Africa

Devdiscourse | The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Leymah Gbowee has called for ending of disputes in Cameroon’s two English-speaking regions that have been ravaged by war in the last two years. “As someone who has survived the war and has lived through it, I will tell Cameroonians, war has never been the answer …

Khartoum, Sudan CNN | Sudan’s ousted President Omar al-Bashir was transferred on Tuesday evening to Kober prison, a maximum-security prison notorious for holding political prisoners during his 30-year dictatorship, two prison officials who witnessed his arrival told CNN.Several other regime figures are being held at the jail and kept separately …

CHANNELS TELEVISION | Senator Shehu Sani has called on the All Progressives Congress to avoid reigniting ‘historical issues’ between Nigeria and Cameroon in its legal tussle with the Presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, over the outcome of the 2019 presidential election. Senator Sani made the call …

BBC | The Confederation of African Football (Caf) looks set to award the 2020 African Nations Championship (CHAN) to Cameroon after Ethiopia appeared to have withdrawn as hosts having expressed doubts about its readiness to stage the tournament. Caf president Ahmad, speaking in Egypt on Friday, said the issue was …

Guardian | The fall of Sudan’s strongman Omar Al-Bashir yesterday elicited reactions from the global community with Mali’s Prime Minister Moussa Mara saying his “departure” shares the same principle with that of Algeria’s 82-year-old Abdelaziz Bouteflika who resigned as president following weeks of protest by citizens. Mara, in a statement …