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Some very disturbing news is coming out of the South West region. Our intelligence unit has learned that Helen Dina Essoka(senior superintendent of police) in Tiko has resigned from her position. Our chief intelligence officer in the South West region is yet to confirm this latest development.

Cameroon Concord gathered her resignation is linked to the Tiko Land Problem and involves the Governor & Regional Delegate for National Security in the South West. A security source in Buea noted her resignation letter has been sent to the Head of State President Biya via the Delegate General for National Security. We are monitoring this developing story and we will keep our Cameroonian readers posted.

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Ngwa Bertrand

31.Oct.2015

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The Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of Defense, Joseph Beti Assomo has ended a three-day maiden and fact-fiding mission in the Far North Region and he is en route to Bertoua. The contact tour of Maroua in the Far North Region which is hard hit by the Boko Haram insurgency started on the 26th October 2015 The Minister met with heads of all security units in the area who had the opportunity to update him on the situation on the field, the difficulties faced and needs of the Cameroonian troops.

The Minister congratulated the troops for their sense of commitment and show of bravery that has considerably weakened Boko Haram. He however emphasised on the need for the troops to remain united and disciplined. He also exhorted the men in uniform to maintain very good relatios with the civilian population that is expected to contribute in intelligence gathering.

The minister also held talks with representatives of civilian groups in Maroua, Kousseri and Mora. Special tribute was paid to the vigilance committees that have been so active in saving lives. The Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of Defence also visited some projects realised by the military to improve on the living standards of the people in the Far North. These projects included the renovation of bridges along the Mora-Kousseri highway and the improvement of the drainage system in Maroua. The Defence boss left the Far North Region for Bertoua in the East Region. He is presently assessing the security challenges caused by the political crisis in the Central African Republic.

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31.Oct.2015

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Some very disturbing news is coming out of the South West region. Our intelligence unit has learned that Helen Dina Essoka(senior superintendent of police) in Tiko has resigned from her position. Our chief intelligence officer in the South West region is yet to confirm this latest development.

Cameroon Concord gathered her resignation is linked to the Tiko Land Problem and involves the Governor & Regional Delegate for National Security in the South West. A security source in Buea noted her resignation letter has been sent to the Head of State President Biya via the Delegate General for National Security. We are monitoring this developing story and we will keep our Cameroonian readers posted.

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Ngwa Bertrand

31.Oct.2015

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The Cameroon component of the Central Africa Backbone project involving the laying of 916 km of optical fibre cables of approximately five priority links has received funding from the African Development Bank, AfDB. The agreement binding Cameroon and the AfDB was signed by the Minister of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Louis Paul Motaze and the Resident Representative of the AfDB to Cameroon, Racine Kane, at a ceremony in Yaounde yesterday October 29, 2015. It was attended amongst others by the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Minette Libom Li Likeng.

The AfDB by the agreement offers FCFA 24.47 billion for the four-year project. Other co-financiers are the World Environmental Fund with a grant of FCFA 8.63 million and Cameroon whose contribution stands at FCFA 4.8 billion. The project involves the installation and commissioning of 916 km of optical fibre cables, also comprising active equipment as well as power and cooling systems. It is made up of five sections, namely the Kumba-Mamfe (187 km), Mamfe-Ekok (82 km), Bertoua-Batouri-Kentzou (206 km), Sangmelima-Djoum-Mintoum-Ntam (331 km) and the Bamenda-Ndop-Kumbo (110 km), in the South West, East, South, and North West Regions respectively.

The sections are part of the critical links of the national optical fibre backbone (with terminals to neighbouring Central Africa Republic, Congo and Nigeria) that Cameroon in tends to cover with a view to rapidly extending its network to reach 20,000 km of optical fibre by 2035. Other regions like the Adamawa, West and North will follow suit after studies are carried out.

The link to neighbouring countries especially CAR, is expected to offer an alternative service for international traffic through under water cables with landfall points in Cameroon. By so doing, the costs of international connectivity should be reduced with the view of modernising the banking and postal sectors through the introduction of e-Banking and the adoption of hybrid mail by Campost. Like Louis Paul Motaze, Racine Kane stressed that the overall objective of the project is to reduce the high cost of telecommunications/ information and communication technolo gies in the sub-region, creating jobs and expanding the production of goods and services, thus helping to reduce poverty.

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Ngwa Bertrand

30.Oct.2015

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The Cameroon component of the Central Africa Backbone project involving the laying of 916 km of optical fibre cables of approximately five priority links has received funding from the African Development Bank, AfDB. The agreement binding Cameroon and the AfDB was signed by the Minister of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Louis Paul Motaze and the Resident Representative of the AfDB to Cameroon, Racine Kane, at a ceremony in Yaounde yesterday October 29, 2015. It was attended amongst others by the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Minette Libom Li Likeng.

The AfDB by the agreement offers FCFA 24.47 billion for the four-year project. Other co-financiers are the World Environmental Fund with a grant of FCFA 8.63 million and Cameroon whose contribution stands at FCFA 4.8 billion. The project involves the installation and commissioning of 916 km of optical fibre cables, also comprising active equipment as well as power and cooling systems. It is made up of five sections, namely the Kumba-Mamfe (187 km), Mamfe-Ekok (82 km), Bertoua-Batouri-Kentzou (206 km), Sangmelima-Djoum-Mintoum-Ntam (331 km) and the Bamenda-Ndop-Kumbo (110 km), in the South West, East, South, and North West Regions respectively.

The sections are part of the critical links of the national optical fibre backbone (with terminals to neighbouring Central Africa Republic, Congo and Nigeria) that Cameroon in tends to cover with a view to rapidly extending its network to reach 20,000 km of optical fibre by 2035. Other regions like the Adamawa, West and North will follow suit after studies are carried out.

The link to neighbouring countries especially CAR, is expected to offer an alternative service for international traffic through under water cables with landfall points in Cameroon. By so doing, the costs of international connectivity should be reduced with the view of modernising the banking and postal sectors through the introduction of e-Banking and the adoption of hybrid mail by Campost. Like Louis Paul Motaze, Racine Kane stressed that the overall objective of the project is to reduce the high cost of telecommunications/ information and communication technolo gies in the sub-region, creating jobs and expanding the production of goods and services, thus helping to reduce poverty.

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30.Oct.2015

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The President of the Senate, Marcel Niat Njifenji has met with the new Turkish Ambassador to Cameroon, H.E. Murat Ulku. Ambassador Murat Ulku who recently began his diplomatic assignment in Cameroon was at the Senate on Tuesday 27th October 2015 in line with his visit to prominent Cameroon government officials.

Both men discussed parliamentary relations between the two countries. Senator Marcel Niat Njifenji and H.E. Murat Ulku also exchanged views on the Turkish expertise in combating terrorism.

The meeting also provided an opportunity for discussions on designing of strategies to reinforce economic and commercial ties between Cameroon and Turkey.

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29.Oct.2015

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