4, August 2022
Jailed ex-CAMAIR-CO boss may be released 0
Yves Michel Fotso, the son of the late Cameroonian billionaire, Victor Fotso doubly sentenced to life imprisonment for embezzlement of public funds during his time as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Camair-Co, the national airline may soon be a free man, Cameroon Intelligence Report has learnt from reliable sources in Etoudi.
He was arrested on December 1, 2010 and sentenced to life after it was revealed that a report of the judiciary inquiry, which was ordered by the Mfoundi High Court in Yaoundé, into the racket of acquisition of the ill-fated Presidential plane “Albatross”, had incriminated him.
Fotso was appointed the Administrator-General Manager of CAMAIR in 2000.
By Rita Akana with Intel files
4, August 2022
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Doctors Without Borders withdraws from the South West 0
Charity group Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on Monday announced its withdrawal from two towns in Cameroon’s English-speaking South-West region.
It said the decision follows the arrest of four members of its local team and the suspension of its activities by the government.
The charity said a small team and adequate resources will still be maintained in Kumba and Mamfe towns.
MSF said it would also continue to work for the release of its staff and engage with the authorities for a safe and secure environment for its operations.
The demand for medical care is high in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon, which have been plagued by a separatist conflict since 2017.
Several hospitals have been burned there – depriving locals of proper healthcare.
In December 2021, the spokesperson of the defence ministry, Colonel Cyrille Atonfack accused MSF of supporting the separatists after they helped a wounded rebel leader.
MSF denied the accusation, saying it treats people regardless of their ethnic, political or religious background.
Source: BBC