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Marafa Hamidou Yaya, the former Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, is currently hospitalised at the Yaounde General Hospital. The second appeal hearing in the trial of Marafa Hamidou Yaya, former Secretary General at the Presidency and ex-Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, and Yves Michel Fotso, business magnate and former General Manager of the defunct national carrier, Camair, held at the Supreme Court in Yaounde on April 5, 2016.
Alongside Sandjon Paho Genevieve Paul Gisele and Nkounda Julienne, the four were on September 12, 2012, convicted for embezzling about 21 Billion FCFA meant for the purchase of presidential aircraft, the Bbjet 2. Marafa and Fotso had received 25-year jail terms each while the other two accused got away with lesser sentences. Leading a seven-person panel of judges, Chief Justice Daniel Mekobe Sone adjourned the matter to May 3, 2016, after listening to the observations of the counsel for Marafa Hamidou Yaya, Barrister Patrice Monthé and the Advocate General, Ngatcha Esaie.
Barrister Monthé said his client was on admission at the Yaounde General Hospital at Ngoussou, pleading that any adjournment should be much longer because some of his medical tests might have to be taken abroad. Advocate General Ngatcha concurred by saying that he was also informed of Marafa’s health situation, pleading with the court to take this into consideration. Meanwhile, of all the four appellants, only Nkounda Julienne was present in court. Yves Michel Fotso, who was said to be unwell during the last hearing on March 22, 2016, was inexplicably absent; neither were any of his five lawyers present.
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A girl in her prime of life has just been raped and brutally murdered in Sangmelima in the South region of the country. The body of Nicaise Bessala, a student of Government High School Sangmélima in the Dja and Lobo division was found by some council workers. The murder of the girl has evoked emotion across the country.
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A young man, Nji Ange, 23, who is suspected to have masterminded the killing of his step mother, Jeanette Cheche, the step sister, Lilian Lanji and one other person on July 12, 2015, by dropping poison in their food (corn fufu), has been arrested. The incident happened in Mbalangi village along Kumba-Buea Road in Mbonge Sub-division, Meme Division, South West Region.
The suspect was arrested by gendarmes in Kumba when he resurfaced to visit his father who was lying sick in the Presbyterian Hospital, Buea Road, Kumba. He had gone into hiding for nine months after the poisoning. Sources said Nji’s father, who has been suffering from hypertension, immediately collapsed and died after hearing that the son, who came to see him, had been apprehended.
Nji Ange has been remanded and sent to the Kumba Main Prison to meet his mother who has been there for the past nine months as the main suspect behind the killing of the three family members. Both the mother and son are awaiting trial, while the corpse of the late father, has been taken to the Kumba District Hospital mortuary pending burial arrangements. Some people have suggested that the blood of the poisoned victims had been haunting Nji Aunge until it finally pulled him out of hiding.
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Airports are increasing becoming targets for terrorist groups worldwide thereby forcing countries to step up security in these strategic areas. Correspondingly, Cameroon civil aviation authorities have been on the offensive to ensure that airport facilities are not accessible to terrorists.
The director general of CCA indicated that the security strategy has been revised for Cameroon's international and secondary airport that will soon go operational. He was speaking in Yaounde while installing newly promoted officials to implement the strategy. 22 personnel at the civil aviation authority have been commissioned into their news offices with a task of translating government's policy into action.
The new directors say they are ready for business. As the air transport sector fights to ensure that airports are no go zones for unwanted guests, top officials of the civil aviation authority have instructed the newly installed to be relentless in their missions.
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A giant water project constructed within the Solar-Powered Potable Water Scheme by the South West Development Authority, SOWEDA, to the tune of 45 million in the Inokun village, Eyumojock Sub-division, Manyu Division has been commissioned. The ceremony that took place on Monday the 28th of March 2016 in Inokun was chaired by the Senior Divisional Officer for Manyu, Peter Tieh Nde accompanied by SOWEDA’s General Manager Dr. Andrew Ngome.
The Solar-Powered Potable Water Scheme, the second-ever in the South West Region, have a constructed stream catchment and overhead storage tank and also a supply and distribution pipeline of assorted pipes. The treatment station and Pump Sump contains an up flow roughing filter, slow sand filter and the pump sump. In the Pumping system, solar panels with a collector for direct supply to pump, submersible pump of Tmh=50, Q=201/min-601/min-1001/min and a control system including protective devices makes the water system unique. The Stand pipes, high point, low point chambers, valve chambers, stream crossing with GI 50 mm and concrete support on both ends including a fenced treatment station have been adequately constructed and equipped.
The micro-credit facility is an embodiment of recent measures adopted to sustain accurate water supply in local communities. The project falls within the Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry 2015 Public Investment Budget to carry out the construction of the Inukon water scheme worth over 45 million francs. Inokun is the second after the Njeke rehabilitation water Scheme still in Eyumojock sub-division, Manyu division constructed by SOWEDA. The water scheme was built with modern technology that makes use of renewable energy.
Speaking during the technical presentation, ASHU Stephen, SOWEDA’s Chief of Infrastructure told the inhabitants that “This water scheme we have just put in place in Inokun village is a solar pumping system. When we got here we realized that Inokun have surface water and in surface water you need treatment, and so we harnessed this surface water, constructed the catchment structure and channeled it to the biological treatment station. The treatment station is a combination of the up flow gravel filter and a slow sand filter, so filtration takes place in three different chambers”. Ashu Stephen added that the system has five panels that make up 1600 watts and with the submersible pump that pumps to the overhead storage tank. The capacity of the tank is 20 cubic meters and it is designed to last for 25 years.
Peter Tieh Nde, Manyu SDO sounded a note of caution through the management committee that no washing of dresses, bikes, and dishes should be allowed in the area. He stated the resolved by government to constantly ensure the wellbeing of her citizens with Inokun being no exception. The mayor of the Eyumojock council, Julius Nkom noted that it was a healthy transformation to the Inokun community in particular and the Eyumojock municipality. The 66 villages that make up the Eyumojock sub-division he said are all short of water supply.
For his part, the General Manager of the South West Development Authority, SOWEDA, Dr. Andrew Ngome observed that the 45 million francs project was highly commended as Cameroon makes it moves towards emergence 2035. Dr. Ngome pleaded for a well-coordinated control over the water system so as to guarantee its durability and to serve the community adequately. The SOWEDA Boss announced the training of a local management team to be put in place in the weeks ahead.
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The Japanese international Cooperation Agency, JICA has provided US$42 million for the continuation of construction works on the 67.5 km road connecting Lélé in Cameroon with Mintom in neighboring Congo-Brazzaville.
Public Works officials say the funding is sufficient to ensure Cameroon complete work on the project. The trans African highway is part of the Djoum – Ketta trunk road linking Sangmelima in Cameroon with Ouesso in Congo.
The total cost of the work to upgrade the Cameroon section of the Sangmélima – Ouesso line is around FCFA 119.80 billion. The road measures 651 km long, with 335 km in Congo and 216 km in Cameroon.
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Horrifying moment a woman SLICES OPEN a pregnant relative who had died in a doomed bid to save her unborn twins after hospital staff refused to help in Cameroon
- Gruesome mobile phone footage shows the moment woman was cut open
- The recently-deceased woman in Cameroon was carrying unborn twins
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- A relative then used razors to cut her open and deliver the children herself
- One had already died and the second died soon afterwards, it was claimed
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