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29, November 2016

2016 Women’s AFCON: Cameroon through to the final ⁰

A goal from Raïssa Feudjio at the 71st minute was enough to take the Indomitable Lionesses to the finals of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations 2016. The girls struggled to develop their game in an encounter that had a shy start. Aboudi Onguené was exceptional but failed to find our taliswoman, Enganamouit in the axis.

Samira Suleman of Ghana wanted to cut short Cameroon’s glory but goalkeeper Ngo Ndom made a spectacular save. Head Coach Enow Ngachu was tensed as the game progressed.

The decisive moment came at the 71st minute with a miss from the Ghanaian goalkeeper following a corner from Aboudi Onguené. Enganamouit made a failed attempt to convert, but the confusion benefited Feudjio who scored the only goal of the match. Cameroon qualified for the final of the women’s AFCON and will face the winner of the match Nigeria-South Africa.

By Rita Akana

29, November 2016

UN chief denounces recent bloodshed in the Central African Republic ⁰

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has denounced recent bloodshed in the Central African Republic (CAR) where clashes between members of the former Seleka rebellion killed scores of people. The clashes between rival armed groups from ex-Seleka in Bria northeast of the capital Bangui killed 85 people and displaced nearly 11,000 people, according to the UN.

In a statement on Monday, the UN chief urged the armed groups to “immediately stop the violence and genuinely commit to ongoing efforts to address the root causes of the conflict.” The fighting was said to have broken out between the Popular Front for the Renaissance of the Central African Republic (FPRC) and the Union for Peace in Central Africa (UPC). The two factions have been engaged in sporadic fighting over control of taxes levied on nomadic Fulani herdsman during the current seasonal migration. In March 2013, the Central African Republic plunged into chaos when then-president Francois Bozize was toppled and replaced by Michel Am-Nondokro Djotodia, the first Muslim to hold the presidency in the country.

Djotodia’s opponents then formed “anti-Balaka” vigilante units, drawn from the Christian majority, which began to target Muslims and commit widespread atrocities. The UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and the national police are seen conducting a joint operation in the capital Bangui. (Photo by UN) In 2014, some 11,000 peacekeepers were deployed by the UN to the country as part of MINUSCA or the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic. Seleka and anti-Balaka representatives signed a ceasefire agreement later that year but the country has not yet fully emerged from its bloody past.

The UN’s humanitarian coordinator for Central African Republic, Fabrizio Hochschild, said in a statement on Monday that almost half of the country’s population of over four million people is in dire need of humanitarian aid. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), hundreds of people have been killed and many more displaced since a deadly series of clashes broke out in the country in September.

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29, November 2016

In Loving Memory of Paul Atanga Nji, Mafany Musonge and Philemon Yang ⁰

× We have 2 sea ports all in francophone areas

× We have 3 international airports. All in francophone areas

× We have 2 or 3 hydro electricity dams. All in francophone localities

× Economic and political capitals all francophone

× the 3 first most powerful position in Cameroon Head of State, Senate President, National Assembly Speaker) all occupied by francophones

× The greatest document in public service (integration decision) only in French.

× Ministers of Higher Education, Secondary Education, and Primarily Education are Francophones.

× Ministers of Public Service, Finance, Justice and Defense are Francophones.

×PRIME MINISTER HAS NO REGIONAL DELEGATIONS. AND CAN NOT ACT WITHOUT PASSING THROUGH THE ALL SURROUNDED FRANCOPHONE MINISTER WITH REGIONAL DELEGATIONS EVERYWHERE.

× Government has not done any investment in any Anglophone zone to favor Anglophones.

29, November 2016

Business as usual in La Republique as Biya receives Senegalese Head of State ⁰

The President of Senegal, Macky SALL has commended Cameroon’s much-envied status in Africa. The Senegalese leader made the acknowledgement during a visit to Cameroon on Monday 28 November 2016.

President Macky SALL noted that he came to highlight Cameroon’s greatness at the heart of the continent, which has been magnified by its cultural, economic and political stability.

