President-elect of Cameroon, Paul Biya, is set to be sworn in on Friday, November 2, state-run CRTV reported earlier this week. The swearing in will take place before a joint sitting of the legislature in the capital, Yaounde. Both houses of parliament were reconvened after a break for the October 7 elections. Biya’s investiture for a seventh straight term is reportedly the ...

African migrants who lost the little they have to fire in an inhumane camp in Morocco’s second largest city, Casablanca are rebuilding the camp. The tents and belongings of nearly one thousand migrants were destroyed by a fire in Casablanca late on Saturday, October 27. This is the third fire outbreak at the camp since July 2017 and it is ...

The women-led wave in Ethiopia shows no signs of abating as the country welcomed its first Chief Justice, i.e. President of the Federal Supreme Court, on Thursday morning. Meaza Ashenafi, was approved unanimously by the lawmaking chamber, House of Peoples Representatives, HoPR, she had been nominated by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Ashenafi, who is the founder of the Ethiopian Women ...

CUTS International Ghana, a research and advocacy policy think tank, has proposed to government to remove the special petroleum tax to lessen the impact of the exchange rate vulnerabilities on consumers. The organization expressed concern about the persistent increases in petroleum products prices, adding that, the removal of the tax would reduce the effect on rising cost of transportation of ...

The government has responded to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on its claims that former Ghana Football Association (GFA) boss is a close confidante of President Nana Akufo-Addo. Deputy Information Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide, described the statement from the NDC as seeking to bring the name of the President into disrepute. “The President has had a professional working relationship ...

South Korea defender Jang Hyun-soo has received a lifetime ban from playing for the national team and hit with a 30 million won ($26,448) fine after he was found to have falsified records relating to his military service exemption. All able-bodied South Korean men must complete almost two years military service as part of efforts to maintain a deterrent against ...

Novak Djokovic celebrated his elevation to world number one by reaching a new personal landmark to reach the Paris Masters quarter-finals on Thursday. The Serb won his last 16 tie with Damir Dzumhur after the Bosnian was forced to retire trailing 6-1, 2-1 at Bercy. For second seed Djokovic it meant he extended his sequence of consecutive winning sets to ...

Some concerned citizens of the Upper West Region have expressed worry about what they say is the deliberate attempt by the Vice Chancellor and some staff of the University for Development Studies (UDS) to supervise the collapse of the Wa Campus of the university. They said since the issue of granting the Wa Campus an autonomy gained attention of the ...

Reliable information reaching citinewsroom.com indicates that former Ghanaian midfielder, Micheal Essien and his wife, Akosua Puni, have not divorced as reported. Reports circulating have suggested that Akosua Puni left her matrimonial home because she could no longer bear her husband’s cheating nature. Akosua had on countless times claimed that Essien is very loyal. The reports also say their marriage collapsed ...

Despite the programme expected to enter its final phase of employment on Thursday, the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) has been hit with withdrawals. This has led to a reduction in the number of applications being processed for placement. The Deputy Coordinator of the graduates employment programme, however, indicated that the drop-outs are being replaced by the day. Dr Kojo Frimpong ...