Guinea's former Prime Minister, Sidya Toure, is reported to have conceded defeat in the country's presidential election. He had initially contested first-round results after coming out third with 13 percent of the votes. - Meanwhile, his support could prove pivotal in an upcoming run-off between the two top-scoring candidates with whom Toure reportedly said he is in negotiations.
Speaking to the press recently, Toure is quoted as saying his Union of Republican Forces party, or UFR, seeks "active responsibility" and will not take on the role of "spectator" in any alliance for the second round of Guinea's presidential poll.
Toure said any alliance made …
The Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, Guillaume Soro, has resigned from his post as the head of the country's main rebel group to concentrate on organizing the country's long-delayed presidential elections. - Soro announced he would no longer lead the New Forces rebels.
It would be recalled that Soro became Ivory Coast's Prime Minister in 2007 after the government of President Laurent Gbagbo signed a power- sharing deal with the rebels, ending a civil war that left the country divided between the rebel-controlled north and the government-controlled south.
The elections have been delayed since 2005. The question of who is eligible to vote is at the heart of the country…
- Solomon Tembang Mforgham
The house of a prominent politician in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta has been bombed by unknown assailants, Nigerian police are reported as saying.
The Voice of America reports that the police confirmed that attackers in four speedboats threw explosives into the country home of former deputy governor of Bayelsa State Peremobowei Ebebi.
Ebebi has been in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, for several weeks. However, witnesses are quoted as saying a private security guard was shot and seriously injured during the attack. According to some reports, the guard was killed.
Ebebi has been in a long-standing political dispute with the governor, Timipre Syl…
- Solomon Tembang Mforgham
A bus a tractor assembly plant will soon be constructed in Cameroon.
Senior officials of the China General Technology Group Holding Ltd and China Machinery Company in partnership with Cameroonian entrepreneurs made the announce recently.
The Chinese made and assembled in Cameroon buses and tractors shall be assembled in a plant that shall be constructed Bamenda, capital of the North West Region.
The Chinese delegation accompanied by their local partner, Zachariah Awanga, Chief Executive of the National Financial Credit Bank made the declaration during at audience with Cameroon’s Prime Minister and Head of Government, Philemon Yang.
Speaking t…
- Solomon Tembang Mforgham
The Supreme Court in Guinea has upheld the results of last month’s presidential election following challenges to the results by a number of losing candidates including former Prime Minister Sidya Toure,
This now paves the way for a runoff.
According to the Voice of America, the court upheld the preliminary results, saying former Prime Minister Cellou Diallo won 44 percent of the vote followed by opposition leader Alpha Conde with 18 percent.
The court ruled that both candidates will meet in a runoff election, the date yet to be determined.
VOA quotes Mamadou Dian Balde, editor-in-chief of L'Independant and Le Democrate weekly newspapers in…
Cameroon and Inter Milan striker, Samuel Eto'o, is expected to adopt an unidentified animal in Zeitz Foundation’s Segera Ranch in Kenya as he pays a private visit to the country. - Last year during a similar event, Jamaican world and Olympic sprints champion Usain Bolt and former world hurdles’ record holder, Britain’s Colin Jackson were in Kenya in October in the company of Zeitz to launch the foundation. Usain Bolt adopted the world’s fastest animal during his visit.
Though the idea of adopting an unidentified animal is catching the eyes of many, his main reasons for visiting Kenya was to grace the inaugural Laikipia Unity Cup tournament finals that took…
- Solomon Tembang Mforgham
Cameroon and Inter Milan striker, Samuel Eto’o, will be adopted an unidentified animal at Zeitz Foundation’s Segera Ranch as he effects a private visit to Kenya.
Last year during a similar event, Jamaican world and Olympic sprints champion Usain Bolt and former world hurdles’ record holder, Britain’s Colin Jackson were in Kenya in October in the company of Zeitz to launch the foundation. Usain Bolt adopted the world’s fastest animal during his visit.
Though the idea of adopting an unidentified animal is catching the eyes of many, his main reasons for visiting Kenya is to grace the inaugural Laikipia Unity Cup tournament fin…
Cameroon's Ministry of Finance was recently burgled by some bandits who are alleged to have carted away huge sums of money and several sensitive documents. Meanwhile, internal sabotage has been highly suspected in the robbery that took place right in the office of the minister. - According to sources at the GMI police that are carrying out investigation on the robbery, some 14 police officers and private security who were supposed to be on duty on the night of the theft have been arrested as prime suspects. They are presently behind bars as investigation continues.
The minister who was out of the country on official working visit, according to some sources in the Ministry of Finance…
- Solomon Tembang Mforgham
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled that former Congolese militia leader, Thomas Lubanga, be freed without condition unless prosecutors can appeal the ruling.
