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Originally Published in The Post Newspaper on Monday October 16 2017. It is now official. SOBA UK has split into two warring factions. Trouble has been simmering in the Sasse Old boys Association SOBA UK branch since the outgoing President Ayuk Akoh Arrey failed to call elections...

By Francis Ngwa In Leicester Cly Elimbi Mensah Kofi (Class 93) will now head a one year executive transitional team created to revive and make Sasse Old Boys Association UK (SOBA UK) a more inclusive, dynamic and more embracing association. He will be assisted by Secretary...

  By Francis Ngwa @ City Chemist Roundabout. September 22 2017 The euphoria at the Bamenda City chemist roundabout in the afternoon of Friday September 22 2017 was easily perceptible. Thousands of people marched, danced, hoisted the Ambazonia flag, paid homage to the flag...

Sylvester Williams in Lusaka, Zambia A public health care expert in the Zambian capital Lusaka has warned of the risk of major outbreak of diseases including dysentery, cholera, typhoid and diarrhoea after maintenance work at the Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC) forced...

The highly contested executive of SOBA UK led by outgoing president Ayuk Akoh Arrey has stuck to its guns and refused overtures from his opponents, initially to call an extraordinary meeting to discuss problems plaguing the association. They have also rejected an October 7th 2017...

By Sylvester Williams in Lusaka Zambia Platinum Events Productions Africa, organizers’ of last year’s Miss Zambia beauty pageant are hoping this year’s event is trouble free after they had to dethrone last year’s winner Louisa Chingangu 20, for gross misconduct. Eighteen selected...

The crisis in SOBA UK, the association of Ex Students from St Joseph College in Sasse Buea (Cameroon) resident in the UK has deepened after a “new exco” led by outgoing president Ayuk Akoh Arrey was rejected by a vast majority of Sobans. Only twenty members of sixty...

  By Francis Ngwa in London There have been renewed calls for fresh elections in SOBA UK, a year after the mandate of outgoing “one term” president Ayuk Akoh Arrey expired more than a year ago. Though he had promised to call elections after the last SOBA UK  convention,...

Cameroonians resident abroad frequently return home to visit family and friends but most fly back to the Diaspora after these visits. A small number have however, decided to move back home permanently despite the poor job prospects and poor or sometimes non-existent services....

Cathy Ghana has been stuck in the USA for almost two years as she struggles to adopt her six year old niece. The case outlines some of the difficulties foreigners face going through the maze that is the American Legal system Culled from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette By Paula Reed Ward...

  By Elias Ntungwe Ngalame MAROUA-Cameroon. Over 31.000 of refugee and terrorism triggered diplaced children in the Far North region of Cameroon have been rescued from a forfeited school year thanks to a fresh flow of cash from the European Union (EU). The children among whom are...

  Hundreds of residents who had some minutes to listen to the second street crime prevention campaign by Liverpool based Citizen Outreach Coalition (COC) on Wednesday August 5th 2015 were delighted to learn a grass root organization was trying in its own way to reduce the...

By Mokun Njouny Nelson Empowering young people across Africa by helping them set up and run viable businesses could help reduce the number of migrants now dying in droves as they attempt the perilous journey by boats to Europe, an official of a UK based NGO has said. Francis...

By Mokun Njouny Nelson Young entrepreneurs in Bamenda, North Western Cameroon have learnt the necessity to write out a concise business plan before they embark on any  kind of business, big or small Most of the 34 young entrepreneurs who attended the one day workshop on poverty...

Cameroon High Commissioner to South Africa Adrien Kouambo has been sharply criticized for not taking practical measures to reassure and send back Cameroon nationals who want to return home following xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals in the rainbow nation. Officially,...

This is what HM The Queen said on the day it happened in October 2014 “…It is really Lovely’. Perhaps one day, Africa will conceive ‘The Thing’ – The Ultimate communication device!   Six Networks that changed the world Connecting Africa...

by Dr Seraphin Kamdem*, SOAS, Univ. of London (U.K.)  The British Science Museum, based in London, UK, is one of the biggest science museums in the world. Few countries can boast of a permanent exhibition with their own name attached to it in the new Information Age gallery at...

Kenyan born hisorian, poet, writer and film maker Ali Mazrui died yesterday October 12 2014 in the USA at the age of 81 after an illness. Tributes have been pouring in for the Pan Africanist scholar, a passionate defendant of the African heritage and the abuses the continent has...

The debates have been divisive and fractured, politicians have been booed and heckled and the BBC accused of being biased. The United Kingdom is now a country divided against itself but the debate for Scottish independence have respected the rules of democracy  throughout...

The Netherlands’s capital Amsterdam will this weekend August 30-31 2014 host the first ever edition of the global renowned African fashion Week. Popular Nigerian actor Nouh Ramsey will present the event that has already hit other European capitals including Prague, London, Berlin...

  Francis Ngwa, Kulabei Village, North Western Cameroon The bus carrying Dr George Bwelle 42, and a team of twenty seven volunteer doctors and nurses including students doctors from the USA. France and the Netherlands, arrives kulabei, a small village in North Western...

Key facts Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans. EVD outbreaks have a case fatality rate of up to 90%. EVD outbreaks occur primarily in remote villages in Central and West Africa, near tropical...

US President Barrack Obama is meeting some of the 50 “big men” responsible for some of the myriad of problems that have faced the Africa continent since Libya became the first African country to gain independence in 1951. (not to be confused with Ghana which was the first African...

Nigerian born writer and feminist Adichie Ngozi Chimamanda has followed her 2012 Tedx Talk “We Should All Be Feminists” with the release of a short ebook with the same title. The ebook is on sale now for Just $.99. She talks about the need for equality of the sexes in the...

Culled from The Daily Mail, UK There was nothing unusual-looking about the passenger arriving at Heathrow from Lagos. He was carrying one of the most deadly diseases known to mankind, but it wasn’t noticed by overstretched Nigerian airport officials before departure, nor by...

The Cameroon government has dispatched fighter jets and more troops to bolsters the 1000 Special Forces already in the northern regions after alleged Nigerian insurgents attacked and killed three people yesterday Sunday July 27 2014.  The wife of the Justice Minister and Deputy...

British pharmaceutical giant Glaxo Smith Kline GSK yesterday July 24 2014 submitted a regulatory application to the European Medicines Agency EMA, for its malaria vaccine RTS.S one of the first steps before the recognition of its breakthrough vaccine that could save millions of...

Yahya Jammeh today July 22 2014 celebrates the 20th anniversary of the coup that toppled Dawda Jawara who was president of the West African state for 24 years but few Gambians will have anything to celebrate. The country is still poor, Jammeh has been ruling with an iron fist...

He does not tell us what President Biya’s daughter Brenda wants from him exactly but that one short line from his new single “Njama Njama cow” tells volumes. With only three songs in his repertoire, Stanley Enow is already sounding very musically “presidential”. A year ago, few...

Four daily catwalks, exhibitions of some of the best and up to date new and rich clothing styles and the active participation of some of the best known fashion designers and models from Africa and across the world, will feature prominently at the Olympia West hall in London very...

By Field Ruwe They call the Third World the lazy man’s purview; the sluggishly slothful and languorous prefecture. In this realm people are sleepy, dreamy, torpid, lethargic, and therefore indigent—totally penniless, needy, destitute, poverty-stricken, disfavored, and...

Nigerian and 1986 Nobel prize winning poet, playwright and author Akinwande Oluwole “Wole” Soyinka turned 80 yesterday July 13 2014. The grey haired Abeokuta born writer has delighted readers in Africa and across the world since he started writer 57 years ago in-wait...

After 64 matches spread over 32 days, Europe again proves it has a right to have 13 representatives at the world cup when Germany won South American representatives Argentina 1-0 in a lacklustre finals in Rio de Janeiro to lift the Brazil world cup yesterday July 13 2014. Germany...

Rap musician Robert Chungu aka Bobby East and his model girlfriend Ruth Mukanga are expected to appear in court on Monday July 14 2014 after they were arrested earlier today Saturday for producing and distributing a porn video. Both could face up to 5 years in jail according to...

Justice and Immigration officials in Brazil are bracing to handle thousands of asylum applications after some 200 Ghanaian football fans joined an unspecified number of Syrians who have asked for political asylum. The Ghanaians claim they are Muslims fleeing from inter religious...

Brazil Coach Luiz Felipi Scolari has described yesterday July 8 2014  7-1 whitewash in their semi finals match against Germany as the worst day of his life but said the country needs to move on and show the world they still have one of the best teams on earth. Supporters of the...

By Sylvester Munanjala Zambian police have launched wide ranging investigations in collaboration with the Zambian Information and Communications Authority ZICTA after a sex tape involving Bobby East 32, of the XYZ Crew band went viral after it was leaked on the internet. The...

A notorious London based Nigeria 419 conman has began an eight year jail sentence after he was found guilty at the Old Bailey of scamming victims, most of them old and vulnerable out of thousands of pounds in a fake lottery scam. Frank Onyeachonam 38, lived an extravagant and...

By Sylvester Munanjala in Lusaka, Zambia It might be a small and not very visible southern African country but the whereabouts of Zambian president Michael Sata 77, has been a subject of worry for his close to 15 million compatriots. After more than ten years in the opposition...

UK based Cameroon soul singer Debra Debs will be playing three gigs in the UK with most of the songs from her latest album Lifecycles. On July 22 2014, she will be playing at The Jam House in Birmingham with Maysa Leak. You can buy tickets Here. On 23 July at Jazz Cafe in London,...

By Sylvester Munanjala in Lusaka Zambia. Zambian police are still investigating and are expected to charge a man who successfully masqueraded as a doctor for almost three weeks at the Lusaka Levy Mwanawasa hospital, the second largest hospital in the capital Lusaka. The suspect...

Argentina beat Nigeria for the third time in the world cup final phase but the super Eagles still managed to reach the round of 16 after Bosnia-Herzegovina beat Iran 3-1 in Group F. Argentina beat the African champions 3-2 in a thrilling match that saw Argentine Captain Lionel...

