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Samuel Ivaha Diboua has been appointed governor of the Littoral region by the Head of State President Biya. A native from the Ocean Division, Governor Ivaha Diboua had previously served as deputy prefect of the Douala 4th district some 20 years ago.

The Cameroonian dictator also did appoint Gregory Mvongo as governor of the Eastern region, Kildadi Taguieke Boukar as governor of Adamawa and Nguele Nguele Felix, as the new governor of the South region.

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24.Oct.2015

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African Human Rights experts from 44 countries are meeting in Yaounde to sensitize and educate stake holders to prevent torture in the continent. The network of African Human Rights institution backed by the Swiss based Association for the prevention of torture, the European Union, the Commonwealth , La Francophonie and the United Nations Human Rights Commission and Freedom UNHCR, will share ideas on how to evaluate their activities over three years.

Prime Minister Philemon Yang opened the session on Wednesday 22nd October 2015. The Network of African Human Rights against torture during the forum unanimously examined how mainstream torture can be prevented. The African Human Rights Commission and Freedom all agreed to work together with their governments to ensure that all forms of torture are stopped. The conference ends on Friday the 23th October 2015 with a Yaounde Declaration on the prevention of torture.

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23.Oct.2015

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The Cameroon Society of Epidemiology is currently undertaking a one-year national survey of the incidence of snake bites in the country. The study, which began last December 2014, ends in December 2015. After 41 weeks of activity, the figures are alarming – 32 deaths and 1,869 people bitten by snakes in the country. According to the President of the Cameroon Society of Epidemiology, Dr Armand Nkwescheu, the three northern regions of Far North, North and Adamawa, account for 739 of the 1,869 cases or 40 per cent. Correspondingly, 23 of the 32 deaths were also in the three northern regions, giving a total of 72 per cent. Only the South West and North West Regions are yet to record any deaths since the survey began.

Statistics show that Cameroon has about 150 snake species, out of which 32 are venomous. Dr Nkwescheu explained that the toll of morbidity caused by amputations and other consequences of snake bites are high. He added that snake bites kill more people each year than either poliomyelitis or measles. Women, children and farmers in poor rural communities suffer more from snake bites. However, facilities to manage snake bites are not adequate in many health centres in Cameroon. Health staffs are not often abreast with new developments and quite often, anti-venom serum for treating patients is expensive and most of the times completely absent.

The Cameroon Society of Epidemiology has announced the organization of an international workshop on managing snake bites from November 4-6, 2015 in Yaounde. The workshop is intended to empower at least 100 health professionals for optimal care of snake bite victims in Cameroon. The training will be sponsored by the Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with the African Society of Venimology.

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23.Oct.2015

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Amadou Vamoulké, General Manager of the Cameroon Radio and Television has said there was an urgent need to promote our Cameroonian way of life. Amadou Vamoulke, whose detractors have been fighting hard to tarnish his hard earn reputation made the pronouncement during an interview with Cameroon Tribune.

Cameroon Tribune: What informed the organisation of the just-ended CRTV National Forum on Programmes?

Amadou Vamoulke: Defining a programme policy for television is not easy; especially in the current media environment that is characterised by a multiplicity of offers from both national and international channels. This new dispensation is also characterised by the shift from analogue to digital broadcasting that entails an unlimited range of programmes. As a public broadcaster, we felt that we needed the input of the public in selecting and preparing our programmes. We wanted different viewers and listeners to assess what we do and tell us their expectations.

The suggestions we received from the public from October 20-22, 2015 will enable us to move forward in planning programmes for the six specialised television channels; up from the one that exists now. We hope that at the end of the day, CRTV will become more attractive. More importantly, the attention of Cameroonians needs to be focused on national issues instead of what is happening abroad. This means CRTV programmes need to become more interesting in order to keep viewers off what tends to distract their attention.

Cameroon Tribune: What were some of the highlights of the forum?

Amadou Vamoulke: The most important was the recommendation to widen the scope of our programmes. This was not possible before with only one general TV channel. The Chairman of the CRTV National Forum on Programmes spoke of the need to promote the Cameroonian way of life; which we have not been showing until now. On the other hand, things have to be done in a more professional manner and the necessary means provided for CRTV to live up to expectations. This is a call to government to provide the minimum means necessary for CRTV’s proper take-off.

A lot of important things were said, but all of them can be summarised in the recommendation that the attention of Cameroonians needs to be captured and retained on burning national issues. Another thing that came out from the forum was that CRTV is much loved by the public. As a result, they would like to see it become a media house to reckon with in Cameroon and abroad.