For his part, President Paul BIYA said Yaounde and Dakar will continue to share a sincere and excellent friendship, attached to the promotion of democracy, peace, dialogue, and unity in Africa.

President Macky SALL was welcomed at the Unity Palace by BIYA. Both men held a meeting behind closed doors, which was followed by a special lunch offered by the Presidential Couple. The august guest thanked President Paul BIYA and First Lady Chantal BIYA for the hospitality reserved to him and his delegation.

The Senegalese Head of State was accompanied from and to the Nsimalen International Airport by Prime Minister Philemon YANG.

29, November 2016

2016 female AFCON: Decision day for the Indomitable Lionesses and the Black Queens of Ghana ⁰

The Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon will face the Black Queens of Ghana today the 29th November 2016 in the semi-final of the 2016 Women Africa Cup of Nations. The match will be staged at the Amadou Ahidjo stadium at 4pm Cameroon time. This will be the seventh appearance of the Black Queens at the Women AFCON semi-finals. Out of their last six appearances at the semis, the Black Queens have ended three times as runners-up (1998, 2002, and 2006) and three times in the third position (1995, 2000, and 2004).

After missing out of the semis in the last four AFCON editions, the Black Queens of Ghana will be looking forward to making something out of the semis. For her part, the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon will be making their tenth appearance in the Women AFCON semis. Out of their 10 appearances at the semis, they have been runners-up three times (1991, 2004, 2014), ended twice in the third Position (2002, 2012) and also four times in the fourth Position (1998, 2006, 2008, 2010).

Playing at home, the Lionesses will be looking forward to lifting the trophy for the first time. Since 1998, Cameroon and Ghana have met in the Women AFCON seven times. Out of the seven times, the Lionesses have recorded two victories and the Black Queens registered five. Worth noting is the fact that, five of these meetings have been at the group stage (1998, 2000, 2006, 2010 2014). Meanwhile, the games between the two at the semis were a difficult battle as goals came only at extra time.

The first time they met was on 17 December 2002 when Ghana beat Cameroon 3-2 after extra time. On 28th September 2004, Ghana throw weights with Cameroon and this time, Ghana lost to Cameroon 0-1 after extra time. In another semifinals duel, reigning champions, the Super Falcons of Nigeria will take on the Banyana Banyana of South Africa on Wednesday 30th November at the Limbe Omnisport Stadium.

Culled from CRTV

28, November 2016

Academic activities paralyzed as Buea University students begin strike ⁰

Buea University students have started a massive strike action today morning within the campus of the university. The students inter alia have demanded that all French-speaking lecturers who teach only in French be told to leave the university. To contain the peaceful demonstration, police forces have been deployed on campus and shots were reportedly fired to disperse the crowd. The police have also strengthened their anti-riot system around the student residential area in Molyko.

The Francophone governor of the South West region, Okalia Bilai said in a press release that an unidentified group was behind the strike to intimidate parents and students from going about their normal educational activity.

Some SDF parliamentarians decided to march peacefully in Buea to show their solidarity with the Anglophone community in Cameroon. Lawyers and teachers had staged similar demos which were repressed by the police and resulted in the demand for federalism. Biya dispatched his Prime Minister to negotiate a peaceful settlement. But the Yang Philemon mission ended in fiasco. The lawyers and teachers have extended their unlimited strike action.

By Rita Akana

28, November 2016

UN says four million children orphaned due to violence in Congo-Kinshasa ⁰

Some four million children have lost at least one parent in two decades of continuous violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations (UN) has announced. The UN said in a report that a total of more than 26 million children have also been orphaned in West and Central Africa, where the DR Congo is located.

This is the second highest number of orphans living in the world behind South Asia, according to the report. “They are the orphans with a story of violence since 1994 — it’s a generation of victims that continues,” says Francisca Ichimpaye, a senior monitor at the En Avant Les Enfants INUKA center. And the children “lose their story in the violence,” Ichimpaye said. Orphans are forced to fend for themselves and their younger siblings. Some of them are vulnerable to recruitment by armed groups; others face sexual exploitation in a country where rape has become commonplace.