By Sylvester Munanjala in Lusaka Zambia. Four years after she took a sabbatical from the music industry, Zambian diva Kachanana Simate aka Miss Kachy has returned with two smashing hits “Money” and “Ndipita”. Speaking exclusively to Iroko Magazine after releasing the two singles,...

Ghana football association president Kwesi Nyantakyi has threatened to drag The Telegraph newspaper  in Britain to court after it published a story alleging he was part of a conspiracy prepared to fix international friendlier in which the Ghana team was involved. Ghana is one of...

  Southern Cameroons Youth League (SCYL) president and human rights activist Ebenezer Akwanga caused a diplomatic furore recently when he appeared in a photograph proudly displaying a copy of a Southern Cameroons (SC) passport. Most SC activists welcomed the gesture as another...

As expected early this morning Thursday June 19 2014, Cameroon became the first African country to crash out of this year’s world cup after a humiliating 4-0 defeat by a less than impressive Croatia team. The Lions played with just ten men when defender Alex Song was red carded...

By Sylvester Munanjala in Lusaka, Zambia. Full time student, model and singer Mukula Kapata aka Muxy has released her first album, a self titled CD of 12 tracks and hopes this will bring the musical recognizing she has battled to achieve for the last four years. A video for one...

After their dismal performance on Friday June 13 2014 in Natal, The Lions might likely miss the services of their best team scorer and captain Samuel Eto’o Fils because of injury. Samuel Eto’o revealed this on his facebook page with this posting; “The doctors confirm! I will...

By Sylvester Munanjala in Lusaka Zambia. Zambian first Lady Dr Christine Kaseba Sata was not only guest of honour but also took part in the 21 km Inter Company Relay ICR fitness race that took place in the Zambian capital Lusaka on Saturday June 14th 2014. The Zambia Sugar relay...

It came as no surprise excerpt to die hard supporters of the Indomitable Lions but the out of shape, indiscipline and shambolic Lions were only defeated 1-0 by Mexico only with help from the Colombian referee Wilmar Roldan who disallowed two perfectly clear  Mexican goals-and one...

Cameroon plays its first group qualifying world cup match today June 13 2014 against Mexico at the Arena Das Natal in Brazil in the second match in Group 1. After host and favourites Brazil came from behind to defeat Croatia 3-1 late yesterday night, a win for either team will...

By Sylvester Munanjala in Lusaka Zambia Young and enterprising businessman Francis Kasonde 29, says he self taught himself computer graphics and IT when his cousin photocopied an IT handbook titled “Computer Fundamentals”. The rest of the story as they say, is history. Kasonde is...

Exactly a year after he first burst into the music scene in Cameron, musician Stanley Enow aka “Bayangi boy”  has picked his first award after he easily beat Burna Boy (Nigeria) Heavy K (South Africa) (Nigeria) and Uhuru (South Africa) in the best new Act category. “….at...

Cameroon’s Prime Minister Philomen Yang, Sports Minister Adoum Garoua  and Joseph Owona, president of the FIFA appointed Normalization Committee early today morning Monday June 9 2014, breath a collective sigh of relief when the official Cameroon squad, including the 23 players...

By Sylvester Munanjala in Lusaka Zambia. R&B musician Camilla Decruz 21 (born Camilla Chandla)  has warned young and aspiring Zambians in any sector to avoid sexual predators who appear as benefactors to help promote their careers. She said this could lead to all types of...

The Lions of Cameroon might have been inflicted long term defensive damage after Rennes  player Jean Armel Kana Biyik angrily announced he was retiring from international football to concentrate on his club career. He was reacting te what he considered an affront when Lion’s head...

Supporters of the Indomitable Lions are in high spirits following an encouraging 2-2 draw between the team and the German national team last Sunday June 1 2014 in Monchengladbach, Germany. German coach Volke Finke managed to arrange the friendly against his country’s national...

Big, jovial and always smiling, Joki Manga is one of the fresh faced youngsters who registered and started school as part of the St Joseph College Sasse 1979 batch. 35 years later, Joki is now a successful entrepreneur and a Maritime/Oil & Gas Logistics Coordinator with...

By Sylvester Munanjala in Lusaka, Zambia Zambian hip-hop artiste Masautso Nkhoma 28, aka Ruff Kaida has defended his extraordinary stage stunt at the Lusaka Club Zed last Saturday May 24 2014 when he made a “deadly” entrance into his concert and popped out of a white coffin....

Obam Adolphe 37, is the latest suspect to be arrested in the Cameroonian capital Yaoundé for allegedly trafficking in endangered animal parts. He was arrested in the Nkoleton neignbourhood recently with a collection of seven gorilla and eleven chimpanzee skulls, a big haul by any...

Preparations have been heating up towards the 75th anniversary celebrations of St Josephs College Sasse, Buea in Cameroon. Past and present students and friends of the college are being mobilized for the event that is expected to attract thousands of people to the foothills of...

Time is fast running out to raise money on crowd funding site indiegogo for the most promising vaccine that could stop malaria in its track as the  June 5th 2014 deadline approaches. Despite billions of dollars spent annually around the world, malaria still killed close to...

Cameroons shambolic preparations for the world cup was evident again yesterday May 22 2014 when Prof Joseph Owona, president  of the FIFA created normalization committee  revealed the team will play it’s only warm up match against Moldavia, classed 99th in the latest FIFA team...

The honourable Robert Nesta Marley was buried today May 21 1981, exactly 33 years ago. He died 10 days earlier on May 11 and that is the day the Music died. The Man and his legacy however, will live on forever. I still remember the first time I heard Bob’s song “One Love/People...

Rev Fr Peter Nouck, a class 84 Ex student of St Joseph’s College Sasse Buea says he is extremely proud and privileged to be serving his alma mater as the college prepares to celebrate its 75th anniversary in December this year. Like thousands of students, former students and...

By Sylvester Munanjala in Lusaka, Zambia. Conquering her fear of heights, flying and speaking in public are the three weaknesses teenage Zambian model Natasha Mapulanga 17, says she must beat to stand any chance of winning the Miss Freedom of the World beauty pageant scheduled...

By Sylvester Munanjala in Lusaka, Zambia. Hundreds of Zambians will on Monday May 19th 2014, again join the rest of the world in adding pressure on Nigerian Islamist fundamentalist group Boko Haram to release some 276 girls it kidnapped more than a month ago. Dr Charlotte Scott,...

Cameroonian international and English premier league attacker Samuel Eto’o Fils 33, will most certainly be leaving Chelsea football club when his one contract ends but his destination is still a closely guided secret. Despite scoring crucial goals with the team, Chelsea did not...

By Sylvester Munanjala in Lusaka, Zambia Getting a record label to release the music for new artists can be very challenging. Two relative young musicians in Zambia decided to cut the red tape by creating their own record label with a very creative name. #TrippyHippyRecords is...

By Sylvester Munanjala, Lusaka, Zambia Uk born Lusaka based teenage sensation Olivia Kapasu has said being a model is extremely hard work but anyone can succeed in the industry if they put in the necessary time and effort Miss Kapasu 18, current holder of the Miss Personality...

Cameroon national team coach Volke Finke has released a provisional list of 30 players who will defend the colours of the Lions in Brazil next month. The thirty players includes 4 goalkeepers, 9 defendants, 8 midfield players, 7 attackers and two players on the reserve list....

The days of violent Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau and his band of thugs may be numbered as world attention, military cognizance, guns and intelligence turn their focus on destroying their power base.  It follows international outrage after Shekau in a video and dressed in his...

Millions of fans of the most successful musical twins in Africa are delighted fears Paul and Peter Okoye (P Square) will split did not happen after they released the video for their latest single “Taste the Money (Testimony)” The usual suspects feature in the video which...

With more than half of votes counted, the new boy and party on the block of South African politics the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) led by Julius Malema 33 has won an astonishing 21 seats. The new EFF party’s chieftain, the red beret rebellious former youth leader of the ANC...

By Mansa Quainoo in Accra, Ghana From Kwame Nkrumah through Kofi Annan to Komla Dumor, Ghanaians have some of the most intriguing  names across Africa with each name having a specific meaning depending on time and day of the week when someone is born. Like in Nigeria, naming...

Following last minute change in venue last Friday May 2 2014 and disagreements between some of the organizers, plans are now underway to host another event during which the life, times and music of Lambo Pierre Sandjo Roger (aka Lapiro) will be celebrated in Washington DC. A...

  How do you search for the missing soul of a nation without its emblematic leader? More than 25 million South Africans, (SA) a majority under 40 will tomorrow May 7 2014 vote in general elections the ruling ANC is widely expected to win. It will be the first post apartheid...

By: Sylvester Munanjala, Lusaka Zambia The National Arts Council of Zambia (NAC) might soon lose its chair person following criticism she does not treat all artists the same. Some artists have been calling for Mulenga Kapwepwe to be replaced accusing her of being biased for...

By Mansa Quainoo in Accra, Ghana Picture this. After eight years of passionate sex, Nzeng and Zouzekou’s marital bliss has fizzled out and they have become more like strangers sleeping on the same bed. Their once vibrant sex life has suffered terribly and it is badly affecting...

First established in 1931, the Kakum National park located in the Central region of Ghana is a unique and pristine rain-forest and attracts thousands of tourists annually. The 375 square kilometers park is famous because it can only be accessed through its 350 meters long canopy...

For the first time in its fifty nine years history, two teams from the same European city-Madrid, will clash in the finals of the most prestigious global club competitions after Atletico of Madrid outplayed Chelsea in a 3-1 thriller at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday April 30 2014....

Hundreds of fans are expected to turn out for the celebration of the life of Cameroonian musician Pierre Roger Lambo Sandjo aka Lapiro de Mbanga on Friday May 2 2014 at the Bueana Vista banquet Hall in Maryland, Washington DC.  Lapiro died from prostate cancer on March 16 2014....

Update 09:00am. Friday April 25 2014 Fans have reacted with joy after Paul Okoye indicated on facebook that the “storm” in the P Square “teacup” has been resolved. “Finally God’s will is done. FOREVER PSQAURE”, Paul posted. Fans will only...

