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The Ministry of Defense has organized a four day seminar to reflect on how retired uniformed officers can be beneficial to the Cameroon society. The think tank of the Ministry, in the company of experts, during the meeting, explored ways through which officers who generally leave active service within the Ministry can gain financially beneficial activities later.

Participants all agreed that it was possible through training and assistance before official retirement. Recommendations made during the four days of discussion have been assembled in a master plan for the socio-professional reintegration of ex-service men and war victims. This document shall be submitted to the hierarchy of the military for validation.

At the end of forum that held on the 30th October 2015, the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defense in charge of Ex-servicemen and War victims, Koumpa Issa expressed optimism, stating that it’s a new beginning for the retired men and women in uniform.

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03.Nov.2015

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The University of Buea (UB) admission figures were released on Friday, October 30, 2015, by the Vice Chancellor, Dr. Nalova Lyonga, as she chaired this year’s matriculation ceremony. Out of 6,085 new students, 3,285 are female. She explained that the figures excluded awaited results of competitive entrance examinations into other schools of UB such as HTTTC Kumba, ASTI, the Medical Schools and the College of Technology. The matriculation ceremony was also an occasion to solemnly obtain the promise of freshmen to abide by the rules and regulations of the institution.

Officiating at last Friday’s event in the Open-air Amphitheatre, the Vice Chancellor singled out lodging as a threat and called on private business persons to invest more in housing around the University campus in Molyko. "This would reduce accommodation cost and make life less tedious for young Cameroonians wanting to be more useful to the nation by pursuing their education", she added. She dished out motherly advice to the freshmen who are by their young age still vulnerable and naïve. “There is HIV/AIDS here everywhere,” she warned, urging them not to misuse their precious bodies as their future was still very much ahead of them. Dr. Nalova Lyonga had praise-worthy words for parents and everyone who contributed to the success of the freshmen in their secondary and high school education, and sued for continuous efforts so that the Bachelor’s-Master’s-Doctorate (BMD) system continues to succeed.

The Vice Chancellor urged the new students to avoid drinking alcohol and instead invest their health, energy, time, finances and character in studies so as to be happy graduates of the “place to be.” As it is the tradition, a successful professional was invited to deliver a motivating talk to the freshmen. It was the turn of Nigerian-born Udom Isong Amos, who is the Chief Executive Officer of the United Bank for Africa (UBA). He talked on humility, empathy, resilience, honesty, loyalty and all that builds a man physically and spiritually to sail through life.

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03.Nov.2015

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In a bid to foster women’s empowerment and gender equality in Cameroon and around the world, the UN Women; United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, office in Cameroon on October the 29th, 2015 organised a discussion forum on the theme “the contribution of men and boys to the promotion of gender equality and the emancipation of women in Cameroon”.

The representative of the Minister of Women Empowerment and the Family used the occasion to laud the efforts of UN Women as their activities fall within government’s action plan to foster women’s empowerment and gender equality with boys and men as main partners in the course. The Country Representative of UN Women, Adama Moussa, said the objective of the 9th edition of “Cafe Genre” is to evaluate the contribution of the male folk to the course, notably on communication on the universal challenges of gender equality and the stakes of male involvement, canvas for male support in gender equality and women empowerment as well as share experiences on ongoing efforts to ensure gender equality in Cameroon.

During discussions moderated by Prof. Nnomo from the University of Yaounde I, panelists drawn from the youth and communication sectors in the country took time to elaborate their roles as agents of change in advancing gender equality in Cameroon. The first speaker, a representative of the Director General of CRTV, Mrs Mama Nchare talked on how to change a purely male dominated organisation to gender balance organisation and for what results. Mrs Mama Nchare focused on CRTV as case study. The President of the Cameroon National Council, Jean Marc Mbafor shared ideas on youths and the construction of a society based on equality for a transformative change. At the end of discussion, it was revealed that men and boys have an inevitable role to play for the development of women in the society.

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The Ministry of Defense has organized a four day seminar to reflect on how retired uniformed officers can be beneficial to the Cameroon society. The think tank of the Ministry, in the company of experts, during the meeting, explored ways through which officers who generally leave active service within the Ministry can gain financially beneficial activities later.

Participants all agreed that it was possible through training and assistance before official retirement. Recommendations made during the four days of discussion have been assembled in a master plan for the socio-professional reintegration of ex-service men and war victims. This document shall be submitted to the hierarchy of the military for validation.

At the end of forum that held on the 30th October 2015, the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defense in charge of Ex-servicemen and War victims, Koumpa Issa expressed optimism, stating that it’s a new beginning for the retired men and women in uniform.

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03.Nov.2015

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The University of Buea (UB) admission figures were released on Friday, October 30, 2015, by the Vice Chancellor, Dr. Nalova Lyonga, as she chaired this year’s matriculation ceremony. Out of 6,085 new students, 3,285 are female. She explained that the figures excluded awaited results of competitive entrance examinations into other schools of UB such as HTTTC Kumba, ASTI, the Medical Schools and the College of Technology. The matriculation ceremony was also an occasion to solemnly obtain the promise of freshmen to abide by the rules and regulations of the institution.

Officiating at last Friday’s event in the Open-air Amphitheatre, the Vice Chancellor singled out lodging as a threat and called on private business persons to invest more in housing around the University campus in Molyko. "This would reduce accommodation cost and make life less tedious for young Cameroonians wanting to be more useful to the nation by pursuing their education", she added. She dished out motherly advice to the freshmen who are by their young age still vulnerable and naïve. “There is HIV/AIDS here everywhere,” she warned, urging them not to misuse their precious bodies as their future was still very much ahead of them. Dr. Nalova Lyonga had praise-worthy words for parents and everyone who contributed to the success of the freshmen in their secondary and high school education, and sued for continuous efforts so that the Bachelor’s-Master’s-Doctorate (BMD) system continues to succeed.

The Vice Chancellor urged the new students to avoid drinking alcohol and instead invest their health, energy, time, finances and character in studies so as to be happy graduates of the “place to be.” As it is the tradition, a successful professional was invited to deliver a motivating talk to the freshmen. It was the turn of Nigerian-born Udom Isong Amos, who is the Chief Executive Officer of the United Bank for Africa (UBA). He talked on humility, empathy, resilience, honesty, loyalty and all that builds a man physically and spiritually to sail through life.

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03.Nov.2015

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After chairing the Zurich working session as FIFA interim president our Issa Hayatou returned home on Saturday, October 31, 2015. Hayatou got a hero's welcome at the Nsimalen International Airport as a mammoth crowd including senior Cameroon government officials: Pierre Ishmael Bidoung Mkpatt, the Minister of Sports and Physical Education and Tombi A Roko, President of the Cameroon Football Federation were all present to receive him.

The Cameroon Football Federation and the Ministry of sports are organizing a special ceremony to honour him today Monday, November 2, 2015, at the Yaounde Sports Palace. President of the African Football Confederation for 27 years, Issa Hayatou was chosen to lead FIFA for a transitional period of at least five months with the main mission- to get Sepp Blatter's replacement.

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02.Nov.2015

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