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Kidnapped Nigerian High Court judge regains freedom A Nigerian High Court judge has regained his freedom one week after unidentified gunmen kidnapped him from his home in Kebbi State. Justice Faruku Hassan Bunza was abducted in Bunza town on July 26 and released on Monday, August 3. The circumstances surrounding his release remain unclear. Police…

Educational Assessment and Research in Africa; EARNiA Educational Conference Nigeria 2026

Bishop Emeritus Emmanuel Bushu celebrates 82 years of life and service His Lordship Emmanuel Bushu, Bishop Emeritus of Buea, today, July 31, 2026, celebrated a community Mass at the #National_Episcopal_Conference of Cameroon (NECC) in Yaoundé to mark his 82nd birthday. The thanksgiving celebration brought together priests and staff members of the National Episcopal Conference of…

Tension between China and Taiwan Relations between China and Taiwan have been tense since their de facto separation in 1949 and are straining relations between Beijing and Washington. On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing. The nationalist forces of the Chinese Kuomintang party under Chiang…

SAHEL ALLIANCE DECLARES END OF CFA FRANC ERA The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger- have voted to drop the CFA franc and move toward their own independent regional currency. “At this stage of our history, we can no longer remain rich in mineral resources while a foreign nation controls our…

UN SG Appoints Cameroonian Lawyer Njoya Tikum to Burkina Faso Cameroonian lawyer and international development expert Njoya Tikum has been appointed United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Burkina Faso. Tikum officially took up the position on July 18, 2026, following his appointment by UN Secretary-General António Guterres with the approval of the Burkinabè government….

My analysis after reading PRISONER WITHOUT A CRIME by ALBERT MUKONG. Although written decades before the 2016 outbreak of the armed Anglophone Crisis, the Ambazonia war of independence, Mukong prophetically warned that marginalizing the English-speaking population, suppressing their Anglo-Saxon legal and educational systems, and denying them political autonomy would eventually provoke deep unrest, civil conflict,…

More casualties reported in the Southern Cameroons –  Ambazonia War of Independence A young businessman popularly known as “Huspuppi” has been shot dead after gunmen opened fire on the private vehicle he was travelling in at Sabga Hill near Bambili, Mezam Division of the North West Region. The incident happened on Friday, July 24, 2026,…