Two Cameroonian opposition parties agreed a coalition on Friday to jointly contest this weekend’s presidential polls, a spokesman said, in an effort to dislodge six-term President Paul Biya. The announcement confirms rumours of an opposition manoeuver to try to defeat 85-year-old Biya at Sunday’s polls, but the new union will not include the main opposition Social Democratic Front’s hopeful Joshua Osih.
Maurice Kamto, a leading opposition challenger to President Paul Biya, claimed victory on Monday in Cameroon’s presidential election despite a government warning not to announce unofficial results. The dramatic announcement by the candidate of the Movement for the Rebirth of Cameroon (MRC) follows Sunday polls marked by violence in restive anglophone regions, low turnout and difficulties staging the ballot in the conflict-torn… Read more »
Cameroon voted on Sunday in a presidential election marked by deadly violence in the country’s English-speaking regions and the cancellation of voting in at least one affected area over security fears. Cameroon has been rocked by a separatist insurgency from within its anglophone minority, who number around five million, since last October. They accuse likely election winner President Paul Biya, 85, of oppression and… Read more »
Cameroonians head to the polls on Sunday with octogenarian President Paul Biya seeking a seventh term against a backdrop of unprecedented violence in the country’s English-speaking regions. The vote follows a last-minute opposition unity bid to dislodge the 85-year-old incumbent. Two leading opponents have formed the first electoral union since 1992, but talks between the wider opposition field to create a “super-coalition” to… Read more »
According to the recent Africa’s Pulse – a bi-annual analysis of the state of African economies by the World Bank – the rate of growth in the region is moving in a positive direction though at a much slower rate than initially anticipated. “The region’s economic recovery is in progress but at a slower pace than expected. To accelerate and sustain an… Read more »
The last time he saw her, she had just found out she was pregnant with their fourth child. “She told me she was feeling symptoms of pregnancy. She left for her home village two days later to visit her parents,” 36-year-old Minyatso said, standing in the doorway of their thatched-roof home in Kaseleka village, his daughters playing in the dirt… Read more »
The Moroccan navy and a Spanish aid agency put the survival figure at 26, according to reports. Morocco’s interior ministry in a statement on Monday, October 1, 2018, said all the migrants on board the boat were from sub-Saharan Africa without giving further details. The ministry said investigations showed that the organiser of the risky crossing of the Mediterranean sea was from… Read more »
Sub-Saharan African economies are still recovering from the slowdown in 2015-16, but growth is slower than expected, according to the October 2018 issue of Africa’s Pulse, the bi-annual analysis of the state of African economies by the World Bank. The average growth rate in the region is estimated at 2.7 percent in 2018, which represents a slight increase from 2.3 percent… Read more »
Nigeria has had a constant problem with pirates. Last year over 60 people were taking capture off the waters of Nigeria because of pirates. After reading about this incident alone it starts to make me upset that innocent men and women are just being pride off these ships while just trying to do their job. Then it hits you that… Read more »
Uganda’s army has launched its own brand of condoms, named after the Swahili word for “protection”, to help prevent soldiers contract HIV.