According to the Voice of America, the ICC in The Hague ordered the suspension of Lubanga’s trial because prosecutors refused to give his defense lawyers the name of a person connected with the case.
VOA quotes Lubanga’s family member, Sylvia Dzbo, as saying the family hopes that this time around Lubanga would be freed.
“Here, we are very happy about the news, but our main concern is that it’s not the first time that they have said they will release him. If the…
- Solomon Tembang Mforgham
The 2009 human rights report of Cameroon has shown that the country’s human rights records have improved.
The report was made public recently by authorities in the Ministry of Justice during a seminar in Yaounde.
The report is a compilation of studies carried out in various aspects of life including issues such as corruption and the alleged wealth of the Head of State as reported by the national and international press.
The report was examined by civil society organisations, administrative authorities and human rights experts.
It was validated at the end of a two-day workshop which was chaired by the Secretary of State in Charge of Penitentiary…
- Solomon Tembang Mforgham
A pilot project for the setting up of centres to upgrade the quantity and quality of coffee produced in Cameroon has been launched.
The project was launched recently by Cameroon’s vice Prime Minister in charge of Agriculture and Rural Development, Jean Kuete, during a ceremony attended by the Minister of Trade, Luc Magloire Atangana in Santchou in upper Nkam division of the West Region of Cameroon.
During the launching ceremony both Ministers told farmers that the project will help them boost the quality and quantity of coffee produced in Cameroon and their quality coffee shall stand the competition of the world market.
It is worth noting that Cam…
- Solomon Tembang Mforgham
A regional centre to help develop the renewable energy potentials for West Africa has been opened in Cape Verde supported by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO.
According to the UN news the Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), a specialised agency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), is based in Praia, the capital of Cape Verde. It is supported by UNIDO and the Governments of Austria, Cape Verde and Spain.
It will help develop renewable energy and energy efficiency markets in West Africa, formulate policy, build capacity and quality assurance mechanisms, as well as design financing pla…
- Solomon Tembang Mforgham
A regional centre to help develop the renewable energy potentials for West Africa has been opened in Cape Verde supported by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO.
According to the UN news the Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), a specialised agency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), is based in Praia, the capital of Cape Verde. It is supported by UNIDO and the Governments of Austria, Cape Verde and Spain.
It will help develop renewable energy and energy efficiency markets in West Africa, formulate policy, build capacity and quality assurance mechanisms, as well as design financing pla…
The European Union has said it will invest 4 million euros (about 2.6 billion FCFA) in the Bakassi peninsula in Cameroon for the development of basic infrastructures. - This revelation was made by the European Union Ambassador to Cameroon, Raul Mateus Paula, in Limbe recently during a meeting with civil society actors in the South West region of Cameroon. He said EU also intends to invest in the Lake Chad area of the Far-North region.
The meeting came on the heels of a working visit to Bakassi by the EU Ambassador for first hand information on the realities of the area as well as to asses European Union projects in the area.
According to Raul Mateus, development in the area will focus …
A 26-year-old man in Kumba in the South West region of Cameroon, Paul Etinzock, has set his whole family ablaze while they were asleep, killing his father, Ambrose Efon, and seriously injuring the others. - Etinzock, said to have left prison barely a week before this gruesome act, is alleged to have been a thorn in the flesh of his family, having dropped out of school against the parents' wish.
He asked for money from his father, threatening to wipe out the entire family with fire if his demands were not met.
His father instead proposed that he would buy a motorbike for him to use for commercial purposes, a proposition which Etinzock blatantly refused.
According to his stepmo…
- Solomon Tembang Mforgham
A 26-year-old man in Kumba in the South West region of Cameroon, Paul Etinzock, has set his whole family ablaze while they were asleep, killing his father, Ambrose Efon, and seriously injuring the others.
Paul Etinzock, said to have left prison barely a week before this gruesome act, is alleged to have been a thorn in the flesh of his family, having dropped out of school against the parents' wish.
He is reported asked for money from his father, threatening to wipe out the entire family with fire if his demands were not met.
However, his father instead proposed that he would buy him a motorbike for him to use for commercial purposes, a proposition…
- Solomon Tembang Mforgham
A 26-year-old man in Kumba in the South West region of Cameroon, Paul Etinzock, has set his whole family ablaze while they were asleep, killing his father, Ambrose Efon, and seriously injuring the others.
Paul Etinzock, said to have left prison barely a week before this gruesome act, is alleged to have been a thorn in the flesh of his family, having dropped out of school against the parents' wish.
He is reported asked for money from his father, threatening to wipe out the entire family with fire if his demands were not met.
