Africa

Vanguard | No fewer than 4000 refugees from Southern Cameroon have invaded border communities in Kurmi and Ussa local government areas of Taraba state. The refugees mostly women and Children fled their home country following escalation of hostilities between the Francophone and Anglophone communities, over agitation for the independence of …

Sky News | The former UN boss is remembered as an “ardent champion of peace” as tributes pour in, including from Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has died at age 80. Mr Annan, who died in a hospital in Switzerland, …

Sahara Reporters | Rawlings made the condemnation while receiving members of the TakeItBack movement led by Omoyele Sowore, a Presidential aspirant in the forthcoming elections in Nigeria, at his office in Ridge, Accra, Ghana. Jerry Rawlings, Former Ghanaian Head of State and President of Ghana, has described the violence in …

ESPN | The Confederation of African Football have disqualified 11 overage players ahead of the start of the 2019 U-17 African Cup of Nations CECAFA qualifiers. According to a communication released by Dr. Yacine Zerguini, the CAF Vice President for the Medical Commission dated August 10 and seen by KweséESPN, …

Business Post Nigeria | The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has expressed shock over the tragic death of six Nigerian asylum-seekers, among them three children, who were killed in a blast in the far north of Cameroon. In a statement issued by the agency, it said, “This tragic incident is a …

APAnews | L’entreprise chargée de la gestion des infrastructures de télécommunications en Guinée équatoriale (GITGE) a paraphé un accord de 18 milliards de francs CFA avec la Cameroon telecommunications (CAMTEL) pour la connexion de la fibre optique à partir du Cameroun, a appris jeudi APA de source interne à cette …