Cameroon

10, July 2016

Minister Martin Belinga Eboutou travels to France for medical reasons ⁰

The Director of the Civil Cabinet at the Presidency of the Republic has reportedly traveled to France for medical reasons. Martin Belinga Eboutou, a long time acolyte of the Cameroonian dictator, President Biya, smuggled himself out of the country yesterday night.

Cameroon Concord News gathered from an authoritative source that Martin Belinga Eboutou walked through one of the tarmacs of the Nsimalen international airport incognito looking a very sick man and boarded an Air France flight to Paris.

9, July 2016

Transport Minister installs newly appointed officials ⁰

Seven newly appointed officials at the Ministry of Transport have been commissioned into their various functions. The Installation ceremony that held on Friday the 8^th of July 2016 was supervised by the Minister of Transport, Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo’o.

The Biya acolyte said during the event that assiduity should be the watch word if production must increase. Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo’o congratulated the seven for the great efforts they made to win the confidence of the Cameroon government.

Among the newly appointed officials were directors and chiefs of service, in charge of the Ministry’s budget, road and Maritime transport, Rail way lines, the National Meteorology and the Communication service.

They are expected to ameliorate the Urban Transport and road security, investigate accidents and incidents in the aeronautic services, rehabilitate the meteorological network system, reinforce public information and restructure the Chantier Naval Industry in Cameroon. They were appointed based on Presidential decree No2016/2568/PM of 4th July 2016.

CRTV

9, July 2016

Cameroon: Beggars abandoned streets following adoption of new penal code ⁰

Beggars in Yaounde have abandoned the streets following the adoption of a penal code on begging, which promises sanctions to those guilty of aggravated begging. The article on begging stipulates that anyone who has a means of subsistence but begs to earn a living will be liable to a prison sentence of up to three years and a fine of up to 500.000 CFAF.

In the same guise, people who use visually impaired persons to beg shall be charged with aggravated begging. Following the adoption of this article, beggars seemed to have deserted the streets of Yaounde, for fear of the above mentioned sanctions.

Inhabitants of Yaounde have hailed the article saying it will help rid the streets of criminals who pose for people in distress.

CRTV

9, July 2016

Cameroon ambassador to the US holds talks with the King of Lewoh ⁰

Cameroon’s new ambassador to the United States of America, Etoundi Essomba has met with the Supreme Leader of the Lewoh people from the Lebialem division in Cameroon.

Veteran Cameroonian journalist, Asonglefac Nkemleke reported via his face book page that Ambassador Etoudi Essomba also held discussions with members of the Lewoh Cultural and Development Meeting (LECUDEM).

The Friday July 7, 2016 come together provided a rare opportunity for His Majesty Fotabong Lekelefac to hold talks with the State Delegate, Will Smith of Montgomery County. The traditional ruler and King of the Lewohs is currently on his ever first visit to the USA.

Soter Tarh Agbaw-Ebai (Cameroon Concord News Group)

7, July 2016

Sino-Cameroon relations: No visa restrictions for holders of diplomatic and service passports ⁰

Holders of diplomatic and service passports from Cameroon and China will soon travel between both countries without any visa restrictions. The visa exemption is in line with an agreement signed on the of 7th July 2016 between Cameroon’s Minister of External Relations, Lejeune Mbella Mbella and Chinese Ambassador to Cameroon, H.E. Wei Wenhua.

The Chinese Diplomat revealed that the agreement has a 45 years duration and was signed due to the good diplomatic relations between Cameroon and China. Minister Lejeune Mbella Mbella for his part indicated that many of such agreements will be signed with other great nations in the nearest future.

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5, July 2016

With a Far North dominated CPDM regime, Biya still donating food items and farming equipment to the Far North people ⁰

President Paul Biya after dishing out nearly all senior cabinet positions to the political elite of the Far North region has now resolve in donating consignments of food items and farming equipment to the Far North people. The president’s largess was sent to the people of Mosogo in the Mayo Moskota Division.

The Biya’s gifts were officially handed over by the Senior Divisional Officer of that Division, Julien Marcel Aseh. Beneficiaries all lauded President Biya’s generosity and noted that the donations will ameliorate their standard of living.

Mosogo is the chief town in the Mayo Moskata Division and it is located between Mayo Sava and Mayo Tsanaga Divisions, towards the borders with the Nigerian State of Borno. It is one of the localities that have heavily been affected by the Boko Haram atrocities.

