Senegal Winger Sadio Mane To Manchester United: Alex Song To West Ham
Southampton have admitted Manchester United are interested in signing Senegal winger Sadio Mane. It is understood United made a bid for the 23-year-old last week, but Saints have denied receiving one. Barcelona forward Pedro had been a target for United, but he is now set to join Chelsea in a £21m deal. Mane scored 10 […]
UN Agency Assists Nigeria’s Neighbours As Escalating Violence Sparks Waves of Refugees
The United Nations refugee agency today expressed concern about the escalating violence in and around Nigeria and its impact on the situation of Nigerian refugees in surrounding host countries, including a shrinking humanitarian space in which they can seek asylum. “We salute the generosity and humanitarian spirit of Cameroon, Chad and Niger in opening their […]
PM Receives Denis Sassou Nguesso’s Envoy
The President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, has sent a message of friendship, cooperation and solidarity to his Cameroonian counterpart, President Paul Biya, through his Diplomatic Adviser and Special Envoy, Martin Adouki. After handing over the message to Prime Minister, Head of Government Philemon Yang during an audience yesterday, August 12, 2015 […]
Don’t Negotiate with Boko Haram – Chad’s President Idriss Deby
Chad’s President Idriss Deby has said Boko Haram is no longer led by the fearsome Abubakar Shekau and that his successor is open to talks. Deby made the revelation Tuesday while addressing reporters in the capital N’Djamena on the 55th anniversary of Chad’s independence AFP) reported yesterday. He did not say what had happened to […]
Cameroon Dismantles Illicit Drug Network
Packets of cocaine, cannabis, heroin and some electrical appliances were seized August 9th. Nineteen individuals are currently in police custody after household items and illicit drugs including cocaine, cannabis, heroin and musical and electrical appliances, stethoscope, rolls of cloth, cartons of bags gas cylinders, gas plates and a bag containing mobile phones of doubtful origin […]
Cameroon Steps Up Security Over Boko Haram
Cameroonians are undergoing numerous security checks introduced after the government deployed large numbers of soldiers to all major towns to search people, shops and houses in response to terrorism threats. In addition to introducing wider security checks, the authorities in Cameroon have also advised business persons, schools and churches to recruit private security agents. At […]
Could A Long-Term Solution To Boko Haram Come From The World Bank?
When it comes to the fight against Boko Haram, Nigeria’s new president Muhammadu Buhari has been busy. He has finally got the Multinational Joint Task Force up and running, which combines troops from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria into one regional force: a necessary weapon against what has always been a regional rather than […]
Boko Haram – 12,000 Nigerians Return From Cameroon
No fewer than 12,000 Nigerians, mostly from Borno state, who fled insurgency attacks in their communities to the Republic of Cameroun, have started arriving home through the border post in Sahuda, Mubi South, Adamawa State. National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) information officer Sani Datti said yesterday that the returnees were currently being screened by the […]
Chief of Army Staff Yusuf Buratai Hands Over Mnjtf Command to Abbah
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Maj-Gen. Yusuf Buratai has formally handed over the Command of the Multi National Joint Task Force formed by the member countries of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) to tackle the Boko Haram terrorists, to another Infantry Corps Officer, Maj-Gen. Iliyasu Isah Abbah. Burutai carried out the former handing […]
Cameroon Pays High Price for Joining Boko Haram Fight
A month ago, the main market in the Cameroonian town of Maroua was bustling with traders and buyers. Now it is a place of fear and suspicion, bordering on paranoia. Five suicide bombings in just 13 days in the Far North Region, all blamed on Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, have made people jittery. Thousands […]