Tributes have continued to pour in for one of the best known radio commentators from the African continent retired journalist Denis Liwewe. The former BBC Zambia sports correspondent died yesterday April 22 2014 in Lusaka, Zambia. He was 78. Born in Malawi, he moved to Zambia...

After months of preparations, the blockbuster film premiere of “One Night in Vegas” finally took place at the Hilton Hotel in Dublin Ireland last Saturday April 19 2014. More than 500 guests turned up for the red carpet event presented by actor Chris actor and had a chance to...

They have given us some of the best and most memorable naija dancing tunes from “Chop My Money” through “Beautiful Onyinye” to “Taste The Money” but there are fears twin siblings Peter and Paul Okoye (P Square) might break up soon because of...

A video uploaded on the YouTube channel of controversial Nigerian pastor TB Joshua on April 14 claims he rightly predicted the Nyanya motor park attack in Abuja, Nigeria federal capital on November 10th 2013 by  suspected militants of the brutal Boko Haram Islamic sect. The video...

UK based human rights advocate Sarli Sardou Nana has called on the Cameroon government to create a judicial commission of inquiry to examine the crisis that led to the destruction of the houses of an estimated 300 mbororo cattle herders after Bamenda archbishop Cornelius Fontem...

Star studded Nollywood blockbuster film “One Night in Vegas” will premiere from 7 pm at the prestigious Hilton Hotel in Dublin Ireland on Saturday April 19 2014 Ghanaian superstars John Dumelo and Yvonne Nelson who play the leading roles in the highly emotional drama of a family...

Cameroonian International Alex Song might be struggling for a first team place with his present team the Spanish giants Barcelona but is now the target for transfer by struggling Manchester United. Scouts from Liverpool, Milan AC and Atletico Madrid are also gunning for the...

  Mansa Quainoo in Accra, Ghana   Nigerian born Comedian Bright Okpocha popularly known as BasketMouth, the undisputed king of African comedy will be cracking the ribs of Ghanaians on Easter Saturday April 19, 2014 at the plush Accra International Conference Centre. The Abia...

The date was Saturday April 12 2014, the occasion the annual St Joseph feast day commemoration by Soba UK, the place the English Martyrs Catholic church in Reading and the time, a typical Blackman time (BMT) plus two. More than 40 Sobans, close friends and guests were in Reading...

Culled from El Crema Some women are irresistible; everywhere they go they are adored by men, treated like angels and wanted by every man. Never the less, some are the direct opposite, the only reason a man would want them is for their centre region and when he’s done there, he’s...

Reading, England. SOBA Uk St Josephs Feast Day Celebrations Saturday April 12 2014. Reading. United Kingdom Venue. English Martyrs Catholic Church Liebenrood RG20 2EB Celebrating Priest Fr George Schedule  12:00-1pm Arrival of Sobans and Guests 1-2pm. Mass 2-10pm. Light...

Mansa Quainoo in Accra, Ghana Two years before the 2016 general elections, one of the two dominant rival parties in Ghana, the opposition National Patriotic Party NPP is preparing to hold its national congress on Saturday April 12 2014 during which officials are expected to be...

On Monday April 7 2014, we published an opinion piece from human rights activist Sarli Sardou Nana about the plight of Mbororo cattle herders and a chronicle of the events that led to the destruction of their houses at Banjah Village in Bamenda on April 3 2013 by bulldozers hired...

The 18 months transitional period given to businesses and the public to find suitable alternatives to using plastic packaging ends on April 23 2014 and the government has promised to move to the repressive stage to implement the ban. Environment Minister Hele Pierre has been on a...

 On April 3 2014, bulldozers with the support of armed gendarme officers razed down the houses of some 300 cattle rearing minority ethnic mbororo indigenes located at Banjah Village in Bamenda. The destruction of their homes was the brutal end to a court battle that has lasted...

By Mansa Quainoo in Accra, Ghana Bubbly Ghanaian actress and TV presenter Joselyn Canfor Dumas 33, has scored her first ever nomination for her role in the film Northern Affair as Best Actress In A Leading Role in this year’s African Movie Academy Awards. The nominations were...

She has been called many things from “London’s soulful songbird” to the “one to watch” but Cameroonian born UK based singer/songwriter Debra Debs is a down to earth, unassuming, sharp  and fast talking diva with a message. “If you are looking for Riyana, Beyonce type of music,...

Belize based venture capitalist company Kilimajaro Capital is calling on the World bank to re-invest in the Amsas-Coriole-Afgoi (ACA) Block of almost 1.2 million acres of gas situated some 50 Km from the Somalia Capital Mogadishu to revamp the economy of Somalia and help improve...

Following the breakdown in security in neignbouring Central African Republic (CAR) there are fears of a repeat of the 2012 massacred of more than 500 elephants at the Bouba Ndjida Naional Park in Northern Cameroon apparently by marauding poachers from Sudan and CAR. All the...

By Jacob Nguni. Musician, Close friend of Lapiro Before December 31, 1989, Mr. John Fru Ndi was a relatively unknown bookseller in the town of Bamenda. His name meant nothing to the common Cameroonian out of the township of Bamenda. On that particular night of December 31, 1989,...

By Doris Fankem in Douala, Cameroon Secondary Education Minister Loius Bapes Bapes became the first serving minister to be arrested and detained at the Kondengui maximum security prison following corruption allegations today March 31 2014 in the capital Yaounde. He was...

By Folefac Richard in Buffalo, New York USA. Hundreds of Family, friends, well wishers and some international human rights advocates were present on Friday and Saturday March 28-29 2014 in Buffalo, New York for the last funeral rites for musician Lambo Pierre Roger Sanjo aka...

US based  Cameroonian socialite Lucas Fon has  said Culture Minister Ama Tutu Muna showed “unprecedented shameful display of arrogance“ to a cultural baobab by organizing a cultural event in Washington DC that coincided with the funeral of musical icon Lambo Pierre Roge...

Officials of the International Criminal police (Interpol) last Friday February 21 2014 re-arrested one of  most notorious animal traffickers who managed to escape from prison with the complicity of a Guinea Conakry Justice official. GALF, the Guinea Conakry branch of WARA...

The Cameroonian community across the USA is now making fervent preparations to give deceased musician Lambo Sandjo Pierre Roger aka Lapiro de Mbanga a hero’s goodbye on Friday March 28 2014 during his funeral service in Buffalo, New York. Lapiro died on Sunday March 16 2014 after...

Campaigners against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the UK have welcomed the decision by the Crime Prosecution Service (CPS) to charge the first two people in the country since the practice was outlawed in 1985. Dr Dhanuson Dharmasena 31 was charged with carrying out the...

  Compiled by Doris Fankem. Douala Cameroon For the best part of 30 years, he raged against a system he considered unjust, inhumane and that was totally disconnected from the masses and the downtrodden. He stood up for those government authorities only remember when they...

In his final act of defiance against a government he fought against all his life, Pierre Roger Lambo Sandjo aka Lapiro De Mbanga 56, will be cremated on March 28 2014 in Buffalo, New York in the USA where he died. Iroko Magazine learnt close family members politely turned down...

  Special Report by Eugene Nforngwa produced with funding from the African Story Challenge      Getting to St Elizabeth Cardiac Center is not an easy task even for someone with a healthy heart. But for most patients, overcoming the bumpy roads is their only chance of ever...

Cameroon High Commissioner to the UK Nkwelle Ekaney and wife Janet Ekaney were guests of honour on Saturday March 15 2014 in London during a special party to celebrate the 50th anniversary reunification of French and English speaking Cameroon. More than 600 people joined the high...

  The death of renowned Cameroonian musician Lambo Pierre Roger aka Lapiro de mbanga 55, has been linked to the refusal by prison authorities to treat his unknown ailment after it was detected while he was in prison. Lapiro died yesterday March 16 2014 after a long illness...

France based charity organization Melting Pot Development (MPD) has been named as the overall winner in the charity category after it attracted almost 3000 “likes” on the official face book page of Cameroonian international/Chelsea star Samuel Eto’o Fils. In a short statement...

By Comfort Mussa (Photo Credits. Comfort Mussa) Cameroonian Women in Bamenda, North Western Cameroon joined their counterparts the world Over to celebrate Women’s day on Saturday March 8 2014. In a brilliantly colourful march past, they carried placards with very strong...

A British woman has revealed she married her pet dog wo years ago when her marriage broke down more than twenty years ago. Amanda Rogers, 47, married her pet terrier called Sheba according to Metro Newspaper  in the UK Ms Rogers has reportedly kissed a few frogs on her way to...

Ayuk Akoh- Arrey, SOBA UK president-elect and candidate of “steel and agility” now has two years to implement his “growth agenda” following his victory in the first ever democratic elections in the chapter. Akoh- Arrey easily beat his only challenger Francis Bobdinga Ngwe who...

  His Cameroonians fans might still be dissatisfied after he led the Lions in a Shambolic 5-1 thrashing by Portugal in a world Cup preparation friendly but Cameroon attacker Samuel Eto’o Fils brought smiles to five charities shortlisted for his 33rd birthday 15.000 Euros bonanza....

 Manu Dibango and Francis Bebey are two of the greatest musical exports from Cameroon but both became famous in France and not in their native Cameroon. The lack of a vibrant and imaginative PR agency to take Cameroonian music to a global audience was the main problem. ModeMaison...

Initial botched police investigations, media frenzy and an unparalleled level of international interest will make the murder trial of para-olympian Oscar Pistorius that opens today March 3 2014  in Gauteng Pretoria, South Africa’s own version of the OJ Simpson trial. Former...

Nigerian singer/songwriter Iyanya Onoyom Mbok popularly known by his first name Iyanya will be will be giving an exclusive show to top level Guinness and other VIP officials in the Cameroonian economic capital Douala later today February 28 2014. The venue and timing is a closely...

He might still be smarting after his outspoken Coach Jose Mourinho made derogatory remarks about his age but Cameroon and Chelsea attacker Samuel Eto’o Fils has a surprise offer for his more than 3  million facebook, twitter and Instagram  followers. The multi millionaire world...

