Into the cities: West African militaries face up to the challenge of urban warfare
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Militants, suspected to Black Marine of Biafra Nations League (BNL), have reportedly killed two Cameroonian soldiers. The members of the militant group on Thursday were reportedly travelling toward Ikang near Nigeria's borders when members of the Cameroon’s Rapid d'intervention Battalion (BIR) started shooting a short distance away. According to a source, the militants retaliated by shooting one BIR and killing two BIR.
Summary After the United States rejected her asylum claim and deported her in October 2020, Esther,[1] a Cameroonian woman, found herself trapped in a nightmare in the country she had previously fled. “I was arrested and detained [by gendarmes]... I was raped. I was well [seriously] beaten, I was tortured, I lived mostly on bread,” she said.
President Paul Biya (88) is Africa’s oldest dictator. New evidence reveals how British soldiers help him keep control of Cameroon and train his forces accused of torture, executing children and burning buildings. President Paul Biya (88) is Africa’s oldest dictator. New evidence reveals how...
« Dès que la partie s’est terminée, certains ont traversé la ligne. Quelqu’un est monté sur un véhicule [de police], les autres ont suivi et l’ont encouragé. L’effet d’entraînement, c’est ce qu’il y a de plus dangereux dans les grandes foules », relate David Shane, porte-parole au Service de police de la Ville de Montréal. Lorsque le Canadien a marqué le but victorieux les menant à la finale de la Coupe Stanley pour la première fois depuis 1993, des fêtards se sont attaqués au mobilier urbain, notamment en brandissant des cônes orange.