4, November 2021
Southern Cameroons Crisis: 2 Cameroon gov’t army soldiers killed in Ekondo Titi 0
There was more macabre violence in Southern Cameroons this week as two armed Cameroon government soldiers in Ekondo Titi were seized, beaten and finally shot to death.
Their bloody bodies were reportedly discovered a short while later in a garbage patch and were identified as Corporals Koum and Mohamed Mbouombouo.
The two were arrested by Ambazonia Revolutionary Guards trying to flee quickly when challenged by an Ekondo Titi Amba security watch, according to Cameroon Concord News sources.
Since the Southern Cameroons crisis hit the global stage some five years ago, some 10,000 Cameroonians have been killed, with army soldiers accounting for close to 35% of the deaths.
Thousands of civilians and soldiers have been maimed and scarred for life in a conflict that could have been addressed through negotiations and genuine dialogue.
As of today, some one million Southern Cameroonians are either internally displaced or are seeking refuge in a neighboring country due to a conflict many observers say was avoidable.
Thousands of army soldiers whose consciences could not allow them to kill innocent civilians have left the country to escape the harsh punishment the government inflicts on soldiers who do not want to implement the decisions of the top military brass.
By Rita Akana and Eyere Asu
4, November 2021
Yaounde: Biya in grave danger and fighting for his life 0
A senior Cameroon government official has hinted Cameroon Intelligence Report that concerns surrounding the 88-year-old President Paul Biya’s health are credible.
The Francophone dictator is apparently battling for his life, an Etoudi source with direct knowledge told our Yaoundé city reporter late on Sunday. It should be noted that Biya has not been seen in any public or private family celebration both in the nation’s capital and in his native Mvomeka’a for some time now and it has raised rumours about the leader’s health condition.
On Monday, a Cameroon government official told Cameroon Intelligence Report that rumours regarding President Biya’s health condition were credible, but was still clueless about the severity of his illness.
As per a conversation we had with a top baron of the regime at the time of filing this report, Biya is indeed suffering from Covid-19 complications and this is the reason why he has been conspicuously absent from the political scene. We gathered that the Cameroonian leader is currently receiving treatment in his Mvomeka’a villa.
Are these reports credible?
“Over the last decade, there have been a number of false health rumours about President Biya. We’ll have to wait and see,” said Soter Tarh Agbaw-Ebai, Cameroon Concord News Group senior political man who is also very experienced in intelligence gathering.
By Asu Vera Eyere