A South African judge is scheduled to rule today February 25 2013 if parts of the trial of one of South Africa’s best known athletes Oscar Pistorious will be televised. The “blade runner” athlete has admitted shooting and killing his model girlfriend Reeva Steenhamp on St...

CameroonForum Chairman Chris Nasah has called on Cameroonians in the UK to be united and respect each other to help build a strong force that can help improve the lives of compatriots in the UK and back in Cameroon. He admitted that Cameroonians in the UK were still too divided...

  Culled from The Globe and Mail   Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, celebrating his 90th birthday before thousands of people at a soccer stadium Sunday, said he felt like a young boy and urged the nation to shun homosexuality. “I feel as youthful and energetic as a boy of...

Renowned BBC TV presenter Komla Afeke Dumor will be buried tomorrow February 22 2014 during a private ceremony following a liturgical service at the forcourt of State house in Accra Ghana. Komla died suddenly at his London home on Saturday January 18 2004 of a suspected heart...

  By Betty B. Blay Ackah. Communications co-ordinator, Maternal Health Channel, Accra, Ghana “If you eat an egg, your child will become a thief.” “If you eat snails, your child’s mouth will be slippery.” “The use of enemas make babies stronger.”     These are just a few of the...

UK born Cameroonian kids have shown they too have musical, dancing and creative talents in a special kiddies night organized on their behalf. Some twenty children ranging in ages from five to over twenty sang, danced and demonstrative their poetry abilities during three hours of...

Swedish cosmetic giant FOREO has announced it will sponsor both the African Fashion Week London (AFWL) and African Fashion Week in Lagos Nigeria (AFWN). They will join a long list of other sponsors who have been supporting the premier exclusive African fashion show in the UK....

  By Betty B. Blay Ackah.      Communications co-ordinator, Maternal Health Channel Accra, Ghana    I have never been big on valentine’s day, and I still do not really know why. Anyone living in urban Ghana would tell you how massive an event it has become over the years! I...

No prizes for guessing rightly. Today February 14 2014 is St Valentine ’s Day. That means there is love in the air once again. Different people will celebrate the day in their own unique style. Some will propose, some will marry while millions of  flowers and greeting cards will...

St Joseph’s College Sasse in Buea, South Western Cameroon celebrates its 75th anniversary in December this year. Some of the most prominent academics, doctors, engineers and other professionals in and out of the country, studied inside the stone walls of Sasse. Some of the...

Culled from www.vice.com By Jamie Clifton (Writer of this article and the relative he interviews are both British. George appears in a Ghanaian film Festival of Love. His reaction to the whole bizarre casting, acting and characters involved should be a lesson to all film...

  She now lives with face and body scars. She is only 24 but looks much older. A less resilient person will have recoiled and hidden herself from the world but Kechi Okwuchi decided to do the direct opposite; stand as a witness to the irreparable damage that happens to...

St Joseph College Sasse in Buea, Cameroon will celebrate its 75h anniversary in December 2014. In the run up to those anniversary celebrations, Ex students of the oldest secondary school have been brainstorming on what they could do as their own contributions o make the...

Dewsbury-based Cameroonian human rights and pro-democracy campaigner Sarli Sardou Nana has said he was extremely proud following his selection as one of only 100 people who will now benefit from leadership training provided by the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts,...

Mboua Massock, 63, is a Pan-African freedom fighter and is best known in Cameroon as the “father of ghost towns”, a nationwide civil disobedience campaign he initiated between 1990-1991 to force the then 9 year old government of president Paul Biya to organise a national...

Only a large framed smiling photograph of Komla Afeke Dumor was present at the St Martin-in-the-fields Anglican church in Trafalgar Square London last Saturday February 1 2014 when family, friends and BBC colleagues gathered to pay tribute to the late BBC radio/TV presenter...

January 31 each year is the deadline for teams mostly in the rich leagues in Europe to buy for megabucks, swap or discover new talents o bolster their clubs and their bank balances. Some teams leave negotiations to the very last minute while some including teams like Chelsea and...

  The grieving Dumor family has revealed they have set up a Komla Dumor Memorial Foundation that will sustain the “legacy of Komla Dumor by pursuing plans he had for promoting the ideals that he stood and worked for.” Ghanaian-born Komla died suddenly of a suspected heart...

  Culled from Aoen Magazine He comes to the operating room late, greets no one, and berates the nurse for not setting up the stepstools the way he likes. He tells the resident she doesn’t know the anatomy and sighs when she adjusts her grip on a surgical tool. He slaps the...

Buea University Geology student Caroline Jabe Takon aka Ciana Banks recently released her first rap single “bangwa sense” to critical acclaim across Cameroon. She describes herself as an easy going girl and a big fan of American Diva Beyonce. She says  Cameroonian music will...

On Saturday February 15, 2014, Cameroonian youth based in the UK will showcase their talent in dance, singing, comedy, and general quiz during a show known as Cameroon’s Got Talent  (CGT). The event will take place at the drum hall in Birmingham. The competition is the...

Culled from Los Angeles Times Millions of people die annually around the world from smoking-related diseases. The best indication of the long-lasting damage that smoking does is that four of the actors who have appeared in the adverts for Marlboro cigarettes have died from...

  Titled simply as Eve, Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo, 53,  is presently promoting her 11th studio album which she says is dedicated to the “resilience and beauty” of the African woman. “Why I call the album Eve is not only because of the first woman but it is also the...

  Organisers of the Cameroon’s Got Talent show scheduled for Birmingham, UK have promised a surprise for couples who decide to join them celebrate the second edition of the talent on February 15, a day after valentine day. The event will showcase the talent of young...

  Nigerian hip-hop star Abolore Adigun Akande a.k.a 9ice has now officially denied reports he intends to abandon music for a more “challenging” time as a politician. There was a media frenzy last week when news first leaked that 9ice intended to run as a councillor in th...

  Ghanaian president John Dramani Mahama and former president John Kufuor have led the avalanche of tributes following the sudden, untimely and tragic death of BBC presenter Komla Afeke Dumor. He died in his London home Saturday January 18 2014 from a suspected heart attack,...

  Culled from Medical Daily TLC has just released a new clip from its series, “Sex Sent Me to the ER,” which shows a woman experiencing an orgasm for over three hours, panicking, and rushing to the ER before it diminishes. The bizarre situation may seem unbelievable,...

The nightmare of some young Nigerians who fled the fighting in war-torn Central African Republic (CAR) is much worse now after Nigerian State Security Service (SSS) officials arrested them for allegedly belonging to the violent militant Islamic group Boko Haram. But the Nigerian...

Update. Saturday February 15th 2014 It is now official. The protocol service of the presidency finally did manage to convince Right Royal President Paul Biya,  to take time off his numerous vacations abroad to visit Buea, on Thursday February 20th 2014. He is supposed to...

   By Frank Garriba in Abuja Some 216 Nigerian citizens who fled from war-torn Central African Republic, CAR last week arrived Nigeria and most had no ancestral homes to go back to. According to authorities of the Nigerian Emergency Management Authority (NEMA), the 216 returnees...

  By Adeniyi Alugbemi in Abuja, Nigeria After CAF crowned Ivorian Yaya Toure African Player of the Year at the Eko Hotel and convention centre in Lagos, our special correspondent Adeniyi Olugbemi  profiles the Manchester City play-maker. A versatile player, Yaya Toure, 30,...

Boisterous Nigerian and Chelsea fans were left licking their wounds yesterday January 9, 2014  when favourite homeboy John Mickel Obi watched stonefaced as Ivorian Yaya Toure picked the coveted African player of the year award. The occasion was the annual GIO Confederation of...

  By Mokun Njouny Nelson Ivorian and Manchester City star and BBC 2013 African player of the year Yaya Toure 30, is one of the favourites who might win the African football Confederation (CAF) footballer of the year crown which will be announced later today in Lagos,...

The dawn of a new year is a time to review the year that ended and draw an action for the next 12 months. Chris Nasah is the Chairman of Cameroon Forum, a non profit organization based in the UK that carries out development orientated programmes that benefit Cameroonians at home...

  By Oben Carl Ayuk in Buea. Fako Elites in the UK have resolved to sensitize the population about public safety, help reduce road accidents and improve the health situation of people in Buea through a development oriented organization they have named Fako-UK. They made the...

US president Barrack Obama will today lead tributes to former South African president Nelson  Rolihlahla Mandela at the    stadium in Johannesburg as the world bids farewell to one of the greatest statesman ever to come from Africa in a special memorial. UK Prime Minister David...

  His death has been expected for some time now but when former South African president Nelson Mandela 95 finally died late yesterday thursday December 11 2013, it still came as a shock to most people in South Africa and around the world. He has been sick for some time with...

  A second high profile Guinean Conakry trafficker has been arrested following an operation carried out by INTERPOL, Guinean environment officials and GALF, a-Guinea Conakry NGO fighting to protect endangered animals and led by French environmentalist Charlotte Houpline....

Francis Ngwa in Sasse, Buea It was as unexpected as it was tragic. The over 900 students of St Joseph’s College Sasse in Buea,  South Western Cameroon will on Friday November 29, 2013, pay their last respects to their deceased friend and classmate Ebenson Brian – a...

  The black stars of Ghana and Algeria on Tuesday November 19, 2013 picked up the two remaining African tickets for the World Cup following the last round of qualifying matches. Ghana lost on the night (1-2) to a strongly motivated but weak willed Egyptian pharaohs who...

  In exactly two days time (Sunday, November 17 2013), Cameroon will host Tunisia for the return leg final qualifying match for next year’s Brazil world Cup. Both teams played a lackluster goalless draw during the away leg at the Rades stadium in Tunisia but if...

  Students of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) yesterday November 13, 2013 joined nationwide demonstrations against the planned closure of the University of London students Union (ULU). In May this year,the University of London announced it will close the...

The Philippines government is still grappling with the aftermath of  Typhoon Haiyan which left almost 11 million people in the mostly impoverished country in need of basic items like food, water and shelter. Cameroonian journalist Ange Ngu Thomas did not evacuate from Iloilo City...

