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25, August 2016
Italy: Death toll from powerful earthquake reached 247 0
The death toll from a powerful earthquake that devastated parts of central Italy has reached 247 as rescue and search operations are underway to find possible survivors. On Thursday, Italy’s civil protection agency said a tally by local officials showed that 190 people were killed Rieti Province and 57 in the province of Ascoli Piceno. According to […]
25, August 2016
Biya appoints new general manager for the Port of Douala 0
Paul Biya has signed a decree appointing Ngo’o Cyrus as Managing Director of the Port of Douala. The Biya decree was made public on August 24, 2016, some few hours before the Cameroonian dictator left for an unknown destination in Europe. Cameroon Concord News understands Ngo’o Cyrus was presented and immediately installed on the same […]
24, August 2016
Venezuelan ambassador to Cameroon meets Prime Minister Philemon Yang in the Star Building 0
The Ambassador of Venezuela to Cameroon, Daniel Cartaya Laya has qualified the Nigerian Islamic sect, Boko Haram as a dire enemy to the truth. He was speaking on Tuesday 23rd August 2016 after an audience with Prime Minister Philemon Yang. The Diplomat who is resident in Malabo also handed a sealed message from President Nicolas […]
24, August 2016
Indomitable Lions: 4 home based players among the 7 new comers 0
Indomitable Lions head coach Hugo Bross has named a 23 man revolutionary squad that will play two international matches in September 2016 at the Omnisport stadium in Limbe. In the list published on Monday 22nd August 2016, some of the team’s kingpins had been side-lined while seven new players have joined the national selection. Four […]
24, August 2016
US has urged its citizens to leave Gaza 0
The United States has urged its citizens staying in Gaza to leave the coastal enclave “as soon as possible” over the Israeli bombardments of the area. The warning came after the Israeli military Sunday pounded targets in the Gaza Strip and injured four, including two in the town of Beit Hanun. The State Department warned […]
24, August 2016
Hillary Clinton has taken a 12-percentage point lead over Donald Trump 0
US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has taken a 12-percentage point lead over her Republican rival, Donald Trump, in the run-up to the 2016 US presidential race, according to a new poll. The Reuters/Ipsos poll, released on Tuesday, shows the former secretary of state has 45 percent of the votes as compared to the New York […]
23, August 2016
Cameroon lawyers have denounced a hundred sentences of capital punishment in the Far North region 0
Legal practitioners in Cameroon have denounced the mistreatment of people sentenced in connection with the fight against terrorism. Cameroon Concord News has gathered that between July 2015 and July 2016, the courts in the Far North Region of Cameroon have delivered over a hundred sentences of capital punishment. Barrister Mohamad Al Amine, lawyer of the […]
23, August 2016
Buhari-dog-naming palaver: Nigerian Head of State influencing arrest and incarceration of Joachim Chinakwe 0
President Muhammadu Buhari has been accused of influencing the arrest and incarceration of the man, Joachim Chinakwe, who named his dog after President Muhammadu Buhari. A section of Nigerians reacting to the arrest and incarceration alleged that Buhari was masterminding the travails of the man. Joachim Iroko, was remanded on Monday, August 22, at the […]
23, August 2016
Demands for new national identity card on the rise in Yaounde 0
300 demands for the new national identity cards are recorded daily at the Yaounde 10th District Public Security Station; one of the four pilot identification posts set up in the capital city to issue national identity cards under the new identification system set up by the service provider, GEMALTO. At 10.00 am yesterday, August 22, 2016, […]
25, August 2016
UNICEF says 49,000 Nigerian children may die to malnutrition 0
by soter • Breaking News, Headline News, News, Nigeria
The UN children’s fund (UNICEF) says some 49,000 Nigerian children could die of malnutrition in the country’s troubled northeast this year if they are not provided with humanitarian aid. According to a report published by UNICEF on Thursday, some 475,000 children around the Lake of Chad face “sever acute malnutrition” due to drought and the seven-year militancy […]