Madagascar Newswire

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Year: 2024

General

Education: timid start of second term

Day one of the second term of the 2023-2024 academic year in Babadjou subdivision and its surroundings in the Bamboutos division of the West region was a timid one with a very low turnout in most schools CNA visited.

At Government Technical High Scho…

General

Douala: gendarmes release teenagers arrested for allegedly smoking ‘chicha’

Some teenagers who were arrested by gendarmes on the night of December 31 in a snack bar in the New Bell Ngange neighbourhood, Douala, have regained their freedom.

They were whisked and kept in custody for allegedly indulging in the smoking of the ba…

General

Scandal at SED: Man brutally beaten, dies in Gendarme custody

The Defense State Secretariat (SED) has been the subject of a scandal, accused of brutality having led to the death of Beranger lgnamoune Wapou, a young UNESCO employee. The incident, which occurred in the Nsam Escales district of Yaounde, raised ques…

General

Yaounde V: population angered by stabbing to death of young man

Inhabitants in the Nkolmesseng neighborhood in the Yaounde V district have expressed anger over what they qualify as their ‘total abandonment by security officials to the bloody hands of murderers’ found everywhere in the capital city.

This was voice…

General

Yellow Card Saga: PR firm acting on behalf of Yellow Card responds to CNA report

On Tuesday, January 2, 2024, Image Nation, a PR company reached out to our newsroom to debunk an article written on December 29, 2023, which they described as grossly inaccurate, Cameroonian Lawyer detained: Yellow Card seeks intervention of Ambassado…

General

Dschang: tensions high as +100 youths below 20 years arrested, locked up in hall

Parents and guardians of over 100 children below the age of 20 have stormed the premises of ‘Maison du Partie’ in Dschang West region of Cameroon early Tuesday, January 2, 2024 demanding the release of their kids arrested by some security officers.

T…

Government

Ambazonia leader calls for unity, peace among groups

The leader of the Ambazonia Separatist movement, fighting for the independence of the North West and South West regions, Sisiku Julius Ayuktabe, has called on all factions to shun division and work for the common good of their people.

In a New Year m…

Fashion and lifestyle

Scores of Tema guys check into 2024 with checkers  

The night of December 31 every year is seen as the last step to a new year, and therefore most people engage in activities they cherish as they keep awake to crossover from the old to the new. 

   

On the night of December 31, 2023, and the wee hou…