  Akwo-Fese Victor Efimba . Sacred Heart Ex  Students UK (SHESANS) Interim President Some of the recurring tributes for Brother Ronnie were “he was a wonderful teacher“, “he was very intelligent“, ” he had a great sense of humour“...

  Close friends, family, some Marists brothers and an impressive representation of the Cameroonian community in the UK defied the drizzling rain on Friday November 8 2013 to give brother Ronald Hickman a befitting burial. The kind- hearted, generous and jovial former teacher...

  More than two years after the Cameroonian government agreed to pay compensation to exiled  human rights activist Ebenezer Akwanga after losing a case  at the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC), nothing has been done. RRDRESS, a UK based human rights organization took the case...

The third edition of the Film Africa festival continues around nine venues across the English Capital London. The festival will run between November 1-10 2013. Some of Africa’s best film producers in and out of the continent are showcasing their work to a western audience  and...

The Cameroonian community across the UK is preparing an unusually grand send off party for one of theirs, who though born more than 6000 miles in the UK, was a true” son of the soil”. Brother Ronnie Hickman will be buried on Friday November 8, 2013 in Wolverhampton but will...

  Senegalese born Economist,  Dr. Aliou Diagne, has called on African governments to create the enabling environment to help farmers feed the African continent. He said unless this is done urgently, a large majority of Africans will go hungry and this could lead to a repeat of...

  By Leocadia Bongben Rice farmers, researchers and government officials have been implored to help increase rice production across Africa to feed its rapidly increasing populations as the only way to stop importing the food staple from Asia and the USA. This is one of the...

  The death has been announced of Brother Ronald “Ronnie” Hickman, aka “Ngia Ndeh”. He was a former teacher of Sacred Heart College Bamenda and well known friend of Cameroon because of his love for Cameroon and his exquisite command of the local lingua franka;  pidgin...

  Applications are now being accepted from Afro-Caribbean girls who will like to take part in the first ever Miss Bronze UK Scholarship pageant scheduled for October next year in England. It follows last Saturday October 19th 2013 official launch during a red carpet/black...

  Cameroon rising music star Mister Daddy Black sings from the heart and has just released two singles “Ah No Be Small Boy”and “Mami Nyanga”. Women are the centre of his world and “Ah No be Small boy was inspired by a real life story. The Yaoundé based musician has been in...

Cameroonian hip hop sensation Stanley Enow Friday October 18 2013 was special guest at the first edition of an internet telecast on google + hangout organized by Cameroonian entertainment website www.kurbain.com. For one hour, twenty four minutes, the star rapper/singer answered...

  A  new Cameroonian film will premiere tomorrow Saturday October 19 2013 during the officially launching of the Miss Bronze Uk scholarship beauty pageant at Marriot Hotel, in the English seaside town of Portsmouth. Titled simply as “Woman”, the film was written and directed...

  The first ever Miss Bronze Scholarship pageant launch will take place at the Marriot Hotel in the idyllic seaside resort town of Portsmouth on Saturday October 19 2013. Winners will be revealed during eight days of live selection between October 18-25 2014. According to...

  By Leocadia Bongben on special assignment to Nguti, The roads that lead to Nguti in South Western Cameroon are in very bad shape but when you manage to undergo that obvious barrier, you will eventually get to the area situated some 60km from Mamfe town. Until giant...

  The Black stars of Ghana will later today have to beat Egypt in Kumasi as it tries to qualify for the FIFA World cup for the third time in a row. Even though Egypt is still a troubled country following the crisis it went through during the Arap spring, it still has a...

  Africa Express will be playing at the Doc de Suds venue in Marseilles, south of France on Saturday Oct 19 2013. Tickets for the show are fast selling out so get yours before its too late from this website  The best in African and western musical collaboration will for five...

  AFP  Belgium has arrested a notorious Somali pirate chief after luring him to Brussels on promises of shooting a documentary movie about his life on the high seas, prosecutors said Monday. Federal prosecutor Johan Delmulle said Mohamed Abdi Hassan, better known as...

  Sasse Old Boys Association (SOBA UK)  president Shupo Francis has said their Union meeting is still one of the best Ex student associations in the UK and more will be done to make sure it grows and achieve its real potential. He made the statement at the Penta Hotel during...

  By Jude Niba and Wilson Nana The “return” of Lions star goal scorer Samuel Eto’o Fils made little difference as they managed to pull a virgin draw (0-0) during yesterday’s October 13 2013 first round qualifying matches for next year’s Brazil world cup. The Lions might only...

  311 bodies have now been recovered from the debris of the fishing boat that sunk off the shores of Lampedusa Italy last Thursday October 5 2013. Italian coast guards are still continuing the search and recovery drive as survivors of the tragedy claim the bodies of at least...

  Today October 11 2013 is the international day of the girl Child. This year’s celebrations focuses on Innovating for Girl’s education. The day will provide a platform to highlight the importance of girl education in any society and measures that must be adopted to increase to...

  Three Moroccan youths will appear in prison later today Friday October 11, 2013 after they were arrested in the town of Nador after kissing and posting the picture on Facebook. The teenagers, two 15-year-old boys and one 14-year-old girl were arrested and detain...

  Indomitable Lions captain Samuel Eto’o Fils will be part of the attack line next Sunday October 13, 2013 when the team clashes with Tunisia in the away leg second round qualifiers for next year’s Brazil World cup. Eto’o told his team mates in the dressing room after the...

  Italian coast guards are still fishing out the dead bodies of some of the more than 300 African migrants who died when their fishing boat sank off the  coast of Lampedusa last Thursday October 3, 2013. Latest reports from Italy  say the Tunisian captain of the ill-fated...

A petition has been launched online calling for an urgent investigation into last weeks tragedy in which more than 300 African migrants lost their lives  in their quest to reach Europe and a better life Here with the full petition which you can sign from the link below “We...

   Daily Record. The world’s first malaria vaccine might be in the market in the next two years following a large scale test carried out in Durban, South Africa. Even when available, the vaccine will not be the “magic bullet” towards malaria eradication but...

  Nigeria singer/songwriter Vincent Omoko aka Cent Moko has released a new album titled “Solution” in which he sings about some of the problems faced by Nigerians. He describes his music as Afro hip hop and also plays reggae music. He hails from the Delta region of Nigeria and...

Bishops of Cameroon have condemned in very strong terms various societal ills  including homosexuality, incest, pedophilia and bad influences from the media. They said these were some of the problems preventing Christians from truly living a life of faith in Christ. They made the...

  From October 18-25 2014, the first African/Caribbean Miss Bronze UK Scholarship beauty pageant will take place in Portsmouth UK. A year before what promises to be one of the most ambitious beauty/brain pageants in the UK, a big launch of the event will hold at the Marriot...

  George Ebai, Immigration Officer for Rome based organization African Movement  has said there must be an urgent multi sectorial method to stop the thousands of African migrants still making the perilous boat journey from Northern African to Lampedusa in South Italy. He...

  Culled from The Mail Samuel Eto’o has made good use of his bumper salary by amassing a fleet of cars worth £4million. The pick of the Chelsea striker’s fleet is the £1.55m Bugatti Veyron which was specially delivered along with three other vehicles to the...

  Former Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni 66,  former Secretary General at the presidency Jean Marie Atangana Mebara 59, were both sentenced to 20  years imprisonment yesterday by the Yaounde Special Criminal Tribunal. Englishman Kevin Walls, Director General of Aircraft...

  AFP The Gambian government announced that the former British colony is pulling out of the Commonwealth with immediate effect, saying it would “never be a member of any neo-colonial institution”. “The general public is hereby informed that the government...

  She and a close friend started a singing group known as The Trinity Gospel School Choir, and she even won the ‘Len Claisse’ award for music in 2008 when she was only 16. A Graduate of Media and cultural studies, she is now trying to establish herself in the...

  Although most universities around the world have a history of strikes, the situation in Nigeria can at best be described as unusual. For about 11 weeks now, a militant strike has been going on in some Nigerian universities organised by the Academic Staff Union of...

Nigerian Afro beat/hip hop artists Taribo Kevin Horsfall, aka Skallah Skallito has been in the music industry for the past 10 years but is still trying to get things off the ground. He describes his music as a fusion of most musical styles including Afro beat and hip hop. He has...

  The ruling CPDM party is widely expected to win yesterday Monday September 30, 2013 local and parliamentary elections that took place in Cameroon. 29 parties fielded candidates for parliamentary elections while 35 did same for local elections. The leader of the Opposition...

  An uneasy calm now reigns in parts of Northern Nigeria and the capital Abuja on the eve of independence celebrations. Suspected Boko Haram militants reportedly gunned down 50 sleeping students at the Gujba Agriculture College yesterday September 29, 2013, on the eve of...

  In the wee hours of yesterday Sunday September 29, 2013, Janet Naa Othobia Djan, 21,  was crowned  Miss Ghana UK 2013. Until her coronation at the Troxy Hall in London, Janet was known simply as contestant number 3 and will now officially take over from 2012 winner Esther Titi...

  Following the September 8 world cup qualifier decided against Libya in Yaounde, Lions team captain Samuel Eto’o Fils reportedly told his team mates he had retired from international football. He never made the decision public and this is not the first time...

  Football lovers across Cameroon and around the globe have now held their collective breath to see if Lions attacker Samuel Eto’o Fils will play in Rades Tunisia when both national teams clash in the away leg second qualifiers for Brazil world cup on October 13, 2013. Eto’o...

  Singer/songwriter Christopher Ellis 30, is the youngest son of “The Godfather of Jamaican Rocksteady”, the late Alton Ellis, a contemporary of Bob Marley. Born out of Africa, they, like their children, still have a strong connection with Africa the land of their ancestors...

The second edition of Fashion Weekend Gambia takes place in the capital Banjul from December 6-8 2013. According to the organizers, It will be three days to showcase the up and coming trends in the fashion industry of the small landlocked country (1.7 million people) that has...

  Kenyans as still coming to terms with the brutal attacks on the Westgate shopping Mall as three days of national mourning begins today. President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday confirmed the end of the siege on the mall after Kenyan security forces carried an all out swoop late...

