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17, August 2016
War on Corruption: CPDM Section President for Ngie, Momo Division arrested in Bamenda 1
Ubango Helly, CPDM Section President for Ngie, near Bamenda has been arrested and charged for corruption. The so-called chartered member of the ruling party was picked up on August 10, 2016 and he is currently being held at the premises of the Criminal Investigation Directorate (DPJ) Bamenda. Ubnago Helly, Chairman and CEO of Relax UB […]
16, August 2016
Cameroon: 6 killed on the Meiganga highway 0
A truck that left Yaounde early today the 16th of August 2016 en route to Meiganga crushed a small Toyota car killing all six persons on-board. Eye witnesses say the truck driver was apparently at high speed and did not see the small approaching Toyota heading to Garoua-Boulaï. The two vehicles collided at the Bibinda […]
16, August 2016
China’s rise as a cyber power 0
The cyber domain has become central to the struggle for strategic advantage between the US and the West on the one hand, and China and other authoritarian states on the other. If there is any outsider, who can present a coherent view of China’s rise as a cyber power, it is the author of this […]
16, August 2016
Cameroon shuts down 75 secondary schools 0
The Ministry of Secondary Education has ordered the closure of 75 private institutions before the beginning of the 2016-2017 academic year. The establishments were pinned by the Ministry of Secondary Education, for violating the terms of engagement in running secondary schools in Cameroon and for operating in residential homes. The CPDM government identified such private […]
15, August 2016
President Lungu of Zambia wins closely-fought re-election contest 0
Zambian President Edgar Lungu has been declared as the winner of a closely-fought re-election contest in the South African country, amid vote fraud allegations made by the main opposition party. The Electoral Commission of Zambia made the announcement on Monday, saying Lungu garnered 1,860,877 votes or 50.35 percent of the votes while his main rival and […]
15, August 2016
Sudan: Over a hundred killed by flash flooding 0
Flash flooding triggered by days of heavy torrential rainfall has claimed the lives of at least 100 people in Sudan over the past two weeks. The Sudanese Red Crescent Society said on Sunday that at least 25 people died in the impoverished eastern state of Kassala, which borders Eritrea. It confirmed that at least 100 […]
15, August 2016
Obama issues major disaster declaration for the state of Louisiana 0
US President Barack Obama has issued a “major disaster” declaration for the state of Louisiana, where historic flooding has killed at least five people and stranded thousands more. Obama called Governor John Bel Edwards to inform him of the decision, the White House said in a statement on Sunday night, two days after Edwards requested a state emergency […]
14, August 2016
Swiss police say no indication that attack on train carried out with terrorist motives 0
The Swiss police say there is no indication that an attack on a train east of Switzerland had been carried out with terrorist motives, as the attacker and a victim die of injuries. Police from Switzerland’s eastern Saint Gallen region said in a statement on Sunday that there was so far no indication that the knife attack near Salez […]
14, August 2016
New Boko Haram video shows Chibok girls 0
The Takfiri Boko Haram militants have released a new video purportedly showing some of the girls who they kidnapped from the Nigerian town of Chibok in 2014. In the footage released on Sunday, one of the militants claims that some of the girls are still alive, and the others were killed in airstrikes by the […]
17, August 2016
US: Donald Trump shakes up campaign staff for the second time in 2 months 0
by soter • Breaking News, Headline News, Politics, World
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has shaken up his election campaign staff for the second time in two months. Trump is adding two officials to top posts supervising his campaign, with less than three months to the Election Day in November. The business mogul named Steve Bannon, the executive chairman of Breitbart News and a former investment […]