Eko Hot Blog reports that the Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) has rejected an offer of resignation from its president Samuel Eto’o. Eto’o, 42, offered his resignation during a meeting of Fecafoot’s executive in Yaounde on Monday night, in which the former striker requested for other members of the board to also offer their resignations ‘in … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that there are concerns about the availability of striker, Victor Osimhen for the Super Eagles’ Africa Cup of Nations semi-final clash against South Africa. According to a statement by the team on Monday, the Napoli striker is suffering from abdominal discomfort and has not traveled with the team to Bouaké, the … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that a presidential candidate in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Jean-Marc Kabund, has been sentenced to prison for allegedly insulting the sitting president, Felix Tshisekedi. It is learnt that Kabund was a former vice president of parliament and a close ally of President Tshisekedi who launched his own political party last … Read more
Drama As Bridge Collapses While Being Commissioned EKO HOT BLOG reports that a video circulating in social media that depicts a bridge falling in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the inauguration ceremony has gone viral and prompted hundreds of comments. The video shared in Twitter shows the moment a bridge, which was … Read more
Six killed by a suicide bomber in Beni east Congo EKO HOT BLOG reports that a suicide bomber struck a restaurant in the city of Beni in east Congo on Saturday, killing at least five people and the bomber. The attack marks the latest violence in a region where Congolese and Ugandan forces have launched … Read more
UN investigators have previously accused Rwanda and Uganda, which intervened militarily in Congo during two regional wars two decades ago… EKO HOT BLOG reports that fighting between the army and a group of armed men in eastern Congo forced some 11,000 people to flee across the border into Uganda in the last few days, the … Read more
Thousands have fled the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo over a volcanic eruption. There is a smell of sulfur. In the distance you can see giant flames coming out of the mountain,” one resident, Carine Mbala, said. Thousands have fled a volcanic eruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but the … Read more
The opposition party had also said the election will divide the country. Nguesso, who was voted out in 1992, returned to power following a civil war in 1997 and he has won all subsequent elections. Denis Sassou Nguesso, incumbent president of the Republic of Congo, has been re-elected into office. According to provincial election results … Read more
A gruesome attack on the convoy of United Nations in the Central African country has left Luca Attanasio, Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), dead. The Italian foreign ministry disclosed the development in a statement on Monday. The ministry also said carabineri police officer was also killed during the attack on the … Read more
Suspected Islamist militants killed 13 people during raids on two villages in eastern Congo, the army and a village chief said, the latest in a spate of attacks the United Nations says may constitute war crimes. The Allied Democratic Forces, a Ugandan armed group operating in North Kivu province in Democratic Republic of Congo, have … Read more