12, June 2016

Eric Mbu Ayuk scores as the Indomitable Lions humiliate Zimbabwe ⁰

The match counting for the second day of qualification for the U20 Africa Cup of Nations in Zambia 2017, was played in the new Olympic stadium in Bafoussam. The Indomitable Lions took the lead against Zimbabwe at the 20th minute of play through Eric Mbu Ayuk who plays his professional football in the USA.

The second goal was scored by Victor Mpindi Ekani of AS Fortuna Mfou. The lions scored the third in the second half. The Indomitable Lions had played a goalless draw in the first leg in Harare. The Lions next stop will be Libya.

CIR

12, June 2016

Boko Haram kills 4 women in Nigeria ⁰

Four women have been murdered in an attack by Boko Haram in Nigeria. The attack was carried out on Friday night at Mairari, a remote village located 80 kilometers from Maiduguri, capital of Borno state.

Cameroon Intelligence Report learned that fifteen Boko Haram fighters on motorbikes raided homes and slaughtered the four women at the time of breaking fast during this period of Ramadan. The women were killed because their husbands refused to join the ranks of the Nigerian Islamic sect.

Boko Haram has been greatly weakened by a joint multinational force consisting of 8700 men of the different armies of the region (Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Benin) but continues to carry out attacks in the north east of Nigeria and Cameroon.

CIR

12, June 2016

Florida shooting death toll rises to 50 ⁰

The death toll from a mass murder at a night club in Orlando, Florida, has reached to 50 people, the worst mass shooting in US history. About 53 other people were injured in the shooting, which took place in the Pulse Club on Sunday morning.

The gunman, identified by US media as an alleged Daesh sympathizer named Omar Mateen, took hostages at the club and barricaded himself in the complex but was later killed by specially trained SWAT units. “It appears he was organized and well-prepared,” Orlando Police Chief John Mina said, adding that the assailant had an assault-type weapon and a handgun.

Authorities described the attack as a domestic act of terrorism. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is also involved in the case. According the White House, President Barack Obama was filled in on the shooting and would later on deliver a statement.

Presstv

12, June 2016

Chinese businessman killed in Douala ⁰

A Chinese businessman was shot dead in Douala late on Saturday, Cameroon Intelligence Report has gathered from security sources. Our informant maintained that heavily armed men raided the Bali neighborhood near the commercial center of Akwa and murdered him. The Chinese citizen is yet to be identified but what we do know is that a major murder investigation has been launched by the forces of law and order.

CIR

12, June 2016

Nigeria: Several senior army officers relieved of their duties in the fantastically corrupt nation ⁰

Several senior officers of the Nigerian army have been relieved of their duties for their alleged involvement in numerous dodgy arms deals. The decision was made public by Colonel Sani Usman, spokesman for the Nigerian army.

Cameroon Intelligence Report learned that many more are already under investigation by the National Commission for the fight against corruption. However, the identities of the officers have so far not been revealed. Our source in Abuja also indicated that the number of army generals involved in the scandal was still being kept like a nuclear secret.

President Muhammadu Buhari, in power since May 2015, has made it a priority to fight corruption in the fantastically corrupt West African nation.

CIR

12, June 2016

Italy rescues 1300 refugees at sea in a single day ⁰

Italy says over 1300 stranded refugees have been rescued at sea in a single day of naval operations through the Mediterranean. The Italian Coastguard said in a statement on Saturday that 1,348 asylum seekers of various African nationalities were rescued during 11 rescue operations in the stretch of sea between Sicily, Italy’s largest island to the south and North Africa.

The operations, which were coordinated by the Italian coastguard, involved the European Union naval mission Eunavfor Med, the Malta-based NGO Moas and a private tugboat. The refugees, including men, women, children and even toddlers and babies, were all reportedly transferred to Sicily. The picked-up people on Saturday brought the total number of rescued refugees to over 3,000 in the past three days.

Presstv

12, June 2016

UN Coordinator says Cameroon is a fertile ground for recruitment of jihadists ⁰

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Cameroon has warned that the security situation in the country is deteriorating at catastrophic rapidity. In a rare public interview she granted the BBC, Najat Rochdi said Boko Haram jihadists continue to attack villages and agro industrial plants on a daily basis in Cameroon. Najat Rochdi also indicated that the number of displaced Cameroonians has tripled to 190,000, not counting the 60,000 Nigerian refugees and 312,000 Central Africans who have fled violence in their countries.

The UN official stressed that “the impact of the violence is not over”. She made a clarion call on the international community to remain vigilant. For her, Cameroon has eventually become a fertile ground for the recruitment of jihadists. She sounded a note of caution that if humanitarian aid was not channeled to Cameroon, the giant of the Sub Saharan region may witness a radicalization of its youth population.

The atrocities carried out by the Nigerian Islamic sect, Boko Haram has claimed the lives of at least 20,000 people since 2009. A multinational force from Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Benin and Cameroon, has since last year weakened the group. But attacks from the jihadists are far from over.

CIR

12, June 2016

Prime Minister Philemon Yang announces free distribution of text books ⁰

Ever since the consortium of CPDM crime syndicates took over the running of political affairs in Cameroon, the textbook market has been immersed in a veritable mafia system where education authorities, publishers including school officials come together to enrich themselves at the detriment of parents each school year. Books in the school curriculum are increasing and regularly change and the prices too are exorbitant. This disastrous situation was recently brought to the attention of the Prime Minister and Head of Government by MPs. Correspondingly; Prime Minister Philemon Yang on the 10^th of June 2016 unveiled an action plan in response to concerns regarding textbooks.

Philemon Yang announced an unprecedented free distribution of Mathematics books to the Basic Education sector students. Cameroon Intelligence Report gathered that the Government has already implemented a number of measures including the creation of school libraries, the construction of multimedia centers and installing digital documents. The operation for the next school year will cost Cameroon, two billion 260 million FCFA.

Ebong Kingsley

12, June 2016

Cameroon’s Higher Education reforms: Minister Fame Ndongo in hot waters ⁰

Cameroon Intelligence Report has learnt that the Universities of Buea and Bamenda have blatantly refused any harmonization of academic programs in state universities in Cameroon. The so called harmonization program was made public on May the 30^th 2016 by the Minister of Higher Education, Jacques Fame Ndongo. The two Anglo-Saxon universities have clearly demonstrated their opposition to the move via a memorandum addressed to the Prime Minister and Head of Government.

In one of the arguments against the harmonization, the signatories of the memorandum told the loud sounding nothing Minister Fame Ndongo that the presidential decree that established the University of Buea indicated that it was created in the Anglo-Saxon tradition. They further added that harmonization is not possible as the Buea University is run by a Vice-Chancellor not a president. Moreover, the unique teaching language is English, unlike other universities, where French and English are used.

Rita Akana

12, June 2016

Douala: Gendarmerie officers force female journalist to undress ⁰

A journalist reporting for Sweet FM, a private radio station based in Douala was forced to undress by gendarmerie officers at the entrance to the Douala Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital. The reporter, revealed Clarence Yongo who runs the FM radio was on an intelligence mission surveying babies held in incubators at the hospital for non-payment of hospital fees. Cameroon Intelligence Report was reliably informed that a female nurse alerted her superiors of the unlawful presence of the journalist in the hospital.

Our correspondent in Douala who contributed to this report hinted the hospital authorities got the intervention of the Yassa gendarmerie brigade who forced the journalist, Jacky Tchamko to undress. A spokesperson for the hospital was quoted as saying Jacky Tchamko had no authority to investigate inside the hospital structure. The National Union of Cameroon Journalists protested against what it called human rights violation and has threaten to sue.

Sama Ernest