Lyombe Eko

Spears Books Presents Cameroon Anglophone Literature

The Cameroon Anglo­phone cri­sis remains a dai­ly news top­ic. Although it might appear neglect­ed, numer­ous con­cerned cit­i­zens are eager to high­light it to the glob­al com­mu­ni­ty. Cameroon­ian Anglo­phones, includ­ing Lyombe Eko, seek to edu­cate oth­ers on Cameroon’s his­to­ry and rel­e­vant issues and advo­cate for a res­o­lu­tion. The Anglo­phone Dilem­ma and the Unfor­get­table Past Through its myriad…

EU unveils new press freedom safeguards

This sto­ry, plus social media app Par­ler pur­chas­es cloud-ser­vices provider, a look into the Twit­ter whistleblower’s hear­ing before the Sen­ate Judi­cia­ry Com­mit­tee and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries Sep 16, 2022EU drafts media act amid con­cern over spy­ing, state pres­sureLorne Cook / The Asso­ci­at­ed Press Sep 16, 2022Social media app Par­ler buys […] The…

UK Plan to Deport Asylum Seekers to Rwanda Considered “Cruel”

Fol­low­ing a recent agree­ment signed between the British and Rwan­dan gov­ern­ments on asy­lum seek­ers in the Unit­ed King­dom, sev­er­al inter­na­tion­al aid agen­cies report that some asy­lum seek­ers in the UK have gone into hid­ing for fear of being sent to Rwan­da. Under the agree­ment, peo­ple sus­pect­ed of ille­gal­ly enter­ing the UK would be flown to…

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After Years of Conflict, Libya Struggles for Unity

An African Nation Con­tend­ing with Two Gov­ern­ments Ten­sions in Libya have risen again with the appoint­ment of a new Pre­mier, Fathi Bashagha, by the Par­lia­ment in Tobruk. Bashagha is now con­tend­ing for the posi­tion with Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, an UN-rec­og­nized leader. After the announce­ment, Bashagha went to Tripoli air­port to deliv­er his inau­gur­al speech as…

Ethiopia’s Tigray Conflict Is Dominating Africa Headline News

  Ten­sions in Ethiopia’s north­ern Tigray region have gone from talk­ing about the poten­tial for con­flict into what is now the after­math of a war between the country’s fed­er­al gov­ern­ment in Addis Aba­ba and the region­al gov­ern­ment in Tigray. An esti­mat­ed six mil­lion peo­ple live in the Tigray region.  Since fight­ing began on Novem­ber 4,…

2020 World Press Freedom Day Celebration

The 2020 World Press Free­dom Day is on Sat­ur­day, May 3. This day is man­dat­ed by UNESCO (Unit­ed Nations Edu­ca­tion­al, Sci­en­tif­ic and Cul­tur­al Orga­ni­za­tion) as a day to put press free­dom issues into focus — to edu­cate our com­mu­ni­ties about the impor­tant con­tri­bu­tion that free and inde­pen­dent media plays in soci­ety.  As an orga­ni­za­tion, we’ve had…