo-Tsanaga division was relieved of his duties and arrested late on Wednesday the 25th of August in an operation staged by the military high command of the Far North legion. Captain Hamadjam is currently being held at the Maroua Central Prison. A journalist with […]
26, August 2016
Bolivia: Interior Minister beaten to death 0
by soter • Breaking News, Headline News, News, World
Bolivian Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes has been beaten to death by striking mine workers after being kidnapped, the government says. Interior Minister Carlos Romero told a press conference that his 56-year-old deputy was abducted after he went to talk to the protesting miners in Panduro, around 160 km from the administrative capital, La Paz. Senior government […]
26, August 2016
Hillary Clinton has maintained a strong lead over Trump 0
by soter • Breaking News, Headline News, Politics, World
US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has maintained a double-digit lead over her Republican rival, Donald Trump, in the run-up to the November election in a new national poll.The Quinnipiac University poll, released on Thursday, shows the former secretary of state has 51 percent of the votes as compared to the New York billionaire having […]
25, August 2016
Cameroon in Sydney 2000: CPDM in Rio 2016 0
by soter • Africa, Breaking News, Headline News, Sports
Following the poor performance of Team Cameroon in the Rio Olympic Games 2016, Jeune Afrique International magazine recently invoked the memories of the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000 which saw Cameroon winning an Olympic Gold Medal in football. While Cameroon went unnoticed in Rio, Jeune Afrique successfully traced the 16 Cameroon football legends of Sydney […]
25, August 2016
Biya spends billions of FCFA hiring VIP aircrafts 1
by soter • Breaking News, Cameroon, Headline News, News
President Paul Biya for several years has traveled on hired planes paid by the Cameroonian tax payer. He left Yaounde on Wednesday for a “short stay” in Europe using a lease transaction VIP aircraft that reportedly cost a fortune. The state of Cameroon has paid a whopping sum for the hiring of air crafts for […]
28, August 2016
President Buhari confirms Boko Haram leader injured in an airstrike 0
by soter • Breaking News, Headline News, News, Nigeria
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed that Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group, has been injured in an airstrike. “We learned that in an airstrike by the Nigeria air force he was wounded,” Buhari said in a statement on Sunday from the Kenyan capital Nairobi, where he is attending a development conference. […]