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Rwanda: Government opens probe into role of French officials in 1994 genocide

1, December 2016

Rwanda: Government opens probe into role of French officials in 1994 genocide 0

Rwanda has opened a formal investigation into the alleged role of 20 French officials in the 1994 genocide. The Rwandan government accuses France of complicity in the genocide. The French officials are accused of supporting the Hutu nationalist government, which carried out the mass killing of an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Rwandans, mainly from the Tutsi ethnic group. Paris denies the allegation.

“The inquiry, for now, is focused on 20 individuals whom, according to information gathered so far, are required by the prosecution authority to explain or provide clarity on allegations against them,” said Rwanda’s prosecutor general Richard Muhumuza.

He added that the probe would enable prosecutors to decide “whether the concerned individuals should be formally charged or not.” Muhumuza said that he had contacted the French government and that full cooperation was expected.

The Rwandan genocide began following the shooting down of a plane carrying former Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana on April 6, 1994. Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira was also killed in the plane crash. They were both ethnic Hutus.

After the crash, Hutus who were in majority, were incited to commit acts of ethnic violence against Tutsis. France’s Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on November 16 that it was “a disgraceful lie” to say that the French army took park in genocide.

Relations between the two countries have gone through ups and downs since the genocide. In 2014, Rwandan President Paul Kagame repeated accusations that French troops were both accomplices and “actors” in the massacre.

In October, Paris re-launched an inquiry into the shooting down of Habyarimana’s plane to hear testimony from a former general who accuses Kagame of being behind the attack. The Rwandan government has rejected the claims, saying it is an attempt by France to cover up its role in the genocide.

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Southern Cameroons Republic: Why something has to be done and done in a hurry

1, December 2016

Southern Cameroons Republic: Why something has to be done and done in a hurry 0

Do you know that since the inception of the Cameroon oil refinery corporation, SONARA more than 30 years ago, no Anglophone had ever been a General Manager even though this corporation is in Limbe?

Do you know that, even though SONARA is in Limbe, they pay their taxes in Douala?

Do you know that even though the crude oil of SONARA comes from Ndian division, there is no tarred road to Ndian division?

Do you know that even though SONARA is in the Anglophone Region, there is no SCDP-the petroleum storage company in any of our Anglophone towns, yet these petroleum storage companies are scattered almost in all francophone cities?

Do you know that the petrol filling stations in the South West Region with Limbe inclusive gets petrol from Douala while those in the North West Region get their petrol from Bafoussam?

Do you know that the four ministries involved in the education of young Cameroonians- Higher Education, Secondary Education, Basic Education and Vocational training have had only one Anglophone-the late Peter Agbor Tabi as a minister?

Do you know that the Ministry of Special Duties at the Presidency of the Republic is a ministry without portfolio?

Do you know that the police force is an Anglo-Saxon force but their working language in Cameroon is the French language?

Do you know that the training language of the police college in our own Mutengene is the French language?

Do you know that majority of the Senior Divisional Officers in the Anglophone territory are Francophones who do not even master the English language let alone our way of life?

Do you know that even our Minister without portfolio-Paul Atanga Nji who pretends he doesn’t know there is an Anglophone problem knows deep down in his heart that an Anglophone like him can never be appointed Secretary General or Director of Civil Cabinet at the presidency of the Republic?

Do you know that anytime there is cabinet shake up, two miserable ministries like Forestry and Culture are reserved for Anglophones just to deceive us while there are divisions like Mfoundi with just 44 families and towns like Ebolowa with more than five cabinet ministers each?

Do you that whenever the post of Prime Minister changes hands from a Francophone to an Anglophone, there is always a Vice Prime Minister?

Do you know that the Vice Prime Minister is always a solid Francophone political figure whose personality bullies the Anglophone Prime Minister to submission? The late Gilbert Andze Tchoungi and Simon Achidi Achu including Peter Mafany Musonge and of recent, Yang Philemon and Amadou Ali.

Do you even know that Limbe has the deepest natural habour for a sea port but the Biya Francophone Beti Ewondo government decided to spend 3 times the money they would have used in Limbe just to make one in kribi?

Do you know that the Menchum hydro electricity dam was announced 2yrs before Memvele and  Lompaga!!! Yet the once that came behind have been constructed already?

Do you even know that prior to the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, FIFA summoned the captains of all participation teams for a preparatory meeting and Cameroon was the only nation that was represented by two persons-Tataw Stephen and Kunde Emmanuel in Milan? Kunde was so ashamed and remained all day in the hotel room.

Do you know that Cameroon has 4 international airports and there is none in any Anglophone region?

Do know that the abandoned airport in Bafut in the North West region has the longest run way of all the 4 international airports in this country?

Do you know that for any one Anglophone Captain in the army, there are a hundred and twenty Francophone captains?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yaounde hosting African coffee symposium

30, November 2016

Yaounde hosting African coffee symposium 0

Delegates from the 25 member states of the Inter-African Coffee Organization are meeting in Yaoundé in the fourth African Coffee Symposium. During the five-day conclave which opened on 29th November 2016, the delegates will exchange notes and share experiences on how the African coffee industry could emerge.