Kingsley Ebong (Cameroon Concord News Group)

4, July 2016

Adieu Professor Tazoacha Asonganyi ⁰

The late Professor Tazoacha Asonganyi had a PhD in Biochemistry in 1980 from the University of London (UK). He did his PhD research in a Laboratory at Gower’s Street some few meters from Dillon’s Bookshop London, which he visited on a regular basis. During the same period he also worked with a Negritude Community Group (“Headstart Books & Crafts” London N15) which dealt in books on the history of peoples of African origin.

These two contacts outside his area of specialization caused a profound change in his education and did influence him principally. He was a fan of Cheikh Anta Diop whose books and many others with the same thrust he read during that time. He taught in the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaoundé 1 since 1985, training medical students for over 30 years. He was a visiting lecturer at many universities and published in many international academic journals including some 90 peer-reviewed articles.

His scientific research interests were in Sleeping sickness/Trypanosomiasis, River blindness/Onchocerciasis, HIV/AIDS. Following the inception of multiparty politics in Cameroon in the early 1990s, he emerged and became Secretary General of the SDF from 1994-2005. He then became the Permanent Secretary of the opposition CNRR in 2004.

He parted ways with the SDF in 2006 and published over 100 articles in newspapers and other media analyzing the political situation in Cameroon and many other African countries. He observed elections for the Carter Center USA in Ghana, and for the National Democratic Institute (NDI) of Washington DC in Nigeria. He was one of the highly solicited guests on CRTV programs like Press Hour and MORNING SAFARI.

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4, July 2016

Charles Ndongo says Biya is his savior and messiah ⁰

Appointments in CPDM Cameroon are not often seen as a virtue but as a reward from the head of state. This is the favor that Charles Ndongo recently got from the Cameroonian dictator when he was appointed general manager of the state owned radio and television.

Immediately after his installation, Charles Ndongo, publicly expressed gratitude to the president of the republic painting him as his “savior” and “messiah”.

Said Ndongo; “Biya has fundamentally and literally saved my life. I had only two months and some days to go on retirement but Biya has saved me. He is my savior and messiah. Thank you Mr President”. In Cameroon, retirement is seen by many CPDM militants as a kind of punishment.

Rita Akana (Cameroon Concord News Group)

4, July 2016

CPDM awards 20 medals to some Senators ⁰

Shouts of joy swept across the Yaounde Conference Centre yesterday, June 30, 2016 as 20 medals were awarded to some Senators and personnel of the Senate. The ceremony that took place in the lobby of the Conference Centre was chaired by Senate President, Marcel Niat Njifenji, in the presence of the Vice Prime Minister, Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of Relations with the Assemblies, Amadou Ali.

Three categories of State honours, notably, the National Order of Valour, National Order of Merit and Public Force medal were affixed on the chests of 20 beneficiaries by Senate President on behalf of the Head of State. The medals awarded to the recipients were part of the 2016 20^th May national distinctions to meritorious citizens.

Senators, staff and family relations who witnessed the solemn ceremony could not hide their joy each time the name of a recipient was called for the honour. Senators Ntube Agnes Njock and Mbella Moki Charles expressed satisfaction to the Head of State and said they would continue to serve the nation with loyalty. In an atmosphere of ecstasy, family relations handed bouquet of flowers to medal recipients. Meanwhile, the Senate Chairmen’s Conference met prior to the medal award ceremony to decide on the agenda of today’s plenary sitting.

CAMTRIBUNE

1, July 2016

Cameroon and France to sign the third Debt Reduction-Development Contract ⁰

President Biya and the French Secretary of State for Development and Francophonie, André Vallini, recently held what both men described as “intensive and productive discussions”. Cameroon Concord News learned from government sources that President Paul Biya stressed on bilateral cooperation, the fight against terrorism and the going-on within the European Union.

Speaking of the Development and Debt Reduction Contract (C2D) with his guest, André Vallini, the Cameroonian dictator revealed that the cooperation formula has been “useful, efficient, virtuous and concrete.” Beyond the C2D, André Vallini reaffirmed the commitment of France to participate in the development of Cameroon.

Biya also called for greater coordination in the fight against international terrorism and hinted that there was an urgent need for intelligence sharing among countries of Europe, Africa and the United States. The French minister was accompanied during the Unity Palace audience by a large delegation including the French ambassador to Cameroon, Christine Robichon.

Minister Vallini is expected to sign the third Debt Reduction-Development Contract, aimed at supporting the Cameroon’s development. He will travel to Douala today to inaugurate major urban development projects and sign an agreement with the urban community on the “Douala Sustainable City” project. Lastly, he will inaugurate the new premises of the Pasteur Center of Cameroon for Clinical Research on Malaria and will visit the “Foyer de l’espérance” in Yaoundé, a benchmark institution for the reception, protection and reintegration of children and young people.

Soter Tarh Agbaw-Ebai (Cameroon Concord News)