However, his father instead proposed that he would buy him a motorbike for him to use for commercial purposes, a proposition…
Angry villagers of Wone Bakundu, a village in Meme Division in the South West region of Cameroon have buried one Martin Njumbe Ikose alive. He was accused of killing his nephew through witchcraft. - Njumbe’s son, Pastor Zachariah Ikose of a Pentecostal Church in the capital Yaounde recounted how he watched helplessly as the angry villagers buried his father alive. He said his cousin had died a few days before and on Friday 2 July 2010 when they were at the grave side to bury him, some angry villagers suddenly grabbed hold of his father accusing him of killing the boy through witchcraft.
Ikose said they then threw his father into the grave where his cousin’s coffin had been lo…
Cameroon Football Federation, FECAFOOT, has refuted reports by a French newspaper, L'Equipe, that its president, Iya Mohammed was in talks with former national soccer coach, Paul Le Guen, to prolong his contract. - FECAFOOT’s Secretary General, Sidiki a Roko, said in a brief press release that “on page 4 of its 7 July 2010 edition, the daily l'Equipe, wrote an article in which it said the President of the Cameroon Football Federation called Paul Le Guen to propose that he prolongs his contract as Cameroon national coach”.
He added: “It is true that Iya Mohammed had a telephone conversation with Paul Le Guen on 29 June 2010, but it was never a question of …
- Solomon Tembang Mforgham
Nigeria’s international striker, Obafemi Martins, has reportedly finalized a three-year- move to Russian champions Rubin Kazan from Wolfsburg of Germany.
It should be noted that won the Russian league championship for the second straight year in 2009.
Martins, 25, joined Wolfsburg last season from relegated English club Newcastle United on a nine million euros contract that would have taken him till 2013.
However, he struggled to pin down a regular first-team shirt at the defending German champions. He scored six goals in 16 matches for Wolfsburg.
German sports magazine, Kicker, is quoted as saying Martins has teamed up with his fourth Eur…
- Solomon Tembang Mforgham
Nigeria’s international striker, Obafemi Martins, has reportedly finalized a three-year- move to Russian champions Rubin Kazan from Wolfsburg of Germany.
It should be noted that won the Russian league championship for the second straight year in 2009.
Martins, 25, joined Wolfsburg last season from relegated English club Newcastle United on a nine million euros contract that would have taken him till 2013.
However, he struggled to pin down a regular first-team shirt at the defending German champions. He scored six goals in 16 matches for Wolfsburg.
German sports magazine, Kicker, is quoted as saying Martins has teamed up with his fourth Eur…
- Solomon Tembang Mforgham
Nigeria’s international striker, Obafemi Martins, has reportedly finalized a three-year- move to Russian champions Rubin Kazan from Wolfsburg of Germany.
It should be noted that won the Russian league championship for the second straight year in 2009.
Martins, 25, joined Wolfsburg last season from relegated English club Newcastle United on a nine million euros contract that would have taken him till 2013.
However, he struggled to pin down a regular first-team shirt at the defending German champions. He scored six goals in 16 matches for Wolfsburg.
German sports magazine, Kicker, is quoted as saying Martins has teamed up with his fourth Eur…
Dr. Warren Ymke, a British gorilla expert who is said to have escaped Rwanda during the genocide was on 30 June 2010 murdered at her residence in Limbe, Cameroon. - Warren, 40, had her throat slit after she was bound and gagged when she confronted an intruder at the home she shared with her partner Aaron Nicholas. She had been living in Cameroon for four years with Nicolas, a fellow British promatologist. Warren was working with the Wildlife Conservation Society.
“She was attacked at about 7.30am after Nicolas had left for work”, according to her British neighbour, Dr Bethan Morgan, another ape expert.
It is believed the attacker, hid himself in the couple's ceiling t…
- Solomon Tembang Mforgham
Dr. Warren Ymke, a British gorilla expert who is said to have escaped Rwanda during the genocide was on 30 June 2010 murdered at her residence in Limbe, Cameroon.
Warren, 40, had her throat slit after she was bound and gagged when she confronted an intruder at the home she shared with her partner Aaron Nicholas. She had been living in Cameroon for four years with Nicolas, a fellow British promatologist. Warren was working with the World Conservation Society, WCS.
“She was attacked at about 7.30am after Nicolas had left for work”, according to her British neighbour, Dr Bethan Morgan, another ape expert.
It is believed the attacker, hid himself…
- Solomon Tembang Mforgham
The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, has declared a national period of mourning for the victims of a tanker explosion which happened in the country recently. The explosion had left more than 200 people dead.
Flags in Kinshasa are reported to have flown at half mast after the President’s declaration.
According to VOA, President Kabila has flown to the site of the explosion to console families of the victims killed and observe the humanitarian relief efforts.
VOA says the International Committee of the Red Cross estimates that more than 230 bystanders were killed and 180 injured after a tanker carrying oil crashed Satur…