The symposium is holding under the theme, “Inclusive Value Chain Transformation in the African Coffee Industry”. In Cameroon, coffee is grown extensively with robusta coffee more prevalent in the coastal areas and arabica coffee widespread in the western highlands.

In September 2014, the Government of Cameroon validated and launched a new plan to revive the coffee sector, hoping to boost production and in that same year, Cameroon was ranked the 31st largest producer of coffee in the world. It is worth mentioning that coffee farming in Cameroon dates to 1884, during the German colonial era.

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Biya snubs Anglophone leaders, dispatches Philemon Yang on a new mission to Gabon

30, November 2016

Biya snubs Anglophone leaders, dispatches Philemon Yang on a new mission to Gabon 0

Prime Minister Philemon Yang will not be meeting with the Anglophone leaders today Wednesday November the 30th 2016. The Head of Government will represent President Biya at the Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC), which opens today in Libreville, Gabon.

Philemon Yang reportedly promised the new generation of Anglophone leaders that he was going to meet with them for a second round of dialogue today. But his political boss who has no feeling for the Anglophone community has decided to dispatch the Prime Minister to Gabon.

According to Alain-Claude Bilie-Bi Nzé, Gabonese Minister of Communication and government spokesperson, the Libreville summit will be devoted to peace and security in the sub-region. Specifically, at the summit in the Gabonese capital, the Heads of State, Government and delegations present will examine the situation of the Central African Republic, Cameroon and Chad. Important resolutions are therefore expected.

By Fru James in Yaounde

NB This reporter is not a staff of the Cameroon Concord News Group

 

UK: Members of Parliament sexually harass young employees but can go unpunished

30, November 2016

UK: Members of Parliament sexually harass young employees but can go unpunished 0

A Labour lawmaker in the United Kingdom has revealed that the Members of Parliament sexually harass young employees but can go unpunished as their victims feel helpless. Labor MP John Mann made the remarks at the House of Commons’ Standards Committee on Tuesday, saying that sexual assault by politicians at Westminster was a “major issue” to be addressed. “In here [Westminster], there are alleged sexual assaults by current members of Parliament and nowhere for people to go, or they don’t feel confident in going. That’s a major issue,” he said.

Mann called for the necessity of setting up a whistle-blowing service to help victims come forward, adding that the female employees did not feel secure to raise the issue. The lawmaker told the committee that he was aware of cases where staff had “significant issues” with the way current parliamentarians behave towards them but he was powerless to report colleagues to police because “there is no criminality” involved.

“That is not a matter of criminality but [one] that would be potentially an issue for whistle-blowing to make a complaint. The cases I am aware of, there is no criminality otherwise it would be very straightforward. I would be advising go to the police,” he said. In a shocking example, Mann said that older MPs would force young female interns to work late before “pressing” them into going home with them.

“There has been improper sexual behavior in this building that I am aware of with members of staff by Members of Parliament, including in recent times, the last two years, and I have had complaints of that, the individuals do not feel comfortable or confident, working in a political environment, of raising that issue and explicitly did not want me to raise the issue and therefore potentially have them named,” Mann noted.

UK MPs are already embroiled in other sexual scandals. In 2015 alone, reports by UK media reveled that over 247,000 attempts were made by users of the British parliament’s network to check out pornographic material.

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SDF Senators, MPs stage protest march in Bamenda, calls for a national conference

30, November 2016

SDF Senators, MPs stage protest march in Bamenda, calls for a national conference 0

Senators and members of parliament of the Social Democratic Front, SDF have staged a protest march in Bamenda. The elected representatives say the riots of Bamenda and the other street demonstrations are the direct consequence of bad governance by the ruling CPDM crime syndicate.

The SDF MPs reportedly left the National Assembly Chamber on the 28th of November which is currently examining the budget and braved the bad roads to Bamenda, the capital of the North West Region and called for the holding of a national conference.

These elected representatives of the people carried placards condemning police violence on lawyers and the students with others stating that “Federalism remains the only solution”.  Hon. Tchinda Fobi, of the Bamenda constituency was quoted as saying that the Anglophone problem is real in Cameroon and that there was an urgent need for national dialogue.

On November 27-29, 2016, the SDF Senators and MPs told Marcel Niat Njifenji, President of the Senate, and Cavaye Yéguié Djibril, President of the National Assembly, to “apprehend the major grievances of the Anglophone people”.

By Rita Akana

Who is more nationalist and patriotic than the other? The Cameroonian who embezzles billions with impunity or the Cameroonian who calls for a debate on Federalism?

29, November 2016

Who is more nationalist and patriotic than the other? The Cameroonian who embezzles billions with impunity or the Cameroonian who calls for a debate on Federalism? 0

Who is more nationalist and patriotic than the other? The Cameroonian who embezzles billions with impunity or the Cameroonian who calls for a debate on Federalism? Join the AGBAW-EBAI DEBATE

2016 Women’s AFCON: Cameroon through to the final

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

UN chief denounces recent bloodshed in the Central African Republic

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

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.

 

 

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