Cameroon Tribune: Now that the recommendations are already there, when can we expect some of the new channels to go operational?

Amadou Vamoulke: We are not being pretentious, though we do not also want to neither rush things nor procrastinate. Among the six channels, the news channel is almost ready. We dispatched a team to France and other countries to find out how news channels are managed, the challenges faced and how they were overcome. All of this will be taken into consideration, given that we have already started gathering news content. The news channel is easier to run because it depends on day-to-day happenings. We are waiting to see the preparation of next year’s budget. The first new channel may go operational in the first quarter of 2016; and others will follow suit.

The media environment is moving very fast with globalisation, digital broadcasting and post-modernism. As a public broadcaster, we need to regularly ask ourselves if we have been playing our role properly by finding out what the audience wants and to adjust accordingly. We also need to continuously go for the truth in order to remain relevant in the eyes of the public.

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Ngwa Bertrand

23.Oct.2015

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African Human Rights experts from 44 countries are meeting in Yaounde to sensitize and educate stake holders to prevent torture in the continent. The network of African Human Rights institution backed by the Swiss based Association for the prevention of torture, the European Union, the Commonwealth , La Francophonie and the United Nations Human Rights Commission and Freedom UNHCR, will share ideas on how to evaluate their activities over three years.

Prime Minister Philemon Yang opened the session on Wednesday 22nd October 2015. The Network of African Human Rights against torture during the forum unanimously examined how mainstream torture can be prevented. The African Human Rights Commission and Freedom all agreed to work together with their governments to ensure that all forms of torture are stopped. The conference ends on Friday the 23th October 2015 with a Yaounde Declaration on the prevention of torture.

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Ngwa Bertrand

23.Oct.2015

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Amadou Vamoulké, General Manager of the Cameroon Radio and Television has said there was an urgent need to promote our Cameroonian way of life. Amadou Vamoulke, whose detractors have been fighting hard to tarnish his hard earn reputation made the pronouncement during an interview with Cameroon Tribune.

Cameroon Tribune: What informed the organisation of the just-ended CRTV National Forum on Programmes?

Amadou Vamoulke: Defining a programme policy for television is not easy; especially in the current media environment that is characterised by a multiplicity of offers from both national and international channels. This new dispensation is also characterised by the shift from analogue to digital broadcasting that entails an unlimited range of programmes. As a public broadcaster, we felt that we needed the input of the public in selecting and preparing our programmes. We wanted different viewers and listeners to assess what we do and tell us their expectations.

The suggestions we received from the public from October 20-22, 2015 will enable us to move forward in planning programmes for the six specialised television channels; up from the one that exists now. We hope that at the end of the day, CRTV will become more attractive. More importantly, the attention of Cameroonians needs to be focused on national issues instead of what is happening abroad. This means CRTV programmes need to become more interesting in order to keep viewers off what tends to distract their attention.

Cameroon Tribune: What were some of the highlights of the forum?

Amadou Vamoulke: The most important was the recommendation to widen the scope of our programmes. This was not possible before with only one general TV channel. The Chairman of the CRTV National Forum on Programmes spoke of the need to promote the Cameroonian way of life; which we have not been showing until now. On the other hand, things have to be done in a more professional manner and the necessary means provided for CRTV to live up to expectations. This is a call to government to provide the minimum means necessary for CRTV’s proper take-off.

A lot of important things were said, but all of them can be summarised in the recommendation that the attention of Cameroonians needs to be captured and retained on burning national issues. Another thing that came out from the forum was that CRTV is much loved by the public. As a result, they would like to see it become a media house to reckon with in Cameroon and abroad.

Cameroon Tribune: Now that the recommendations are already there, when can we expect some of the new channels to go operational?

Amadou Vamoulke: We are not being pretentious, though we do not also want to neither rush things nor procrastinate. Among the six channels, the news channel is almost ready. We dispatched a team to France and other countries to find out how news channels are managed, the challenges faced and how they were overcome. All of this will be taken into consideration, given that we have already started gathering news content. The news channel is easier to run because it depends on day-to-day happenings. We are waiting to see the preparation of next year’s budget. The first new channel may go operational in the first quarter of 2016; and others will follow suit.

The media environment is moving very fast with globalisation, digital broadcasting and post-modernism. As a public broadcaster, we need to regularly ask ourselves if we have been playing our role properly by finding out what the audience wants and to adjust accordingly. We also need to continuously go for the truth in order to remain relevant in the eyes of the public.

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Ngwa Bertrand

23.Oct.2015

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