On behalf of the people of Southern Cameroons, now known as Ambazonians, we extend our deepest condolences to the family of N’djoke Emmanuel Dibango aka  Manu Dibango following his demise in Paris, France, on Tuesday 24th March 2020.

His demise is not only a tragic loss to all people of African descent but to all of humanity. Manu’s life and accomplishments through his music transcended tribe, race, skin color and national boundaries. Manu pushed these boundaries to what was possible with his music and brought African music to be globally acclaimed.

Manu Dibango entertained, educated and provoked the human mind with his artistry. He was a pacesetter for Cameroun, Africa and the world. We miss him.

We wish his family, friends, fans and loved ones the fortitude to bear this monumental loss.

May his soul rest in perfect peace. Adieu.

President Sisiku AyukTabe

Cameroon medics in Yaoundé have issued an urgent secret memo to the Prime Minister and Head of Government, Dion Ngute to protect health workers in L’hopital Central and L’hopital Jamo in Yaounde after finding extensive levels of coronavirus contamination in specialist wards and intensive-care units used by National Assembly Speaker, Cavaye Djibril and senior MPs and secretaries who came in contact with the 80 year old French Cameroun politician ever since he returned from France.

The widespread contamination was revealed to Cameroon Intelligence Report Yaounde city reporter by a source at the Prime Minister’s office late yesterday and involved several patients and visitors who recently filled the wards and waiting areas in the Yaoundé hospitals.

Despite extra government procedures that were introduced to prevent information flow on the bill of health of the ailing National Assembly speaker, it is now being reported that Cavaye Djibril has caused significant contamination in the nation’s capital after he participated in the recent parliamentary session and came in contact with hundreds of people immediately after he was reelected as speaker.

Yaounde is in panic mode as intensive care units and obstetric wards caring for very sick people now have to start dealing with the dreadful coronavirus, which has prompted even the jihadist terrorist group, Al-Qaeda to halt operations. We also gathered that senior government officials have tested positive.

Coronavirus is spread primarily by droplets that are coughed or sneezed into the air by people who have the infection.

Cavaye Yeguie Djibril had confused parliamentary immunity with sanitary immunity by rushing to the national assembly. He attended at least 2 plenary sessions in the National Assembly. The Speaker seen here on photo is now being greeted with precaution. Many have been asking if Cameroon is now moving towards the quarantine of the 167 MPs currently in the lower house of parliament.

Cavaye Djibril was part of an Air France flight declared to be high risk by the medical authorities of the Yaoundé Nsimalen international airport. The Minister of Health therefore immediately requested that all passengers on this flight observe 14 days of self-isolation.

By  Oke Akombi Ayukepi Akap in Glasgow with files from Rita Akana in Yaounde

For not wanting to comply with government instructions, the behavior of the Right Honorable Cavaye Yeguie Djibril exposed the lives of 167 deputies and their relatives.

According to hospital sources, the President of the National Assembly of Cameroon has tested positive for Coronavirus. Indeed, the latter was part of an Air France flight declared to be high risk by the medical authorities of the Yaoundé Nsimalen international airport. The Minister of Health therefore immediately requested that all passengers on this flight observe 14 days of self-isolation.

Concerned about his perch, Cavaye Yeguie Djibril had confused parliamentary immunity with sanitary immunity by rushing to the national assembly. He had been re-elected for the umpteenth time, president of the august chamber; as expected.

Cavaye Yeguie Djibril attended at least 2 plenary sessions in the Cameroonian National Assembly. Are we moving towards the quarantine of the 167 deputies currently in the lower house of our parliament? The measure is more than necessary if the news of the status of the Right Honorable is confirmed.

And if the 167 deputies are quarantined. How will we proceed to catch up with all the people with whom they have been in contact between Tuesday and today to put them in quarantine too? Question at zero francs.

Grégoire Owona, Nourane Moluh Assana or Cabral Libii… who have taken selfies with the old king of the deputies for 28 years are called to run to the hospital to pass a test at Covid-19, before it is late!

(africanews.pro)

The number of Cameroonians carrying the deadly Coronavirus is increasing at a speed that is causing the country’s authorities to lose sleep.

Despite efforts by the government to draw attention to the danger waiting to strike the country, many Cameroonians have continued to live a life of recklessness.

In Douala and Yaounde which are heavily populated, many people have been going about their business as if nothing is happening despite the gory pictures coming out of Italy, China and the United States.

In Yaounde, the nation’s capital, army soldiers on Saturday resorted to force to close down many watering holes where there many people eating and drinking as usual in defiance of the government’s rules against the virus that is killing people around the world.

In Douala, bar owners have come up with brand new tricks to keep their clients. Rears doors into the drinking spots are now being used to access these drinking places which are potential hotspots.

Thousands of Cameroonians are still visiting their local crowded markets to buy and sell as if there is no danger. And musical shows are unfortunately still a feature of the city’s social landscape.

The government knows it has a crisis on its hands and it is using its limited resources to raise awareness of the danger that is prowling the country’s streets.

But the message does not seem to be hitting its target. Cameroonians love their alcohol and with it, come many problems. The insidious virus loves crowds as that makes it easy for it to spread and Cameroonians are willingly granting it a platform for it to spread like wildfire.

