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Outrage as troops of US ally Cameroon caught killing women & children in ‘despicable’ VIDEO

Outrage as troops of US ally Cameroon caught killing women & children in ‘despicable’ VIDEO

Rights groups are sounding the alarm over “a shocking and despicable” video purportedly showing soldiers from Cameroon – a close US ally in Africa – shooting and killing women and children, suspected of Islamist links. WARNING! The video contains scenes that you may find extremely disturbing. A harrowing report by the Intercept, which went public […]

Bullet Wounds and Little Aid for Cameroonians Fleeing Anglophone Conflict

Bullet Wounds and Little Aid for Cameroonians Fleeing Anglophone Conflict

Cameroonians fleeing an increasingly bloody separatist conflict have received little aid as humanitarian agencies struggle to access the area, the United Nations said on Tuesday. More than 200,000 people have fled their homes in the volatile western regions since late last year, in addition to at least 21,000 who have fled into Nigeria, said the […]

More Challenges for Long-Suffering Civilians in Eastern DRC – UN

More Challenges for Long-Suffering Civilians in Eastern DRC – UN

After months of conflict between the Hema and Lendu ethnic groups in eastern DR Congo’s Ituri region, a UNHCR team has recently been able to obtain access to the area where they met some of the 150,000 people formerly displaced people who are now returning in hope of finding their homes. Conditions are grim. In […]

President Paul Biya Wants His Next Term to End When He’s 92

President Paul Biya Wants His Next Term to End When He’s 92

There have been mixed reactions in Cameroon following President Paul Biya’s announcement that he will run for re-election. Biya has been president for 36 years and if he wins another mandate he will be 92 years old by the time his term ends. The decision by Paul Biya to contest the October 7 presidential poll […]

Congo’s Kabila appoints army chief under U.S., EU sanctions for alleged violence

Congo’s Kabila appoints army chief under U.S., EU sanctions for alleged violence

CONGO’s President Joseph Kabila has appointed a new army chief who is under international sanctions for the violent repression of dissent, raising fears of an imminent crackdown. State television reported on Sunday that Kabila had appointed General John Numbi to the role of inspector general of the Congolese Armed Forces. Numbi has been placed under […]

DR Congo President Kabila is sending signals that he is not willing to relinquish power

DR Congo President Kabila is sending signals that he is not willing to relinquish power

FOR nearly two years now, the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo have waited with bated breath to elect a new leader after President Joseph Kabila served his two-term constitutional mandate. National elections have been postponed twice and there is doubt that December 23 2018 will pass with a new president in office, even […]

Cameroon to Hold Presidential Election on Oct. 7

Cameroon to Hold Presidential Election on Oct. 7

Cameroon will hold presidential elections on Oct. 7, head of state Paul Biya said in a decree issued on Monday. Elected in 1982, the 85-year-old is Africa’s oldest and longest-serving president, but has yet to say whether he will bid for another term, although his supporters are already urging him to put his name forward. […]

Congo’s Joseph Kabila delays UN chief’s visit, refuses to see U.S. envoy Haley

Congo’s Joseph Kabila delays UN chief’s visit, refuses to see U.S. envoy Haley

CONGOLESE President Joseph Kabila has put off a planned visit this week by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and refused to see U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, who diplomats said had also separately planned to visit Kinshasa. Kabila, who succeeded his assassinated father Laurent in 2001, was busy organizing Dec. 23 elections and […]

Girls groomed for suicide missions fight back against the extremists of Lake Chad

Girls groomed for suicide missions fight back against the extremists of Lake Chad

Halima Yakoy Adam won’t forget 22nd December in 2015, the day she was supposed to carry out a suicide bomb attack in the Lac Region town of Bol, 200 km north of N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, in Central Africa. “It was market day in Bol and I was with two other girls who like […]

DRC faces upsurge of violence unless a deal is done with Kabila

DRC faces upsurge of violence unless a deal is done with Kabila

AMID a fresh wave of civil unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the international community must question its confidence in President Joseph Kabila to achieve stability in a turbulent region. He has been at the helm since he took over as president in 2001 after his father, Laurent, was assassinated. The young Kabila […]

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