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28, July 2016

Professional Football League of Cameroon: General Pierre Semengue reigns supreme ⁰

The list headed by Retired General Semengue Pierre emerged victorious in the League 1 elections that held at the Yaounde Mansel Hotel today Thursday July the 28. The former Joint chief of army staff and president of Tonnere Kalala club scored 26 votes against 7 for the ill prepared Franck Happi.

The Elective General Assembly of the Professional Football League of Cameroon (LFPC) has now given the football man the mandate he needed to turn things around for Cameroon’s local league. The electorate college consisted of 18 League 1 clubs and 17 clubs in League 2.

Pierre Semengue, aged 81, has become the first elected president of the LFPC. Like any other association with CPDM links, Semengue was at the head of the League since its inception five years ago.

Ebong Kingsley (Cameroon Concord News)

28, July 2016

Mother of late Cameroonian musician says her son was a victim of sexual abuse ⁰

The mother of the late Cameroonian artist, Achallé has made a shocking revelation on the life of the young Cameroonian musician and winner of the Star2Demain in 2006. In a video, the young woman accused the Cameroonian society for making her only child, a “sex slave.” “Achalle was a victim of sexual abuse” she declared. She revealed that her son confided in her how he was sodomized in his youth and forced to become homosexual.

In the video, she noted that the networks operating in Cameroon led her son to believe that homosexuality was the only way forward. She added that Cameroon is in complete darkness with children being abused in schools, in churches and elsewhere. Achalle, who was 30, died Wednesday in the South West region from liver cancer.

Rita Akana (Cameroon Concord News Group)

28, July 2016

Obama says Hillary Clinton more qualified to be president ⁰

US President Barack Obama has strongly endorsed Hillary Clinton as his successor, saying she is more qualified to be president of the United States than Bill Clinton or himself. The former secretary of state is a “leader with real plans to break down barriers, blast through glass ceilings, and widen the circle of opportunity to every single American, the next president of the United States, Hillary Clinton,” Obama said in a speech at the packed Democratic National Convention center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.

“That’s the Hillary I know. That’s the Hillary I’ve come to admire. And that’s why I can say with confidence there has never been a man or a woman — not me, not Bill, nobody — more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States of America,” he added. He said “nothing truly prepares you for the demands of the Oval Office, but Hillary’s been in the room.”

“I know Hillary won’t relent until ISIL is destroyed. She’ll finish the job – and she’ll do it without resorting to torture, or banning entire religions from entering our country. She is fit to be the next commander in chief,” he said, referring to the Daesh terrorist group in Iraq and Syria.

Obama went on to say that “we’re going to carry Hillary to victory this fall, because that’s what the moment demands.” “This year, in this election, I’m asking you to join me — to reject cynicism, reject fear, to summon what’s best in us, to elect Hillary Clinton as the next president of the United States,” Obama said in his concluding remarks.

Obama addresses the Democratic National Convention. (AFP photo)

Hillary Clinton arrives on stage on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 27, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (AFP photo)

Barack Obama stands on stage with Hillary Clinton on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 27, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (AFP photo)

Earlier commenting on Clinton’s choice for vice president, Tim Kaine, Obama said, “He will be a great vice president. And he’ll make Hillary a better president, just like my dear friend and brother Joe Biden has made me a better president.”

Obama also denounced Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, saying “America is already great. America is already strong. And I promise you, our strength, our greatness, does not depend on Donald Trump.”

“Our power doesn’t come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order as long as we do things his way. We don’t look to be ruled,” he stated.

“Ronald Reagan called America a shining city on a hill,” Obama recalled. “Donald Trump calls it a divided crime scene that only he can fix.”

Presstv

27, July 2016

Mbalmayo: 15 years old boy kills an engineer ⁰

A fifteen years old boy fatally stabbed a man in Mbalmayo, some few miles from Yaoundé on Wednesday. The crime took place at the New Town neighborhood precisely at the mango crossroads, between 10 and 10:40 am.

After a sharp but brief fight, the youth violently left his victim with multiple wounds who died on the spot. The deceased, an engineer leaves a wife and three children all in their infancy. The alleged murderer, a resident of Sakafom district, fled.

Ebong Kingsley (Cameroon Concord News)

27, July 2016

Huge police presence at the Autonomous Port of Douala head office ⁰

A large number of police officers have secured the Autonomous Port of Douala after the death of its CEO; Emmanuel Etoundi Oyono was made public recently.

No access without being identified is now allowed in the area. Heavy police presence has been established at the entrance to the offices of the Autonomous Port. Employees have been reportedly going in and out of the building but the general atmosphere has been cold.

Emmanuel Etondi Oyono traveled to the land of his ancestors at the age of 65. A native of Nyong et So’o, he was a graduate from National School of Administration and Magistracy and the International Institute of Public Administration, Paris.

Sama Ernest (Cameroon Concord News)

27, July 2016

Yaounde lacking behind in leisure facilities for kids, CPDM government won’t talk!!! ⁰

Distraction is very important for children, especially during holidays. However, there exists few leisure facilities for children in Yaounde. Perhaps, the only ones are the merry-go-rounds at the Yaounde Conference Centre and in the premises of the Mahima Supermarket at Elig-Essono. Certainly, these are not enough to enable the city’s little children to have fun.

