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It was a dark Monday morning on July 13, 2015 with the population of Mbalangi, a village located about 7 km from Kumba on the Kumba-Buea highway in Mbonge Sub-division, Meme Division of the South West Region, where three members of the same family died mysteriously.

According to family sources, Mama Janette Cheche, 59, was discovered dead at her door at 10 pm on Sunday July 12, 2015. Her daughter, Lilian Lanji, 40, collapsed and died at about 10.30 pm as she was being transported to a nearby clinic in the same village. Lanji’s cousin, Eric Sembe, 40, who was running around making telephone calls to inform relatives and friends about the deaths of Mama Janette and Lilian Lanji, also collapsed in front of the said clinic and gave up the ghost after a few minutes.

Reports say before Eric Sembe’s death, he complained that in case he died, Justine Nji, the co-wife or ‘mbanya’ to Mama Janette, should be held responsible. According to sources, Mama Janette prepared food on that fateful morning, kept in the kitchen before going to church. After returning from service, she did not eat the food and instead rushed to attend a meeting. After the meeting, she invited her daughter, Lilian Lanji, whose house is just a hundred metres away, to dine with her alongside the cousin, Eric Sembe. After eating, they all separated but a few minutes later, a passerby discovered that Mama Janette had dropped dead in front of her home.

As the news got to Eric, he rushed to inform Lilian Lanji with whom they ate together, but met her rolling on the floor with foams coming out of her mouth. He then called the neighbours who tried to come to her rescue, but it was too late. As Eric was struggling to call and inform relatives, he also collapsed, with foams coming out of his mouth and later died in front of the local clinic.

The little children who lived with late Mama Janette Cheche survived the mystery deaths because they refused eating the food, saying they had earlier eaten enough rice in Lilian Lanji's house. It is alleged that Mrs. Justine Nji three weeks ago vowed to “destroy Mama Janette Cheche, Lilian Lanji and Eric Sembe and then go to jail.”  Meanwhile, investigations have been opened to that effect. Simon Sombe, the Divisional Officer for Mbonge Sub-division, who visited the scene in the company of the State Counsel and a Medical Doctor, ordered the arrest of the main suspect, Justine Nji, for questioning on the deaths.

As at press time, the autopsy reports were not yet available, but it is suspected the dead might have eaten poisoned food. Meanwhile, the three corpses will be collected from the Kumba District Hospital Mortuary on July 18, 2015, and taken home for burial in Donga-Mantung Division of the North West Region.

 

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15.Jul.2015

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Jailed former Minister of Territorial Administration MARAFA HAMIDOU YAYA caused a scene at the Yaounde General Hospital after learning that his legal team had been stopped from seeing him. The former minister is reported to have jumped out of his sick bed requesting to be taken back to jail room immediately, after being informed that his lawyers Alice NKOM, and Swiss born SASKIA had been denied access into his ward.  Fearing a security breach and a potential escalation of the drama, it is reported that the former minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization was quickly whisked back to the Gendamarie HQ.

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08.Jul.2015

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A French national died in his car late over the weekend in Douala the economic capital. Hervé Ansaldi, sixty years of age and director of a company known as Biopolicam, met his end on the wheel of his vehicle on Friday night, in Akwa, a hot area of ​​the Cameroonian economic capital. Local media reported that the tragedy occurred near the 4th district Roundabout. The body of the French citizen was deposited at the Laquintinie hospital mortuary. Douala is known for its giant traffic jams.

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15.Jun.2015

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The fire started after electricity returned to the area. More than 30 shops were engulfed by the flames. Cameroon Concord informant gathered from onlookers that the fire created a large fireball which then spread to the surrounding shops. Some of the shops that were not touched by the fire were instead looted by some criminals around the area.

Many shop owners were shocked and angry as they complained to authorities about the looting. All efforts by residents to reduce the fire proved futile.The firefighters arrived the scene some minutes after the fire started and managed to contain the damage caused.

According to a trader, the cause of the fire has been blamed on a short circuit that occurred when power returned to the shop buildings. However, an investigation has been opened to determine the true cause of the fire by the authorities.

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11.Jun.2015

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200 people have been killed this weekend on the Ladgo waterway. Cameroon Concord gathered that the tragedy involved 2 boats transporting 200 including those returning from a  wedding ceremony.Jean Abate Edi'i the governor of the North region has officially confirmed the accident and revealed that the Cameroon marines dispatched to the area are now undertaken what the governor described as "a recovery mission"---- an indication that all 200 passengers on board the two vessels are dead.  

Governor Jean Abate told state radio and television that 38 dead bodies have been recovered. On the causes of the shipwreck, our source evoked bad weather and a violent non-compliance with safety rules including overload.  The recovered bodies were immediately buried according to Muslim tradition.

The administrative authorities in the region have taken preventive measures after the tragedy including a ban on night travel by canoe. It is vital to include in this report that traveling between Ladgo and Mayo-Rey is by the river Ladgo.

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09.Jun.2015

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Cameroonian sports journalist, Issa Mamoudou is no more. The journalist, 40 and very famous in sport reporting in Cameroon was found dead on Sunday, March 29, 2015 in a hotel in the city of Garoua in the North region of the country. News of his untimely death has shocked the entire nation with his family and close friends saying Issa Momadou was apparently in good health when he left his family early in the weekend to the regional capital of the North. Police have launched an investigation in the hope to know the cause of death of the man who called himself "The waves Diamond".

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30.Mar.2015

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