The DR Congo, which faces grinding poverty and crumbling infrastructure, has been plagued by ethnic conflict and a fight over valuable minerals since 1998. Civilians are the main victims of the ethnic strife. On Sunday, at least 30 civilians were killed in the DR Congo when militiamen from the Nande ethnic group in the eastern country attacked the village of Luhanga, where the Hutu ethnic people live. The Nande and Hutu groups have been divided along ethnic lines and relations between the two sides have been tense over the past months.

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28, November 2016

Biya to meet President Macky Sall of Senegal today in Yaounde ⁰

President Biya will receive the Senegalese head of state today in Yaounde. A statement by the Cameroonian dictator’s civil cabinet said Biya will be at the Yaounde-Nsimalen International Airport today November 28, 2016 at 11:30 am to welcome President Macky Sall.

Both leaders will have a one-and-one at the Yaounde Hilton Hotel, before an official CPDM style luncheon offered by the Cameroonian presidential couple. The Senegalese president will leave Yaoundé late in the afternoon. Senegal maintains close relations with Cameroon, marked by mutual respect and a frank and cordial friendship. Since 1962, Cameroon and Senegal have signed a dozen of agreements. These include:

– the Cultural Agreement of 4 March 1964;

– the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation of 16 June 1972;

– the Commercial Agreement of 10 January 1974;

– the Agreement on cooperation in the field of sea fishing of 19 February 1991;

– the Agreement on ordinary civil aviation of 30 May 1973;

– the Cultural Exchange Protocol of 16 May 1980;

– the Convention on Social Security signed in Yaoundé in June 1991;

– the Cooperation Agreement in the field of communication signed on 24 July 1990 between CRTV and ORTS;

– the Tourism Agreement signed on 24 June 2010 in Dakar;

In the spirit of intensification of bilateral cooperation between the two countries, the Follow-up Committee of the 4th session of the Cameroon / Senegal Joint Cooperation Committee was held in Yaoundé from the 16^th to 17^th of November 2015. Closed in 1994, the Senegalese embassy in Cameroon resumed its activities in July 2007.

By Chi Prudence Asong with files from CIN

27, November 2016

After Nicolas Sarkozy: Alain Juppe told “left means failure, the far-right means bankruptcy” ⁰

Former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has won the country’s center-right party’s nomination in the presidential primary. Fillon won the vote on Sunday night, after his opponent former Prime Minister Alain Juppe conceded defeat. “France wants the truth and France wants action,” said Fillon after vowing to “reach out to all those who want to serve the country.”

“The left means failure, the far-right means bankruptcy,” he added, stressing that he would be the candidate of “all those who in their hearts are proud to be French.” Juppe conceded after initial result showed Fillon had gained the majority of the votes, winning 67 percent of the ballots with results counted from 9,193 polling stations out of 10,229. During his speech, Juppe congratulated Fillon on his “large victory” and wished him “good luck” in his campaign for France’s next year presidential elections.

Mayor of Bordeaux and candidate for the center-right primaries ahead of France’s 2017 presidential elections, Alain Juppe looks on as he delivers a speech following the first results of the primary’s second round on November 27, 2016, at his campaign headquarters in Paris.

In the first round of the primary election, which had been held on November 20, Fillon took the lead among seven candidates with 44.1 percent of the votes. Juppe garnered 28.5.

During his campaign, Fillon vowed extreme free-market reforms, a hard line stance on refugees, and closer relations with Russia.
Projections show that Fillon will face far-right National Front (FN) leader Marine Le Pen in the first round of the presidential election in April 2017.

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27, November 2016

Former UN Secretary Kofi Annan pays tribute to Fidel Castrol ⁰

“Today I mourn the loss of a friend, the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Securing the welfare of the Cuban people and ensuring the independence of his nation shaped much of Fidel Castro’s thinking and many of his actions. Whether one shared his political views or disagreed with them, Fidel Castro was one of Latin America’s most remarkable leaders.

In the course of his long life he overcame countless adversities and rarely chose the easy and comfortable path. I met Fidel Castro many times over the years and came to appreciate his extraordinary intellect, sharp mind, and his ability to engage in constructive dialogue. Farewell Fidel.”