While the government might be doing its best, it’s best is simply not good enough. So far, testing and diagnostic equipment is only available in Yaounde and Douala and 70%of the country’s population lives in other towns and cities.

Ever since the government came out with a slew of preventive measures, Cameroonians have continued to travel from one city to another in total defiance of government regulatory efforts aimed at containing the virus.

Like most European countries, the country’s government has also made some attractive noises about a possible lockdown, but these measures are more nominal than real.

Cameroon is not organized like Western countries and its citizens are noted for their indiscipline and disregard for the law.

Schools have been shut down, and some businesses have also been asked to close down for a period of time that might help to slow down the virus’ spread. A very great initiative that must be hailed. It is proof that the government wants to act.

However, its measures seem to be dead on arrival as the country’s citizens are simply ignoring them. Maybe if the government had followed up with supporting measures like Western countries have done, Cameroonians would have been very happy to comply with the government’s anti-coronavirus rules.

It will be hard for the country to be locked down as many Cameroonians do not have a steady source of income like people in the West. Many Cameroonians must go out every day to hustle in order to earn a meager income that will enable them to feed their families.

Store owners have to open for their clients to continue buying, and they themselves have to go to the big markets in downtown Yaounde and Douala to get supplies that will guarantee them a steady flow of income. This makes things really hard and the virus seems to be making hay while the sun shines in a country that also lacks proper healthcare facilities.

The hardest hits are commercial sex workers who can no longer display their assets in public, especially at night. The military is patrolling the streets of Yaounde and Douala at night and this is scaring clients of this old trade that has always been a huge vector in the spread of viral diseases such as HIV and Ebola.

The hardworking women of this sector are facing tough times and there are no government tax incentives to support the women who are being avoided by their former clients. If there are no tax incentives for registered businesses, it will be hard for the informal sector to have any financial support from the government.

The commercial sex sector is therefore under threat. This is a vulnerable sector. Since viruses are mostly transmitted through body fluids, it is clear that many of those who patronize this sector will prefer to keep a safe distance, as any close contact with these women could spell death.

This is not the first time that the sector is facing tough challenges. In the 1980s when HIV/AIDS became the new boogeyman, many commercial sex workers had to flee the streets and before anti-retroviral could be engineered, a generation of efficient commercial sex workers had been retired against their wish and without a retirement income. That is for those who were smart and lucky to leave early as HIV/AID had decimated the population of those involved in this business.

The government of Cameroon must continue to implement its measures to ensure that the virus is constrained. It must use the media to get its messages across. The Coronavirus is nobody’s friend and it has no regard for class.

Presidents, parliamentarians, lawyers, doctors and others are today its victims. If any Cameroonian still has doubts about what the virus can do, he or she should just watch TV to understand that this virus is extremely virulent.

It has hit Italy like a tonne of bricks, left Donald Trump with a sticky situation and made mincemeat of the global economy. The global tourism sector is the hardest hit and it will take many months for this once vibrant sector to recover. Many people have been laid off and as the virus continues to spread across the globe, many are scared that it will take a long time to find a cure for this virus that is still a challenge to scientists.

By Dr. Joachim Arrey

Southern Cameroons Self Defense Forces have attacked a French Cameroun military convoy transporting officials and voting materials to Batibo ahead of today’s legislative election rerun. Cameroon Concord News sources in the Northern Zone have all hinted of several life threatening injuries.

We gathered that Ambazonia Restoration Forces providing security in the Momo County were compelled to open fire when a French Cameroun military convoy that had onboard SDF MP and Southern Cameroons enabler, Hon. Joseph Mbah Ndam refused to go through the Amba controls.

Cameroon government security apparatus in Bamenda confirmed the attacks earlier today and revealed that four soldiers including two ELECAM officials were injured. Hon. Mbah Ndam is said to have escaped unhurt.

Mbah Ndam’s house in Batibo was burnt down to ashes by armed separatist fighters on Sunday, December 15, 2019.

By Chi Prudence Asong

Despite preventive messages and recommendations announced by the Cameroonian government in dealing with the rising cases of the new coronavirus, many are not adhering to these measures.

Notwithstanding the ban of more than 50 people at public places, this is not the case in Cameroon’s economic capital,Douala

Few respect the hygiene rules announced by authorities in an effort to curb the spread of the disease.

“The government must take tough action against stubborn people. I, on the other hand, I am a shopkeeper, I respect the standards, I clean before opening’‘, a shopkeeper Olivier Ndogmo, said.

In the economic capital, where the informal sector accounts for more than 80% of economic activity, the vast majority of the population refuses to remain confined to their homes. Many feel that they cannot make ends meet and feed their families at home.

Sylvain Tchokoga ,

“We feel these measures have not taken into account the specific character of Cameroon an economist Sylvain Tchokoga, said.

‘‘We have put in place exactly the measures that other nations have taken, but those nations – or those countries – have the coercive means to enforce the measures taken by the government”, he added.

Cameroon has so far recorded 20 new coronavirus cases, the second highest figure in Central Africa after the DRC with 23 confirmed cases.

Source: Africa News