Boko Haram abducts 18 in Cameroon's Far North regionBoko Haram
Several security sources on Friday said eighteen civilians have been kidnapped by the terror group Boko Haram in raids in Cameroon's Far North region.
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Egypt, Ivory Coast secure places at Tokyo OlympicsJOHANNESBURG: Egypt and the Ivory Coast secured places on Tuesday at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games football tournament after contrasting qualifying tournament semi-finals victories in Cairo.Abdel Rahman Magdy scored two late goals to complete a 3-0 triumph for Egypt over South Africa after captain Ra....
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Jumia Shuts Down Operations In CameroonE-commerce company, Jumia Technologies on Monday, November 18 shut down its operations in Cameroon without notice just as it did in Gabon and Congo Republic;....
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Nigeria miss out on Olympics as Faleye wastes chanceJOHANNESBURG: Nigeria missed out on a chance to compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games football tournament when they were held 0-0 by South Africa in Cairo on Friday.Unmarked Sunday Faleye wasted a great chance to snatch victory for the Nigerians in the final minute by heading a cross wide when a g....
Mohamed gives Egypt perfect startJOHANNESBURG: Wonder boy Mostafa Mohamed headed the goal that gave hosts Egypt a 1-0 win over Mali as an eight-nation African football contest for three places at the Tokyo Olympics Games kicked off Friday.Later, Ghana snatched a late 1-1 draw with Cameroon in the second match of a Group A double-he....
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?African players not respected in Ballon d?Or vote?PARIS: African players still do not get the recognition they deserve, Cameroon legend Samuel Eto’o told AFP in an exclusive interview, as he hopes that this will finally be the year another player from the continent wins the Ballon d’Or.George Weah, the former Paris Saint-Germain and AC ....
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'Important for me to move on': Boost for Spurs as 23-year-old target makes bold claim'Important for me to move on': Boost for Spurs as 23-year-old target makes bold claim - originally posted on Sportslens.com
Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly interested in signing Andre Onana from Ajax in the January transfer window. According to a recent report from The Sun, Spurs have m....
Francis Ngannou the 'physical monster' taking UFC by stormBBC Sport meets Cameroon's Francis Ngannou who survived the migrant trail, crossing the Mediterranean by boat and living on the streets of Paris to become the number two ranked UFC heavyweight fighter in the world.....
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Suns scorch SixersNEW YORK: Phoenix’s Devin Booker scored 40 points to lead the Suns over visiting Philadelphia 114-109 on Monday, delivering the first loss of the season to the NBA’s last unbeaten team.Spanish guard Ricky Rubio added 21 points and 10 assists for the Suns while Phoenix poured in 23 points....
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'Great deal, more of a liability': Some Spurs fans react after knowing who Poch wants to sign'Great deal, more of a liability': Some Spurs fans react after knowing who Poch wants to sign - originally posted on Sportslens.com
Tottenham Hotspur fans have taken to social networking site Twitter to express their reaction after reports broke out that the north London club are interest....
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Ajara keen on Champions League spot after cup heroicsCameroon forward Nchout Njoya Ajara is keen on returning to the Champions League after helping power Valerenga to the Norwegian Women's Cup final with a semi-final hat trick.....
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Facebook suspends accounts linked to Putin ally for spreading disinformation in AfricaFacebook, once an innocent tool to share 'what's on your mind' has increasingly been weaponized by governments to spread disinformation and manipulate elections — something hundreds of the tech giants' employees outlined in an open letter this week that urged the company to rethink its stance on p....
At least 42 perish in Cameroon landslide; 100 Nigeria prisoners escape flooded jailYaounde (AFP) Oct 29, 2019
At least 42 people were killed after their houses were swept away Tuesday in a landslide caused by torrential rain in the western Cameroon city of Bafoussam, state media reported, showing images of rescuers desperately sifting through rubble for survivors.
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Nigeria shock CHAN casualties despite defeating TogoJOHANNESBURG: Powerful Nigeria were shock 2020 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifying casualties this weekend despite a 2-0 home victory over Togo in the second leg of a final round eliminator.Sikiru Alimi scored twice in Lagos for the top 10 ranked African football nation, but it was not en....