Moreover, getting to them and being attended to is not often easy, given the regular traffic jams in the city and the huge number of kids always waiting for their turn to enjoy themselves. In these centres, there are games like “Toboggan,” “slider,” “sand houses” and even swimming pools. There is also foodstuff like popcorn, ice-cream and drinks, especially those children prefer. The leisure centre at Elig-Essono is open from Mondays to Sundays, but children prefer going at weekends, making it always full.

Surey Kumar Singh, the man in charge of the Elig-Essono Mahima Leisure Centre, told Cameroon Tribune on July 26, 2016: “Even though there are few children around today, the little ones who come have real fun with the different games provided for them. The entrance fee is 1,000 FCFA and they are able to enjoy Toboggan and slider. For those who climb on to the merry-go-round, there is an additional 500 FCFA to pay because it needs electricity.”

In order to enable little children have real fun, music is provided for dancing. “So, when going home, they are very happy because they enjoyed their stay,” Surey Kumar Singh noted. As a result of the paucity of children’s leisure places in Yaounde, some parents prefer to get their kids engaged in other activities like sports, music and dance classes and outings in order to have fun and distraction these holidays.

Cameroon Tribune

27, July 2016

Philemon Yang to meet with National Tourism Board today in Yaounde ⁰

The National Tourism Board, set up in 1999, as an advisory body for tourism development in the country, holds its fourteenth session today July 27, 2016 in Yaounde. The deliberations to be presided at by the Prime Minister, Head of Government, Philemon Yang, will centre on the theme “Developing the hotel industry in the perspective of Cameroon’s Emergence”.

The choice of the theme could not have been any better given the present context of Cameroon’s drive towards emergence and the upcoming continental football events in 2016 and 2019. Modernising the tourism industry ahead of these two important African female and male football events coupled with country’s quest to attain emergence, is a necessary impulse.

During the 13^th session of the board in December 2015, the Prime Minister, Philemon Yang who is the chair of the National Tourism Board gave instructions in view of modernising the tourism and leisure industry. The Prime Minister stressed on the intensification of dialogue between the public and private sector as well as the drawing up of a common training programme for operators to boost performance which will induce economic growth. Government’s policy on training of actors (proprietors, managers and personnel) of the tourism and leisure industry is already being implemented.

The Ministry of Tourism and Leisure has been organising a series of regional seminars for stakeholders of both public and private sector to upgrade skills and meet international standards. One of such seminars opened in Bafoussam, West Region on July 25, 2016 and will last for one week. The creation of a reference school for tourism and leisure would further consolidate government’s policy on harmonising training and boosting performance in order to spur economic growth. Thus, today’s session would examine ways of developing the hotel industry so that its pivotal role towards emergence is clearly diagnosed.

Cameroon Tribune

26, July 2016

The Holy Father in pain and horror over the barbaric murder of a priest in France ⁰

Pope Francis expressed his “pain and horror” Tuesday after two knife-wielding men in northern France took a number of people hostage at a church and killed a priest.

Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said the leader of the Roman Catholic Church had been particularly appalled by the “barbaric killing” that happened in a sacred place.

“The pope… participates in the pain and horror of this absurd violence,” media outlets quoted Lombardi as saying, adding that the attack created “immense pain and worry.”

The Tuesday attack hits particularly hard “because this horrific violence took place in a church, a sacred place in which the love of God is announced, and the barbaric murder of a priest and the involvement of the faithful,” the Vatican spokesman stated.

Lombardi described the attack “more terrible news that adds to a series of violence in these days that have left us upset, creating immense pain and worry.”

Presstv

26, July 2016

Malawi: HIV-positive man arrested for having sex with children ⁰

An HIV-positive Malawian man, who says he is paid to have sex with children as part of initiation rites, has been arrested on the president’s orders. Eric Aniva, a sex worker known in Malawi as a “hyena”, was the subject of a BBC feature last week.

He told the BBC that he did not mention his HIV status to those who hire him. President Peter Mutharika said the police should investigate and charge him over the cases of defilement he had seemingly confessed to.

The BBC’s Ed Butler, who covered the story about Malawi’s sexual “cleansing practices”, says in some remote southern regions of the country it is traditional for girls to be made to have sex with a man after their first menstruation. Some of the girls are as young as 12 years old, he reported.

What is known as a “hyena” in Malawi culture is usually a man who has sex with widows or married women who cannot fall pregnant.

“While we must promote positive cultural values and positive socialisation of our children, the president says harmful cultural and traditional practices cannot be accepted in this country,” presidential spokesman Mgeme Kalilani said in a statement

Mr Aniva would “further be investigated for exposing the young girls to contracting HIV and further be charged accordingly”, he said. The president had also ordered all men and parents involved to be investigated, Mr Kalilani said.

“All people involved in this malpractice should be held accountable for subjecting their children and women to this despicable evil,” the statement said. “These horrific practices although done by a few also tarnish the image of the whole nation of Malawi internationally and bring shame to us all.”

Last year Malawi banned child marriage, raising the legal age of marriage from 15 to 18 – something activists hoped would put an end to early sexual initiations. Mr Aniva told the BBC that he planned to stop taking part in sexual cleansing practices.

BBC

26, July 2016

France: 3 killed after knife-wielding men took a number of people hostage ⁰

At least three people have been killed after two knife-wielding men took a number of people hostage at a church in northern France, police say.

According to police sources, between four and six people were held by the assailants at the church in the Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray town of France’s northern Normandy region on Tuesday before security forces intervened and put an end to the hostage situation.