  New York Times CAIRO — Hosni Mubarak looked like a stalwart American ally but worried for years that Washington was trying to oust him as president of Egypt, he confided to a doctor recently in surreptitiously recorded conversations that came to light here last week. “How...

  African Champions Nigeria are scheduled to play their second round Brazil World cup 2014 qualifier with Burkina Faso in the newly renovated 60.000 capacity Abuja National Stadium. The N57.6 billion (about $380 million) stadium was renovated by German construction firm Schlaich...

Former radio presenter cum rapper Nabil aka Nabstar is back after a self imposed musical break with the release of a street anthem “confirm”, a record of some of the experiences that have shaped his life. He has done most things in the entertainment industry from hosting radio...

Nigerian High Commissioner to Cameroon, HE Hadiza Mustapha joined the diplomatic corps of her country in 1982 and was first posted to the UK. She has held various posts abroad including South Africa, Zimbabwe and the United States. An astute diplomat, she was posted to Cameroon...

Olgha Nkweti aka “Olgha” 26, Cameroonian singer and song writer says she loved music from a very young age and started singing professionally at 17. She has refused to join the present dance hall hip hop style music pervading the Cameroonian music scene and has stuck to soul...

Updates. Tuesday September 24 2013 Kenyan security forces have come under attack for not acting on intelligence that indicated the Westgate shopping mall was a possible terror target and failing to prevent last Saturday September 21 attacks. More than 60 people including...

When other musicians start playing covers of your song, a musician knows his song has created a huge impact. Stanley Enow, Cameroonian musical revelation of 2013 is now one of the most talked about singers in the country today, not because he has sold a string of successful...

  For a company that is less than two years, Lagos based gaming company Kuluya Ltd is now valued at $2 Million after injection of some private capital. The company has developed more than one hundred games with African themes and names like “bush meat”, “okada”, naija drone” a...

Cancer is increasingly recognized as a critical public health problem in Africa. While communicable diseases continue to burden African populations, it is becoming clear that non communicable diseases also require the attention of those whose goal it is to ensure the health of...

Bio 23 year old Maria is a student working towards her graduation. Born and raised in the capital city Luanda, Maria has aspirations of pursuing her interests in social activism, championing causes that she believes in, as well as working towards creating a successful career in...

On October 5th 2013, one of the 30 girls from 17 African countries will be crowned Queen during the third edition of the Miss Black Africa pageant and charity awards. The red carpet ceremony will take place at the Royal Regency Hall in London. On the night, there will be live...

For a first feature film attempt, Ninah’s Dowry directed by US based Cameroonian film maker Victor Viyouh has won more awards than he cares to remember.   It was not surprising therefore that the  film again won the  prestigious title of Best African film and Best Edited film...

  The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon will take on the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in the playoff phase of the African qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup slated for the Latin American country, Brazil. Both qualified CAF and the glaring stupidity of one of their first round opponents...

 Profile. Askia  Born Askia Orinji in Limbe, Cameroon on June 6, 1993, urban music phenomenon Askia’s very life is a medley of cultures that is expressed in her music. Her father, a Nigerian lives in Lagos while her mother from Cameroon is based in Germany.  Her parents met when...

By Randy Joe Sa’ah in Baba II Village, North Western Cameroon SDF Chairman John Fru Ndi on Saturday September 14th 2014 officially kicked off campaigns for his party as they prepare for the September 30 2013 local and legislative elections. For the next two weeks, he will...

      Nigerian High Commissioner to Cameroon Mme Hadiza Mustapha has called on the 4 million Nigerians in the country to “think big” and not continue complaining about the 120.000frs ($240) that they and all foreign nationals must pay every two years for a resident permit....

     Prof Ephraim Ngwafor, new SOBA General President has called on parents, school administrators and friends of Sasse college to ignore internet posting claiming the association is divided. He described the buzz his elections created on social media as “an opportunity for...

Despite later re-inforcing Chelsea’s attack line with Fernando Torres in the second half, manager Jose Mourinho did not get the expected results when he selected Samuel Eto’o Fils to lead his attack line against Everton in Liverpool yesterday September 14 2013. Known for his goal...

In an 11 minute video posted on Youtube on September 4 2013, prophet TB Joshua is back to his old game of “predicting” or “prophesying”  what will happen “If” Syria is attacked. He apparently made the prediction on his Emmanuel TV on September 1 2013 in a packed “church” of...

     A 45 day online campaign to raise funds to take the breakthrough Kite patch for testing in Uganda has been described as a “smashing success” after California based global technology firm iecrowd raised $557.254, way above the target the company needed. The indiegogo...

  We are getting reports from Cameroon that Chelsea attacker and (former) Captain of the Indomitable Lions Samuel Eto’o Fils will meet president Paul Biya at Unity Palace as early as tomorrow Thursday September 12  2013 following his shocking but still unconfirmed retirement...

      Nigerian High Commissioner to Cameroon Mme Hadiza Mustapha yesterday Tuesday September 10 2013 ended a five day meet the people tour to the South West region of Cameroon. The Nigerian diplomat was on a mission to re-in force the “cordial and brotherly” ties between...

     New Zealand Immigration authorities have given South African Chef Albert Buitenhuis and his wife Marthie a 23 month Visa extension after he appealed an earlier extension on grounds he was too fat. The Chef who weights 130kg and is 1.78m tall has struggled with his...

  The second edition of the Cameroon leadership Academy organized by Buea based Company Go Ahead Africa Ltd will take place at the the AES Sonel Human Resources  Centre, Mutengene, South Western Cameroon from September 17-20 2013. 100 carefully selected youths from all ten...

      In what will be the first time in the history of the International Criminal Court ICC, the trial of a duly elected officially opens in the Hague today September 10 2013 in the presence of the accused.          William Ruto, Kenyan Deputy President arrived in The Hague and...

Wax Dey has spent the last years travelling the major cities of South and West Africa bringing pleasure to tens of thousands of music fans. Singing mostly story songs in English and pidgin English, in what has often been described as an upbeat cheerful note, he is particularly...

  Former Cameroonian International Patrick Mboma has said he was shocked to learn Samuel Eto’o Fils had quit international football adding he is certain he will change his mind when Cameroon does  qualify for Brazil 2014. “Eto’o will have a chance to play in four world Cup’s...

Yesterday at half time during the Cameroon-Libyan match in Yaounde, he played his now very popular song hein pere” to more than 50.000 fans who sang and danced with him. They had every reason to celebrate, Cameroon was leading Libya 1-0 and they were listening to one of the most...

  The indomitable Lions of Cameroon might have qualified for round II of World cup qualifiers in the  African Zone for Brazil 2014 but the match left a bitter-sweet taste in the mouths of supporters; legendary attacker Samuel Eto’o Fils 32, used the game to announce the...

   Courtesy  Slate.com Even though the anti-hormonal birth control book Sweetening the Pill is factually dishonest and terribly argued, its presence has kick-started a conversation about what women are doing to prevent pregnancy these days. In a piece introducing us to...

  Five years after it was first announced that Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s hugely successful novel Half of a Yellow Sun (HOAYS) will be adapted into film, fans of the Nigerian writer will see the premiere at the Toronto film festival this Sunday September 8 2013. With a...

  The Chad office of Medicines Sans Frontier (Doctors Without Borders) have launched emergency operations  in Am Timan, Salamat region, Southeast Chad after a dramatic rise in malaria cases in the region from 1200 to 14000 in August 2013 alone. Describing its response to the...

       Officials of the Ministry of Women Empowerment and the Family last August 27 2013 in Kumba, South Western Cameroon trained some women in innovative ways of creating wealth, from the many different produce they farmed.  They were also taught how to preserve food crops...

  Most of Kenyan’s 290 member parliament will most probably vote tomorrow Thursday September 5 2013 to support a motion to pull out of the International criminal Court ICC. Kenya’s newly elected president Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy president William Ruto are facing criminal...

  Some 150.000 excited music fans attended the free Sefton park venue and 21000 others bought tickets for the paid venues of the Liverpool International music festival (LIMF) that ended last Sunday August 25 2013. The LIMF organized by the City Council officially replaces...

  Nigerian high life hip hop “king” Flavour Nabania has flown back home after  his highly successful performances in Cameroon’s economic capital Douala and the nation’s capital Yaoundé over the weekend. Not for the first time this year, Flavour was in the country after ...

  This weekend (September 6-8 2013) the last round of qualifiers for next year’s Brazil World Cup 2014 will be played throughout the African continent. The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon will play against Libya in one of the Group 1 qualifying matches. With 10 points, the...

    Rt. Rev. Andrew Fuanya Nkea, Coadjutor Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Mamfe says he has come to continue from where Bishop Francis Teke Lysinge stopped and not to start from the beginning. In this first interview he granted following his colourful and well attended...

Cameroonian international, Samuel Eto’o Fls, is now officially a Chelsea player after he signed a one year contract with the London team Thursday, August 28, 2013. There are press reports he will be pad £7 million and he signed  a free transfer with the London Club. Chelsea will...

On Monday, 26th of August revelers in Leeds came out in their tens of thousands to mark the 46th Leeds West Indian Carnival. Often billed as a symbol of community solidarity and cohesion, this year’s Leeds Carnival parade was stamped by plenty of sun, peace and harmony with...

  Former Nigerian president General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, was chair of a lavish coronation ceremony in Mambilla Plateau on August 24, 2013. The occasion? Dr Shehu Audu Baju II was being crowned new Chief of Mambilla, after an 11-year-old protracted battle for the...

  By  Sylvester Munanjala Jr in Lusaka, Zambia The Zambian contestant to the just ended Big Brother Africa (BBA 8) reality TV show is back home in Lusaka and reaping the fruits of her appearance, as her last music video receives decent reviews on radio and TV. Promoters of...

Following his  installation as assistant bishop of the Mamfe diocese,  Mgr Andrew Nkea will  need to face the problems that have affected the priesthood for the last couple of years. Some of the problems include priests who abuse children, corruption and priests known to wear...