Nagusa makes 200 appearancesPARIS: Former Fiji winger Timoci Nagusa celebrated his 200th Montpellier game by scoring in a 33-22 victory over French Top 14 champions Toulouse on Saturday.Nagusa, who retired from international rugby in January seven months before the ongoing World Cup, crossed in the final 10 minutes after fello....
Cameroon man dies from brain hemorrhage in ICE custodyA 37-year-old Cameroon man died Tuesday afternoon in ICE custody in San Diego. Nebane Abienwi, who was detained at the Otay Mesa Detention Center, was being treated at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center after suffering a brain hemorrhage last week, according to a press release from Immigration and...
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Major Cameroon Bank Joins Morocco's Banque Populaire GroupRabat – Morocco's Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP) acquired 68.5% of the capital of the International Bank of Cameroon for Savings and Credit (BICEC), from French banking group Banque Populaire Caisse d'Epargne (BPCE). BCP, a pan-African banking group, is now present in 15 African countries. Th....
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Cameroon opens dialogue to end Anglophone separatist crisisYaounde (AFP) Sept 30, 2019
Cameroon starts a national dialogue on Monday in a bid to end a separatist conflict in the country's anglophone provinces though key rebel leaders have already refused to participate.
Nearly 3,000 people have died and half a million fled their homes since fighti....
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Cameroon's Silicon Mountain tech startups struggle with insurgencyBuea, Cameroon (AFP) Sept 27, 2019
Hi-tech promoters had big dreams for Silicon Mountain in Cameroon, where a broad plateau was seen as perfect for startup ventures, but their hopes have been shattered by a separatist struggle.
Entrepreneurs in the tech village wanted to launch new technol....
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Trafficked to extinction: Cameroon and NigeriaCameroon: Grassroots poachers find new clients
In 2017, Cameroon banned the trade in pangolins. But despite efforts by law enforcement and activists in the Central African nation, we discovered that business is still thriving in plain sight in some rural regions. Pangolin meat can be found in many ....
Russian seamen kidnapped off Cameroon freedMOSCOW, Russia – Moscow on Sunday, September 22, said 3 Russian seamen abducted in an act of piracy off the coast of Cameroon in August have been freed and brought to Germany.
The Russians were part of a group of sailors, including Chinese and Ukrainian citizens, taken hostage in mid-August ....
Jose Mourinho: 'Eto'o deserved to win a Ballon d'Or'Former Chelsea and Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho believes Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o should have been crowned the world's best player at least once.....
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Neymar?s PSG Champions League suspension cutLAUSANNE: Neymar’s Champions League ban for insulting match officials on social media has been reduced from three games to two following an appeal, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled on Tuesday.The world’s most expensive player following his move from Barcelona to Paris Saint....
Eto?o hangs up his bootsPARIS: Cameroon’s four-time African Player of the Year Samuel Eto’o announced his retirement on Saturday at the age of 38, declaring “I need a rest”.“The end, towards a new challenge,” the former Barcelona, Inter Milan and Chelsea striker posted on Instagram.&ldqu....
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African great Eto?o hangs up his boots for ?new challenge?PARIS: Cameroon’s four-time African Player of the Year Samuel Eto’o announced his retirement on Saturday at the age of 38, declaring “I need a rest”.“The end, towards a new challenge,” the former Barcelona, Inter Milan and Chelsea striker posted on Instagram.&ldqu....
Tug-of-war over league football in CameroonThe Cameroon Football Federation want to run the country's league for the next two years but Professional Football League insist they are in charge.....
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Karachi still among world's 10 least liveable citiesKarachi has been named among the 10 least liveable cities in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) — the research and analysis division of the Economist Group — in The Global Liveability Index 2019 published on Wednesday.
Each year, the EIU gives 140 cities scores out of 100 on a....
Seven charged over spate of PSG burglariesPARIS: Seven people suspected of organising and taking part in burglaries at the homes of Paris Saint-Germain footballers Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Thiago Silva were charged in the French capital on Tuesday, according to judicial sources.Six men and one woman, aged between 25 and 29, were detaine....
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Thousands flee deadly violence in Cameroon's separatist regions – sourcesThousands have fled a fresh flare-up of violence in Cameroon’s separatist English-speaking regions in the past few days, a local security source and a government source said on Tuesday. The army said separatists had attacked a police unit on Sunday in the northwestern town of Ndop, but did not....
