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The lawyer of detained Cameroonian writer Patrice Nganang has issued a communiqué shedding more light on the situation of his client.

"I'm happy to inform you that I have finally found Patrice and we have spoken.

"He was arrested on [December] 6 and driven to Yaoundé in a vehicle which was already on standby," the lawyer has said. 

Patrice Nganang is detained by the judicial police in Yaoundé, with his phones and other items seized, according to the lawyer.

"He was told the reason for his arrest the following, which was that he had held the president [Biya] in contempt".

Nganang is accused of having posted 'unacceptable' information about Biya on Facebook.

It was not until 13pm on Friday that Patrice was given the opportunity to contact his agent.

The lawyer has added he would meet his client at 5pm [Friday ] for a defence strategy.

In the meantime, the detained author is in good health, the lawyer has revealed. 

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Rita Akana

08.Dec.2017

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A celebrated Cameroonian writer who wrote a piece critical of the government’s handling of a separatist crisis in its Anglophone region was detained at Douala airport on Thursday, his wife and lawyer said.

Patrice Nganang, a prize-winning poet, professor and author who lives in New York, was due to board a Kenya Airways flight to Nairobi and then onwards to Harare to join his wife on Thursday but never arrived. 

After 24 hours of trying to track him down, Nyasha Bakare said he had been found by his lawyers at a government detention centre in Yaounde, the capital.

“He’s apparently OK. That’s the main thing,” Bakare said, adding that the authorities appeared to be preparing for a legal hearing.

His lawyer Emmanuel Simh said: “He is accused of insulting the president of the republic, and after the hearings we will be able to give further information.” 

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Rita Akana

08.Dec.2017

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A dozen oF  people have died in fighting within Mamfe over the last 24 hours.

Baretanews reported that The number of gun shots could only be compared to that of Bagdard. We are told ADF restoration forces were sweeping through Mamfe town to Besongabang. As a result, field reports say about 12  forces were sent beyond this world, 11 gendarmes, 3 police and 6 BIR are seriously wounded and currently in the hospital in Mamfe. 

Meanwhile there has been conflicting reports on the incident from other news sources.Franch online news portal Camerooninfo.net reported that  At least six people have died in an attack on the gendarmerie headquarters in Mamfe.

One gendarme officer and five of the assailants lost their lives. Cameroon-Info.Net quotes a paramilitary source on the ground as saying that the assailants drove away one of their vehicles which was later found on the Mamfe-Bamenda highway.

At least nine other gendarme officers sustained injuries.

A nother report stated that at least 15 terrorist soldiers have been killed in Mamfe by a group of unknown civilians after several hours of shooting last night.

- The family of the SDO of Mamfe was attacked during the twin attacks. His child was reportedly beaten to coma.

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Rita Akana

08.Dec.2017

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A great part of Marché Bonamoussadi in Douala V subdivision has been ravaged by fire.

The incident, that began at about 5am earlier on Friday, has claimed no human lives,  it has been reported.

There's huge material damage, which is yet to be evaluated.

The fire is believed to have stemmed from a  short-circuit.

About ten shops are reportedly destroyed.


The fire was only put out at about 7am, two hours later by firefighters.

Reports say this is the fourth time parts of the market have been touched by fire since 2012.

In the meantime an investigation is underway.

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Rita Akana

08.Dec.2017

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Jean Bruno Tagne and Rodrigue Tongue Ndeutch are in the claws of the Biya administration.

The programmes, La Grande interview and L'Arene, which they host have been targeted by the regime .

The CEO of the media corporation  Emmanuel Chatue was instructed by the powers that be to censure both programmes because some participants had criticized the Biya government.

To ease the pressure from above, Emmanuel Chatue had decided to edit the programmes and remove the unwanted parts to please the regime. 

But then Bouba Ngomona and Carole Yemekong said it was contrary to the deontology of journalism.

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Tasha S.T

07.Dec.2017

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During opening session of Senate by the party Parliamentary group leaders, the brawl provoked by the rowdy demands from the Social Democratic Front for the Anglophone crisis to be resolved once and for all, irked one of the Senators from the South who openly declared that he had telephoned his son,who is a colonel of LA Republique Du Cameroun military to kill at least thirty Anglophones and count on his support.

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Concord Essen

06.Dec.2017

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