By Ebenezer Derek Mbongo Akwanga,Maryland, USA Fifty years ago today, they came by bus, some on foot, others by air  – with much expectation to the nation’s capital of Washington, DC to cash a cheque for freedom.   On that eventful day, August 28, 1963 to more than two...

The Eta Palace, Molyko Buea was jammed to capacity on Saturday, August 24th, 2013 as guests turned out for the red carpet premiere of Cameroonian film University Girls, produced and directed by US based Mina Christine.   High profile guests at the heavily attended premiere...

Sylvester Munanjala Jr, Lusaka, Zambia   South African kwaito group Mafikizolo ended a 3 day tour in Zambia on Sunday August 25th 2013 to sell out crowds. The band was last in Zambia six years earlier. The band gave sell out performances at The Intercontinental hotel,...

British oil worker Tim Newman gives his recollections of the three years he spent as an expatriate in Nigeria. It makes for fascinating reading   Okay, so now I’ve got a post about Melbourne out of the way it’s time for me to say a little something about Nigeria.  With the...

Sylvester Mwenda, 26, one of the two men involved in a bizarre wife share story in Kenya has been fired from his job as a butcher. Mwenda admitted to the Kenyan Daily Nation newspaper that his boss fired him after hearing about the story that he signed a “contract” with love...

Rt. Rev. Andrew Fuanya Nkea, who was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Mamfe Diocese by Pope Francis on July 10 2013 has been ordained. The solemn yet colourful Episcopal Ordination rite took place Friday, August 23 2013 at the Mamfe Grand stand.  (You saw these pictures first on...

Some 15.000 reggae fans and music lovers yesterday Sunday, August 25th, 2013 danced to the reggae tunes of the Marley brothers at  Sefton Park as part of the Liverpool International Music festival. Music lovers shouted excitedly and danced when the first of the brothers Damian...

Convicted Guinea Conakry wildlife trafficker Ousmane Diallo, was arrested over the weekend almost a month after Judge Madadouba Sow sentenced him to one year in prison, the maximum sentence for wildlife crime in the west African state. Police commissioner Niouma Koivogui...

As August draws to a close, Iroko remembers the fascination and awe that the African Fashion week London brought us all. It is always inspiring to see so much talent, ability and beauty in one place.   Please have your say. Were you at this event? Is there a similar one...

Professor Ephraim Ngwafor was recently voted president general  of SOBA Cameroon in hotly contested, dramatic elections in Sasse college, Buea. His opponent, Buea based lawyer John Kameni and some of his supporters walked out of the elections after they failed to get the...

  Culled from mentalfloss.com    When you’re waking up from a nightmare, your first question might be, “Was that a bagel chasing me through my house with a sledgehammer?” And after the shock of dreaming about a homicidal, anthropomorphic breakfast dish wears off,...

Between August 16-18 2013, hundreds of Nso people from around the world met in the English West Midlands town of Coventry for their annual convention. The 3 day get together was hosted by Banin Uk (Banin is lamnso word for togetherness or unity) and could be described as the...

In all the years since independence from France and the United Kingdom at the turn of the 1960s and its subsequent reunification, Cameroon has had but two Presidents: Amadou Ahidjo and Paul Biya. The latter has been at the helm since 1982, overseeing several significant and...

By Christine Carter  (From Positively Positive) “What do you do when you feel sad?” people often ask me. (Some even ask, “Do you ever get sad?”) Yes, OF COURSE I feel sadness, anger, anxiety—sometimes, downright misery—just like everyone else. Leading a joyful life does NOT mean...

Julian Sandi is a young Sierra Leonean artiste, singer and song writer based in London, UK. He says he was inspired to sing by the late great Bob Marley but unlike the Jamaican superstar, he plays Afrobeat and not reggae. Afrobeat is the most popular music genre in Sierra leone....

  Zambian musician Slap Dee has hit back at criticism that his new single ‘RATSA’ is a direct attack on the Zambian Road Transport Agency which has almost the same abbreviation like his new single.  The Zambian Road Safety and Transport agency is abbreviated RTSA. Slap Dee...

    culled from digg.com We all want to live forever, but some of us have the means to actually do something about it. Adam Gollner, author of The Book of Immortality, profiles five billionaires pouring money into longevity research.     Of all the things...

  Local Hip Hop group Zone Fam has been nominated for two international awards. The African entertainment awards nominated the group in the category of best Southern African artist or Group. The awards ceremony will take place in Canada on August 31 2013.They were nominated...

  Veteran journalist and “Voice of the president” Uncle Peter Essoka has been criss crossing the country to launch his three new books Journeying Into My Emmaus, Stand Up! Be Strong! Don’t Quit and Lamentation for a Beloved Country.   The books are mostly a...

  The first phase of ticket sales for next year’s Brazil world officially begins today August 20th 2014 and ends on October 10 2013. Speaking to journalists at the arena de Sao Paolo, venue of the opening match FIFA’s Marketing Director Thierry Weil told journalists a couple...

  Egypt.  36 prisoners killed in attempted jailbreak The bloodbath in Egypt continued yesterday Sunday August 18th 2013 when 36 Islamist prisoners were killed during what the authorities described as an attempted jailbreak. The killings were the latest in five days of...

  She is only 29 years old but designer Dionne Gooding has a lot of high heels ambitions. She designs and sells shoes  and handbags in London through her company Dionne Gooding Designs and sells mostly to shops and through her website   Her company designs flats, high heels,...

  He will be officially charged today Monday August 19 2013  for murdering his model girlfriend but for one seven-year-old and his family, Oscar Pistorius is an inspiration, role model, hero – and incapable of murder, whatever the evidence may be   Culled from The...

  A 12 man delegation of SOBA UK met newly elected SOBA president general  Prof Ephraim Ngwafor in London on Saturday August 17 2013. Prof Ngwafor was on a private visit to the UK and following his elections and while on the visit he planned long ago, he asked to meet...

    One of Nigeria’s best known Afro beat musicians Flavour Nabania, best known for his runaway successful dance hall Afro beat tune “nwa baby” will be performing in the Cameroonian capital Yaounde on August 29th (Parcour Vita) and August 31st 2013 at the palace de...

    When she was born 27 years ago, her family was deeply divided. As a result, her parents took the extraordinary decision to give her two names that mean the same thing-Peace Noxolo Lady-Peace Gumede’s birth brought peace to her troubled family. She started designing...

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  Culled from Guardian Express   After weeks of speculation, South African court documents revealed that Nelson Mandela is, by all intents and purposes, dead. What followed his death is a tale of dishonesty and denial – staining the South African Government and its...

After Bakassi Handover: Cameroon & Nigeria Consolidate Healthy Ties The Bakassi peninsula is now an integral part of Cameroon, following the UN backed transitional period, which officially ended Wednesday, August 14 2013. With the coming into reality of this significant date...

  A second Russian billionaires is in line to hire the world’s most expensive football maestro making him look more like  an expensive Russian billionaires toy  than the exceptional attacker that he is. Eto’o Fils, Cameroonian international attacker  will most probably move...

  With more than 300 dead yesterday August 14th 2013 alone and the resignation of Prime Minister Mohamed ElBaradei, Egypt is now getting ungovernable as supporters of deposed president and Islamist Muslim brotherhood continue to protest against the military backed...

  Now musicians in their own right, three of the children of reggae superstar Bob Marley will be on stage at the Liverpool Sefton Park Avenue on August 25 2013. They are  some of the international renowned musicians who will take part at the international music festival...

The Sasse Old Boys Association (SOBA) mother branch in Cameroon is in turmoil following last Saturday’s August 10th 2013“selection” of Prof Ephraim Ngwafor as the new president. Prof Ngwafor will hopefully be the honorary president of SOBA, the oldest secondary school in Cameroon...

Boko Haram suspected of killing 44 worshippers in Nigerian mosque The recent state of emergency that was declared by the Nigerian government in much of northern Nigeria in May seems to have backfired as the targeted Islamic group, Boko Haram have reportedly killed 44 worshippers...

  Iroko is always looking for fresh new writing talents in and out of Africa.   Are you interested in writing? Are you passionate about Africa? Are you an aspiring poet, playwright and need a medium to increase the visibility of your work? We need writers from across...

      Last saturday August 10th 2013, Prof Ephraim Ngwafor, well known university don was elected president of Sasse Old Boys Association SOBA in Cameroon. He will replace Prof Ngwandi who has held the position for the last three years. Sasse, one of the best known...

      One time boy band university acapella singing group member Honore Fon aka Jaam has gone back to the recording studio to release a new single he has titled ironically “I am single. He started singing as part of a boy band 17 years ago.   At 35, Jaam, like...

    Slungile Mokoena 35, was the leader of the South African delegation that attended last weekend’s African fashion Week London. She has been designing for many years after she began as a dress maker. Unlike most designers, she likes dressing her clients with complete...

      Despite his ninth hour revelations about the intrigues, plots and exposure of the ruling ZANU PF party, veteran Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and his ruling ZANU PF party still won a big enough lanslide and is in a position to change the constitution....

    Eminent Cameroonian Professor of Law Prof. Ephraim Ngwafor is the new President of the Sasse Old boys association, SOBA. The university don took over from another colleague, Prof. George Dopgima Nyamndi, Lecturer, University of Buea, who served as SOBA president for...

  Calm has returned to the Kuje Medium Security Prison in the Nigerian capital Abuja following a riot by prisoners over the weekend. Prison authorities have now taken steps to prevent another similar mass protests by the prisoners. Trouble erupted in the prison after authorities...

  Politicians will do funny silly things to get voted into office and Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg proved the point recently in a publicity stunt in his uphill task to get re-elected. He donned dark glasses, a uniform and went behind the wheels of a locl taxi to...

  Valerie Denise Ayena 22 and standing 1.80 easily beat the 19 other challengers yesterday night at the Yaounde conference centre to emerge Miss Cameroon 2013. She will become the first beauty to represent Cameroon on the world stage  when she joins other Miss’s in...

