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As pressure continues to mount on President Biya to retire before 2018, the Sultan of the Bamoum people, Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya has made a clarion call on the Cameroonian dictator, Paul Biya to convene an extraordinary congress of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM). 

Sultan Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, who held several cabinet positions in the Biya regime and whose chieftaincy title is still being contested by the Dr. Adamou Ndam Njoya faction also added that the head of state should consult with the political bureau of the ruling CPDM party soonest. The Sultan who is backing President Biya's bid to seek another mandate in 2018 stated that it is not necessary to wait three years to undertake appropriate policy measures.

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Elangwe Pauline

23.Feb.2016

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Madam Françoise Angouing, wife of the Minister of Public Service who was told that she cannot be a candidate for the election to the presidency of the Kadey I Northern CPDM section has been speaking of the bad aspects of tribalism in Cameroon politics. Madam Angouing was reminded during the renewal operation of the CPDM basic organs in December 2015 that she was not from Batouri and does not even reside there. She is actually from from Ngéulebog but was however raised in Batouri. 

Elected head of the Kadey North 1 section, the wife of the Minister of Public Service during her first technical working session and meet the people tour noted that tribalism was hindering the development of the nation. In the working session which held on February 7, Françoise Angouing launched a warning against the "theoreticians of tribalism. Said the Minister's wife, "Those who want to sink the Kadey I Section today will not succeed because they themselves do not have life jackets".

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Elangwe Pauline

21.Feb.2016

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The Douala police service has banned the distribution of any newspaper calling on President Biya to retire. The decision was made to prevent activists of the African Movement for New Independence and Democracy (Manidem) from circulating a party publication bearing the message: "No to Biya's bid for the presidency in 2018".

Cameroon Concord's Douala bureau chief reported earlier that security agents have been deployed all over the streets of Douala confiscating anti Biya leaflets. The president of the Manidem group, Dieudonne Yebga in one of the press releases noted that Biya has the last chance to leave through the front door. 

Copies of the Manidem newspaper were seized and destroyed from the hands of vendors who were selling at the Deido Roundabout.

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Elangwe Pauline

19.Feb.2016

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The Federal Republic of Germany seeks to assist Cameroon boost economic growth, youth employment, rural development, protect natural resources and diversify energy sources by improving on trade and business relations between both countries. This was reiterated recently at the National Assembly by a visiting delegation of the members of the German Parliament led by the President of the Parliamentary Commission for Economic Cooperation and Development, Mrs Dagmar Wöhrl, during a meeting with Senior Vice Speaker, Honourable Hilarion Etong. 

After the meeting, Dagmar Wöhrl hinted that the “fruitful discussions” aimed at seeking new avenues not only to strengthen trade and economic relations but also to upgrade relations between the two parliaments on the level of commissions and bilateral parliamentary friendship groups. The meeting also provided an opportunity for the guests to reaffirm Germany’s solidarity with Cameroon against the threat of terrorism.

The delegation included the President of the Parliamentary Commission for Economic Affairs and Energy, Dr. Peter Ramssauer who saw a multitude of options and great potential for strengthening relations especially in the domain of renewable energy which his country is progressively adopting to the detriment of nuclear and fossil energy. The German MP hailed historic ties between both countries as well as the speaking and learning of the German language by many Cameroonians. The delegation which was accompanied by German Ambassador to Cameroon, H.E. Holger Mahnicke, ends its five-day visit today February 5, 2016.

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Elangwe Pauline

09.Feb.2016

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Phase I of the trial of the former General Manager of the defunct national carrier has been suspended while awaiting the ruling of the Supreme Court. The Special Criminal Court, SCC in Yaounde on August 4, 2015, accepted to suspend proceedings in Phase I of the two trials involving Yves Michel Fotso, the former General Manager of Cameroon Airlines, Camair, the defunct national carrier. Yves Michel Fotso is accused of embezzling FCFA 18.9 billion between 2000 and 2002. 

The suit, filed by Camair’s Liquidation Committee and the State of Cameroon, concerns FCFA 4 billion, FCFA 4.6 billion, and FCFA 8.9 billion, all compensation for the famous Boeing 747 ‘Combi’ aircraft as well as FCFA 1.4 billion, being the worth of the aircraft’s wreckage. By making the ruling, Mr. Justice Moukoury Francis, the lead judge in the trial, agreed with the submission made on July 16, 2015 by Barrister Achet Najnijni, counsel for Fotso.

In his written submission, copies of which were distributed to court officials, the lawyer reminded the court that the matter under consideration was last June appealed at the Supreme Court on the grounds of violations of the rights of the accused according to Article 473 of the Criminal Procedure Code. He recalled that the court last month rejected Fotso’s request to have charges against him dropped since he had already started reimbursing the amount he was accused of embezzling.

Consequently, Barrister Achet argued that while waiting for a specialised unit of the Supreme Court to rule on the appeal within a specific time frame, it was but normal for the SCC to suspend proceedings on the matter. After consulting briefly with colleagues, the leader of the trial team, Mr. Justice Moukoury Francis, and Mr. Justice Michel Onana and Mr. Justice Nyassa, adjourned the matter to July 29, 2015, at the request of the prosecution. When hearing resumed on July 29, 2015, both the Advocate General and counsel for the State, had no objection to Barrister Achet’s earlier submission.

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Ngwa Bertrand

07.Aug.2015

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The government of Cameroon has decided to upgrade the Tiko airport from category C in which it has been operating since its creation to category B. A committee in charge of rehabilitating the airport is already in place, working to identify all illegal occupants of the land harbouring the airport site. The Senior Divisional Officer for Fako, South West Region, Zang III, is leading the team. 

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Ngwa Bertrand

06.Aug.2015

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