17, August 2016
Cameroon: Land management experts meeting in Yaounde 0
Land management experts are meeting in Yaounde to seek solutions to land related problems and design ways of educating people on the procedures to acquire land.
The Minister of State Property, Surveys and Land Tenure, Jacqueline Koung à Besike opened the two-day conclave today the 17th of August 2016 in Yaounde.
The Minister amongst other things, called on the experts to make tangible contributions to the on-going land reform in Cameroon.
To the experts, the misinterpretation of laws on land in the country by actors account for the multiplicity of land disputes in Cameroon.
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17, August 2016
7 Cameroonian Boko Haram fighters arrested at Kouyape in the Far North region 0
9 Boko Haram fighters (7 Cameroonians and 2 Nigerians) were arrested late today Wednesday the 17th of August 2016 at Kouyapé by Cameroon Special Forces. Cameroon Concord News learned that the militants have been taken to Nguetchewé and remanded in custody. The seven Cameroonian Boko Haram members were recruited from Zenemé, Sanda-Wadjiri, Souledé and Roua-Wara villages in the Far North region.
The Governor of the Far North Region, Midjiyawa Bakari,has been working hand-in-gloves with the vigilance committee groups whose role alongside the army is more than ever crucial for intelligence. Their bravery is rewarded every day by President Paul Biya who recently decorated four non-state policing actors with the medal of knight of the Cameroon order of merit.
By Rita Akana