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29, December 2016
Southern Cameroons: Anglophone Bishops write to President Biya 3
*BAMENDA PROVINCIAL EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE [BAPEC] ON THE SOUTHERN CAMEROONIAN ISSUES* THE SECRETARIAT ARCHBISHOP’S HOUSE P.O. BOX 82, BAMENDA NORTH WEST REGION C A M E R O O N BAPEC/PRES/2016/30 22 December 2016 *MEMORANDUM PRESENTED TO THE HEAD OF STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT PAUL BIYA, BY THE BISHOPS OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE OF BAMENDA ON […]
28, December 2016
Barrister Agbor Balla and the Common Law: One year after 1
Eighteen years ago, a few visionary young jurists, in whose symbolic shadow the common law stand today, created the Fako Lawyers Association, FAKLA. This association crawled from the shores of Limbe, to the creeks of Tiko via the foot of the Buea Mountain to the sunny town of Muyuka. We all have taken judicial notice […]
28, December 2016
Minister Fame Ndongo to Anglophone teachers: Anglophone and francophone subsystems are condemned to coexist so long as Biya is Head of State 2
The Cameroonian government was on Tuesday, December 27, at the negotiating table with the leaders of the Anglophone teachers trade unions. The Bamenda meeting was a complete and total failure and the unions have announced a continuation of the strike. The interministerial committee set up by Prime Minister Philemon Yang accused the trade unionists of […]
28, December 2016
Anglophone Nationalism: Barrister Eyambe says “hidden plans are at work” 12
I am minded to give you a synopsis of what has transpired since the setting up of this ad hoc committee by the Prime Minister. You all know those who were named in the committee and how myself and Balla were left out. On the 24th I received a call from an attaché in the […]
27, December 2016
Anglophone teachers strike to continue as Bamenda meeting enters deadlock 0
The consortium of Anglophone teachers trade union have demanded the inclusion of South West representatives in the dialogue and the released of all detainees before any talks could go ahead. The presence of the anti Anglophone Minister Fame Ndongo reportedly made the situation in Bamenda more intractable. The teachers have made it clear that the […]
27, December 2016
Anti Anglophone Minister in Bamenda for talks 0
The members of the Francophone interministerial committee responsible for dialogue with Southern Cameroon teachers are presently in Bamenda for the resumption of the so-called dialogue scheduled for Tuesday, December 27, 2016. They include the Minister of Higher Education Jacque Fame Ndongo- noted for his anti Anglophone stance and Ministers of Secondary Education and Basic Education. […]
27, December 2016
Fear of Nso Warriors: Bamenda is officially a Militarized No-Fly Zone 3
Less than three weeks after French speaking soldiers were deployed to the North West regional capital of Bamenda to “subdue” the riots, the Biya Francophone Beti Ewondo regime has today the 27th of December 2016 militarized the entire region. Cameroon Concord News can now confirm that large numbers of troops from Yaounde and Douala have […]
27, December 2016
Uganda: Overloaded boat capsized killing 30 members and fans of a local football team 0
At least 30 members and fans of a local soccer team have lost their lives when their overloaded boat capsized in Lake Albert, police say. “There was a party on the boat, the passengers were dancing and others were drunk. The boat was overloaded with 45 people, all members of the football team and local […]
27, December 2016
Ntumfor Barrister Halle Nico snubs Yang Philemon’s ad hoc Committee 0
The Peace Crusader who doubles as president of the general assembly of the Cameroon Bar Association has announced that he will not participate in the committee created to examine and propose solutions to the grievances of Southern Cameroons lawyers. Barrister Halle Nico is reportedly surprised that the presidents of the Fako and Meme Lawyers Association […]
29, December 2016
North West Lawyers reinstate Barrister Bobga Harmony as their leader 0
by soter • Breaking News, Cameroon, Headline News, Politics
Members of the North West lawyers Association, NOWELA, have canceled a decision taken on December 27, 2016 that removed Barrister Bobga Harmony Mbuton as their leader. In a press release on Wednesday December 28, 2016, the lawyers said that, “We hereby withdraw our initial position passing the vote of no confidence on our President. Consequently […]