    Cameroon will  participate for the first time ever in the Miss World Beauty pageant scheduled for Indonesia  next month (September 2013) This is because a brave young Cameroonian girl Solange Ingrid Amougou decided to organize a Miss Cameroon beauty pageant to...

  Global environment organisation Greenpeace has criticised the proposed giant agro-industrial palm oil project that US agricultural company Herakles Farms is carrying out in South Western Cameroon. Below is the complete Greenpeace statement   The endangered Chimpanzee...

  Despite our best efforts, officials of mobile telephone network (MTN) have been unable to confirm or deny if they paid the GCE board any money to allow them have exclusive rights to GCE Ordinary and Advanced level results soon after they were released. Candidates had to...

  Now in his 50’s, South African designer Steve Mandy was probably the most revolutionary of the more than 60 African and African-inspired designers who graced the catwalk during last week’s African Fashion Week London (AFWL). Unlike the other designers who cut and sew,...

  Though a final vaccine might still be years away, scientists at the Maryland-based company Sanaria Inc, USA, are excited that a new malaria vaccine might soon be ready after 12 of 15 people developed immunity in the most detailed clinical. A weakened version of the...

  Every August 8, Brazil, the country of Edson do Nascimento aka Pele, celebrates what some will describe vulgarly as ‘women enjoyment day.’  Our web monitoring editor thought this is a good enough article to share with our African audience.  Read on:   Día...

  Inhabitants of Ganji Village  in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State, learnt with shock, and  disbelief on Tuesday, August 6, 2013, that their  chief Malam Bappah Alti, 24, had been arrested by the police for beheading his five-year-old son, Buba Bappah, in a N1...

    Sierra Leone/UK: Julian S Sandi releases new Afrobeat single London based actor/singer Julian Seven Sandi from Freetown in Sierra Leone has released his latest single titled “Sweet Soo”. The Afro beat singer is a graduate of music from London Metropolitan University...

  South African universities are still the best on the African continent according to a survey conducted by 4icu.org – 4 International Colleges & Universities. This classification in no small way helps parents and students when they are deciding which universities to...

  A delegation of nine men and women from South Africa was one of the main features of last weekend’s African fashion week in London. The rainbow nation was the only African country that sent an official delegation to the show. They even paid for their flight and...

   Kenya Airport Fire  Kenyan authorities have now closed the main Jomo Kenyatta airport in the capital, Nairobi and flights are being re-routed to other airports as fire-fighters and the police try to figure out what led to yesterday’s blaze. The fire engulfed various...

  Cameroonian born US-based socialite Lady Kate Njeuma has been appointed first ever ambassador for women empowerment group International Women Think Tank (IWTT). Brenda Morant, Chair and founder of IWTT told Iroko Africa:  “We are very honoured to have Lady Kate as an...

A large number of protected animal species like lions, elephants and gorillas continues to disappear at an alarming rate in the jungles of Africa, primarily because of the activities of “industrial traffickers” who violate wildlife laws with impunity. The traffickers are...

Wisdom and the Meaning of life according to Paul of Tarsus (circa AD 5 – 67). The Apostle Paul of Tarsus was an Evangelist who started out as an impassioned enemy of Christianity but through a self-professed apparition of Christ, converted to become a profound and elevated...

  “A rare gem of a book”. Beth Misner, Bestselling author of JESUS AND THE SECRET Christian Prosperity Secrets  is a rare gem of a book that will change the way Christians approach prosperity and wealth creation. The book starts by laying the foundation of Christian...

Pop star Michael Jackson might be dead but his musical and dancing style still influences thousands of aspiring singers around the world, one of them 11-year-old Tuwere Prince Garuba aka Junior Michael Jackson from Nigeria. Prince is always decked out in replica costumes of his...

Robert Mugabe has won another term as President following just concluded elections in Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwean opposition led by Morgan Tsvangirai failed in its third attempt to unseat the ailing 89 year old Mugabe. Our regular contributor Ebenezer Akwanga, Cameroonian human...

    Uprising Cameroonian singer/songwriter Mabel Chah aka MabSTAR appears to be in trouble after she released her strong political themed anthem “Go vote” last Thursday August 1 in Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon. All attempts to reach her by phone by some...

  The third edition of the African Fashion Week  London AFWL ended over the weekend at the Old Truman Brewery in Brick lane London. Probably because of the location, attendance was not as impressive as the 20.000 people who attended the show when it took place in an open...

The third edition of African fashion Week  kicked off in London yesterday August 1 2013. Designers came from all over the continent, in the diaspora and even from Jamaica, reggae country of Bob Marley. Next week, we will begin special coverage of the event. Aspiring model (left)...

    Both might be relatively new to the music scene in their respective countries but Zambian hip hop musician Silverman Zambia and Cameroon girl band Afrigirl will soon collaborate on a new single. The single titled Change our world was written by Silverman when he was...

  Uprising Cameroonian singer/songwriter Mabel Char aka MabSTAR will tomorrow August 1 2013 release her long awaited single “Go Vote” in the economic capital Douala. Before “Go Vote”, Mabstar  released two other successful singles “Arise Africa” and “Stand up”. Her so...

    Zimbabwe Votes Voting has opened in Zimbabwe’s general elections. Veteran and oldest African president Robert Mugabe, 89 in power for the last 33 years has promised to step down if his ruling Zanu PF is defeated. Mugabe’s main challenger is Morgan Tsvangarai 61, former trade...

    Zimbabwe. Mugabe condemns homosexuality as elections approaches   Ahead of general elections tommorow july 31 2013, Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has renewed his attacks against homosexuals in his country and qualifies them as “worst than pigs, goats and...

    Compiled by Sylvester Munanjala Jr. Lusaka, Zambia  Ivory Coast. New Alpha Blondy album doing well   Released recently, the new studio album of Africa’s best known reggae man Alpha Blondy titled “Mystic Power” is flying off musical shells fast. He has been promoting th...

     Catholic Christians across Cameroon were shocked when they learnt Arcbishop Victor Toney Bakot had resigned suddenly yesteday monday July 29th 2013. Nobody expected that to happen. Until his resignation, he was head of the Yaounde metropolitan cathedral, the most...

      Yaounde archbishop Victor Tonye Bakot has resigned from his post ten years after he was appointed to lead one of the biggest catholic arch diocese in Cameroon.     A statement signed by the Apostolicio Nuncio to cameroon Mgr. Piero Pioppo  did not give any official...

      Former African students of the University of Bayreuth in Germany and those sponsored in other universities in Germany by the German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD, will soon establish  the Bayreuth International Alumni Network for West and Central Africa and also...

    It has taken two years on the drawing board but Cameroonian born model and designer Diana Tambe has finally settled on dates for the first ever African Fashion week Amsterdam AFWA.  As the date gradually approaches, Diana told Francis Ngwa the challenges she faced and...

  Salif keita; Learn to tweet! When Malian singer Salif Keita joined twitter on April 19th 2009, he tweeted excitedly “I am on twitter…trying to figure out how this works”. More than four years later, he has tweeted a modest eight times @salifkeita. Not surprisingly,...

    Cameroon musician Lapiro publishes prison diaries Cameroon’s popular singer and activist, Lapiro de Mbanga, has published a book that recounts his years in prison in Cameroon. Now living with his family in exile in America, Lapiro served three years, most of them in...

    A 28-year-old man has been arrested in Mbandjock in the Upper Sanaga Division in Cameroon for trafficking in lion skins. Mebana Tena Paul was caught red handed by wildlife and police officials when he tried to sell the lion skin.  The operation was carried out with...

  Complied by Nana Wilson and Sylvester Munanjala Jr   Despite having some of the most influential musicians from Senegalese Youssou N’dour through Cameroonian Manu Dibango and Malian Salif Keita to Congolese’s Koffi Olomide (and not forgetting the late great Fela Kuti of...

  Compiled by Entertainment Editor Sylvester Munanjala Jr. Lusaka Zambia    3rd Edition of AFWL to hold Next Week The 3rd edition of African Fashion week London AFWL will take place at the Old Truman Brewery London from August 1-3 2013 AFWL showcases the best in African...

    Law no. 92/002 of 14 August 1992 to lay down the conditions governing the election of municipal councilors stated in section 3(2) that “Each list shall take into consideration the various sociological components of the constituency concerned.” The law governing the...

  Courtesy The Pursuit of Happiness  On the internet and in the bookstores, a thousand gurus tout different remedies for human misery. How can we find out which remedies work? We need to consult one of our greatest gurus, the scientific method. Recently we have seen a dramatic...

“   On his facebook page, English born Ethiopian poet and playwright Lemn Sissay 46,  says simply, “I write stuff, stuff that I like.” Sissay  likes to keep things really simple, no coatings, no colour, no extra paint; “if you want to write, write about the small details of...

  Cameroon’s Special Criminal Court has opened legal proceedings on a wildlife case, in an unprecedented move that is expected to raise the profile of wildlife crime prosecution in the country.   The move comes amidst recent worldwide calls for countries to step up the...

    FIFA is expected to smile again to the bank after it revealed prices for next years ‘  world cup that will take place in Brazil, one of the best football playing nations on earth. Brazil has won the cup a record five years and is the only country  that has appeared...

  He is faceless, fearless and doing the 89 year old Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe irreparable damage. His name does not sound Zimbabwean but an unknown mole who calls himself Baba Jukwa could be blazing the trial on how to disorganize, disorientate and possibly topple...

  Miss Kathy Onwu, who hails from Enugu State in Nigeria, currently resident in Nashville TN, USA, has emerged the Queen of this year’s Miss Africa – USA. The Miss Africa – USA Pageant grand finale, which took place recently at the Fillmore Theatre in Silver Spring,...

  Despite having some of the most influential musicians from Senegalese Youssou N’dour through Cameroonian Manu Dibango and Malian Salif Keita to Congolese’s Koffi Olomide (and not forgetting the late great Fela Kuti of Nigeria and Miriam Makeba from South Africa), African...

  Malaria is still the biggest killer disease around the world with almost 700.000 deaths according to 2010 WHO estimates. More than 90 percent of these deaths are in sub saharan Africa. With no effective vaccine, the survival rate depends on the speed with which victims get...