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18, September 2016

Cameroon: Bikutsi singer Roger Bekono is no more!! ⁰

Cameroonian bikutsi singer, Roger Bekono has passed away age 62. Roger Bekono died on Thursday in Yaounde following a long illness. The news was made public through a joint statement issued by his relative, Ottou Marcellin and his daughter Marie-Christine. The author of the greatest hit Jolie Poupee was reportedly sick for more than six years. He spent the last two weeks in a hospital in Mfou and finally left for the land of his ancestors on Thursday.

Born in 1954, Roger Bekono emerged in the 80s as a renowned bikutsi singer and went ahead and recorded 33 hit singles including “Jolie poupee”, “Etam”, “Enying Moni”, “Ye wo kombel” and also “Oget Mongi”. He worked with the likes of the great Zanzibar, Jean Marie Ahanda, Atebas, “Big” Ngole Pokossy and Mystic Jim.

17, September 2016

Yaounde: CEDIC stands shoulder-to-shoulder with orphans ⁰

CEDIC an association grouping the wives of Cameroonian diplomats have organized a one day handicraft exhibition in Yaounde. The event was to show case their solidarity principally destined to orphans and the less privilege. The women displayed natural beverages products, pastries and cosmetics to the watchful eyes of their husbands, children, well-wishers and above all some state dignitaries.

The Secretary General at the Ministry of External Relations, Felix Mbayu praised the spirit of entrepreneurship in the women saying that it was necessary to foster development and unity. The president of the association, Micheline Atanga used the event to encourage the wives of diplomats both at home and abroad to step up the spirit of entrepreneurship. She also expressed the need to attract new members into the club so to register a sporadic growth. The Honorary President of CEDIC, Mageret Mbella Mbella was also present to cheer the women’s initiative.

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14, September 2016

Tombel: White monkam chemical kills 4 children ⁰

Four children are reported dead after consuming a poisonous chemical used for spraying grass (Monkam) in Tombel, Southwest, Cameroon. From the Video below, the mother of the children, Susan Mentaindam, narrated that the children had mistakenly used the white monkap as table salt to eat their plantains with oil.

This incident comes barely a year after a whole family died in their sleep in Moliwe, Limbe, after consuming a sumptuous porridge cooked with fertilizer mistaken for table salt.

As Cameroon embraces 2nd generation agriculture where more chemicals will be used to enhance productivity, it it high time, sensitisation is done on chemical use so incidents like this will be prevented.

Culled from Yannick Fonki Ndalay

12, September 2016

Book on the Albatross scandal released ⁰

Journalist and writer Boris Bertolt has released a book on the Albatross scandal entitled “The President’s Plane”. In the book, he takes us into the meanders of the acquisition process of a plane for President Paul Biya-the Albatros.

He revealed that billions of FCFA was swallowed and observed that in the end Paul Biya had neither the money nor his plane. The book is an exciting thriller published by Editions du Schabel Haman Mana since August 31, 2016.

12, September 2016

Cameroon: Basic Education Minister meets with 200 displaced pupils in Mora ⁰

The Minister of Basic Education, Youssouf Hadidja Alim has made public assurances that the CPDM government will support some 200 displaced pupils in the Mayo Sava Division of the Far North Region.

During her visit to the Government Primary School Meme Group 1A at the outskirts of Mora, Minister Youssouf Hadidja Alim met with the 200 displaced victims of Boko Haram atrocities in the region.

We understand the children all hail from the border towns of Kolofata, Limani, kerawa, Ashigashia, and Tokomari. While transmitting government’s words of encouragement and constant support to their plight, the Minister reminded the pupils to overcome their challenges by working very hard.

She also saluted the efforts of stakeholders of Basic Education in the Mayo Sava Division and other affected areas of the Far North Region for their bravery in coping with the terrorists threats.

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8, September 2016

Abuja: Cameroonian wins Africa Environmental Hero Award ⁰

Cameroonian born Dr. Richard Munang has won the 2016 Africa Environmental Hero Award after a series of faithful services rendered as United Nations Environment’s Climate Change Coordinator for Africa since 2013.

Dr Richard Munang was conferred the title on 1st September 2016 by the International Environmental Round table for Africa in Abuja-Nigeria.

The award was handed by Nigeria’s Honorable Minister of State for Environment Ibrahim Usman Jibril. Dr. Richard dedicated the award to the entire people of the continent and most especially his parents.

31, August 2016

Secondary and High School teachers on faked transfers ordered to return to their initial schools ¹

Some 367 government secondary and high school teachers who faked transfers to other schools have been asked to return to their initial schools. The decision was made by the Minister of Secondary Education Jean Ernest Bibehe after a thorough cross check of their files by the Human Resource Management of the Ministry.

