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9, November 2023
Manyu CPDM Leadership: Sheep leading giants 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Politics
Any meeting intended to mobilize people to celebrate a disastrous leader in a failed state in the middle of a war and a cost-of-living crisis is likely to provoke strong emotions and should never be considered. Such meetings won’t be contemplated in any country where decent values and uprightness are second nature. CPDM political meetings […]
9, November 2023
France: ex-president Sarkozy appeals 2012 campaign fraud conviction 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, News
A Paris court on Wednesday began hearing former president Nicolas Sarkozy’s appeal against his conviction for illegal campaign financing in a failed 2012 re-election bid. The 68-year-old former French head of state appeared relaxed as he appeared for the hearing in a grey suit, speaking with people in the public gallery before proceedings began. Conservative […]
7, November 2023
Bishop Abangalo condemns killing of dozens in Egbekaw village attack 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Religion
The Catholic Bishop of Mamfe Diocese in Cameroon has “vehemently condemned” the killing of innocent civilians following an attack at the new Layout Egbekaw, a locality within his Episcopal See. On November 6, unidentified gunmen reportedly opened fire on people as they slept in Egbekaw leaving at least 20 dead, many others injured and houses […]
7, November 2023
Biya’s 41 Years in Power: The scorecard is dismal! 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
Today marks forty-one years since Cameroon’s President, Paul Biya, took over from the country’s first President, Amadou Ahidjo, who resigned supposedly for health reasons. Ahidjo, the man who had made Cameroon the purpose of his being, had always dreamed of transforming the country into an earthly paradise. He had designed the educational system to enable […]
6, November 2023
Mamfe: 20 killed in Egbekaw village attack 0
by soter • Breaking News, Cameroon, Headline News, News
Separatist rebels killed around 20 people, including women and children, on Monday in Egbekaw a village in Mamfe the chief town in Manyu. The overnight attack occurred in Egbekaw village, the scene of deadly clashes between rebels and government forces for seven years. “The attack left around 20 dead, men, women and children, and 10 […]
6, November 2023
Yaoundé: 77 private companies barred from public procurement 0
by soter • Africa, Business, Headline News
Seventy-seven private companies were denied government contracts last year, according to a document presented last October 27 by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Conac). The decision followed cases of irregularities identified in the execution of the contracts previously awarded to them. These include issues such as incomplete projects, abandoned construction sites, and financial shortcomings. As per […]
6, November 2023
Yaoundé: Biya marks 41 years in power 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Politics
90-year-old Biya is marking today (Nov. 06) his 41 year-rule over the divided Cameroonian nation. Last year, thousands gathered in Yaoundé, for the occasion but the president did not attend. Paul Biya, a former Prime Minister, took the reins of Cameroon on November 6, 1982 following the resignation of the country’s first president Ahmadou Ahidjo. […]
6, November 2023
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Independence gone wrong! 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Southern Cameroonians thought a new independent state would rid them of the marginalization they had been victims of in Cameroon for six years, but most of them are gradually discovering that marginalization is a lesser evil to the terrorism which is being practiced on them by their so-called liberators. Their dream of a beautiful Southern […]
3, November 2023
Top Francophone army generals to soon be punished for their crimes 0
by soter • Breaking News, Cameroon, Headline News, News
The exiled leader of the Ambazonia Interim Government has denounced the ongoing military campaign against Southern Cameroons villages and the loss of lives of civilians, stating that many of the Francophone army generals and their Anglophone acolytes will soon pay for their crimes. On a Wednesday post on social media, Vice President Dabney Yerima said […]
9, November 2023
Biya sets up committee to fight money laundering, terrorist financing 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
President Paul Biya on Monday night signed a decree for establishing a committee against money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The committee has a mandate to formulate and coordinate the implementation of policies and activities aimed at combating the criminal activities nationwide, Biya said in the decree. “(The committee) shall […]