According to officials at the Ministry of Secondary Education, 369 files in question were crosschecked out of which only 2 were genuine. Moreover, out of the 369 files, only 146 teachers in question presented their documents as demanded by the Ministry. It is but normal that the others did not border to present theirs since they are mindful of the foul game.

It was also reviewed that some of the fake transfers were orchestrated by some government officials. To this, the Ministry has embarked into strict investigation to track down the said unscrupulous agents. The teachers in question are expected in their initial Schools latest on 1st September 2016, after which their Principals will have to establish certificates of resumption which will be forwarded to the Ministry of Secondary Education by 30th September 2016. Any teacher who fails to adhere to the call will receive sanctions from both the Ministry of Secondary Education and the Public Service.

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30, August 2016

Cameroon: United Nations Development Program boss is in Yaounde ⁰

The visiting Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Helen Clark has re-pledged her organisation’s support to Cameroon in its youth empowerment programmes and moves at attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Helen Clark reaffirmed this on Monday 29th August 2016 as she began a two-day working visit in Cameroon.

The UNDP boss arrived Yaounde from Nairobi, Kenya and was received by Cameroon’s Minister of External Relations, Lejeune Mbella Mbella. Other officials of the UNDP branch in Cameroon were also on hand to welcome her like the UNDP Country Representative, Najat Rochdi.

During an audience with Minister Lejeune Mbella Mbella, Helen Clark expressed her organisation’s solidarity with the internally displaced persons and refugees following the Boko Haram attacks. The tete-a-tete was also forum for both diplomats to evaluate cooperation ties between Cameroon and the UNDP.

At the end of the UNDP scribe promised to continue supporting development efforts in the country. Over at the Prime Minister’s Office in an audience with Head of Government, Philemon Yang, Helen Clark not only pledged to support the empowerment of the youth but also recommended a holistic approach to economic growth, while encouraging inclusive growth in the country.

This 30th August 2016, the UNDP Administrator left Yaounde for Maroua in the Far North Region, to meet with the internally displaced persons and visit UNDP projects in the region.

Culled from CRTV

30, August 2016

“Donald Trump has serious health issues” ⁰

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump may not be mentally fit to serve as the president of the United States, suggests Mika Brzezinski, an American author, journalist and television host.

Brzezinski said on Monday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC that “it’s time to hear from somebody in the mental health community, to look at this person who has been on television for months and give us a sense of what we have going on here.” “Let’s stop pretending we’re dealing with someone who we can completely understand,” she said. “When you see someone who you think has problems, you know it. And there’s not anybody at this table who doesn’t think he has some sort of problem. Let’s ask the questions.”

The guests on the show included Eddie Glaude Jr., a professor of Religion and African-American Studies at Princeton University, and former Ted Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler. Brzezinski said that she and Joe Scarborough, the co-host of the program, have been asked multiple times about Trump’s mental health by people. Brzezinski is the daughter of Zbigniew Brzezinski, the national security adviser for former US President Jimmy Carter.

Scarborough argued that psychiatrists cannot appear on the show on and diagnose Trump, but Brzezinski pointed out they could look at character traits that “we are seeing repetitively here.” On Sunday, Trump called on his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, to release “detailed medical records,” adding he would have “no problem” issuing his own medical report. But his only public medical record — a letter written by his physician that was released in December — has recently been under scrutiny.

The New York billionaire’s doctor, Harold Bornstein, wrote in December that Trump’s medical examination “showed only positive results.” “If elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency,” Bornstein wrote in the letter dated December 4. Doesn’t a positive result mean a negative outcome in medical examinations? Trump’s opponents have asked.

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29, August 2016

Cameroon finally grants accreditation to the Pan African Institute for Development ⁰

Representatives from the Pan African Institute for Development in Buea have finally gotten accreditation from the Cameroon government. The request was made on the 21st August 2016 after a press release issued by the Minister of Higher Education on the 19th August 2016, depicting the Pan African Institute as a non-accredited Institution of Learning.

Minister Jaque Fame Ndongo granted the request during a meeting presided over by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Higher Education. The decision was made reached after very productive discussions involving some directors of the Ministry of Higher Education and a delegation of four persons from the Pan African Institute of Higher Learning.

Another meeting in line with this latest development has been scheduled for Thursday the 1st September 2016 after which an inspection team will be dispatched by the Minister of Higher Education to the Campuses of the Pan African Institute for Development in Cameroon.

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