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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States has offered a $1000 reward for information that will lead to the arrest of a Nigerian national suspected of defrauding victims of over $5 million through an email scam.

32-year-old Kelechi Declan James, suspected to be in New York City, is alleged to have run a business e-mail compromise scheme that resulted in victims losing more than $5 million.

“As part of scheme, James and his co-conspirators defrauded victims across the U.S. by tricking them into wiring money to bank accounts the victims believed were owned by family members, friends, or business associates,” the FBI said in a statement last week.

They explained that the scheme was run in two ways: “by overtaking an e-mail account of an individual trusted by the victim and then requesting money be wired to a bank account; or by developing a relationship of trust with victim like an Internet romance and then asking the victim to wire money.”

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Rita Akana

18.Apr.2017

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Bat hunting is the new occupation that keeps the Bamenda boys busy during this tempting period. The abakwa boys now spend time at up station shooting down bats for sale with their locally fabricated catapults.

They recount, ever since they abandoned school, nature has provided them with new ways of passing their time; hunting bats they say has been great as they are sometimes able to shoot as many as 50 per day.

"I shoot averagely 50 bats per day if I stay here for the whole day and I can shoot even more if I start early" says a young bat hunter. 

Bats have also been a new source of income for the boys as the hundreds of people visiting or leaving Bamenda stop to buy one or two of the delicacy.

“Averagely we make between 10,000frs to 15,000frs CFA each from bat hunting every day” confirms a hunter.

"It is been long since I ate this. I cannot go back to Douala without getting some for my children. My children have never seen this and will be very happy when I show them" says a traveller.

Although the flying animals are plentiful now, hunters say they will soon disappear as the rains will increase. Nevertheless the hunters have vowed to wait until their prey returns again next season.

"When this batch will disappear, we will take appointment with them again next year, same time" says an overzealous young hunter.

Reports say, council officials may soon consider levying taxes on these bat hunters in view of the amounts of money they make on a daily basis.

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Ndi Derek Giyoh

29.Mar.2017

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A Cameroonian citizen  believed to be linked to a transnational counterfeit hard currency ring has been arrested alongside an accomplice and arraigned in a court in Nairobi -Kenya.Kenyan authorities say, the Cameroonian citizen by name Ousman Bako and a certain Mohammed Sani alias Mustafa from Niger, had been fleecing people in and outside Kenya of "colossal sums of money".
"We believe these are the kingpins behind printing money in exchange of dollars which turn out to be fake," Joseph Boinnet, a spokesperson for the Kenyan police said in a statement on Monday.
Boinnet said the arrest followed the receipt of an intelligence report indicating several people had been conned of more than Sh40 million in exchange of foreign currency shipped from Syria.He said CID officers carried out operations that led to the recovery of $693 million (Sh71 billion) and 369 million Euros (Sh41 billion).

"Money-printing machines, money cutters, scanners, five safes, two computers, chemicals, masks and foil paper were also found," he said.

Boinnet said the government will not let foreigners engage in criminal activities by taking advantage of Kenyans' hospitality.

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Rita Akana

13.Mar.2017

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08.Mar.2017

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If so, you may want to read Cameroon Travel Adventure while planning your trip. This book provides the inexperienced traveler to Cameroon with general information about food, safety, transportation, shopping, and more. It also contains a detailed travel log accompanied by hundred of photos. In addition, it describes some of the major changes that Cameroon has gone through over the last 50 years through the eyes of a former Peace Corps volunteer. Written and published by Paul Hamel and Darleen Guien, 2017, 172 pages. The book is available on Amazon.com.

Cameroon Travel Adventure was written by a former Peace Corps volunteer, who after 47 years, returned to Cameroon in 2013, to see how the country has changed. This book includes information on preparing for a trip, what to expect to find upon arrival, and a detailed travel log with hundreds of photos of Yaounde, Bafia, Bafoussam, Bamenda, Foumban, and Kribi. This book also serves as a guide for the newcomer covering important facts about ground transportation, safety, taking photos, language, luggage, telephones, health, hotels, money, eating & drinking, clothing, shopping. It book includes a short overview of the major changes that Cameroon has gone through over the last few decades. Topics range from the advances in communication, expansion of the availability of electricity, education, health care, roads, religion, clean water, sanitation, and government /politics.

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Paul J. Hamel (Author), Darleen Guien (Author)

02.Mar.2017

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cole Polytechnique Fédérale of Lausanne (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), in partnership with the magazine Afrique Méditerranée Business, just published the African Cities Lab, a study on the 30 best African cities, based on criteria such as quality of infrastructure, accommodation, spatial development, environment and ecology, development of the economic environment and governance.

In this top 30 ranking, the city of Douala gets the 26th spot, with an overall grade of 54.75 out of 100 points. The worst mark for the economic capital of Cameroon is on governance (33 points) and the development of its economic environment (41 points), while in terms of spatial development, Douala has one of the best grades in the continent (73 points), behind South Africa’s Johannesburg (76) and Egypt’s Alexandria (79 points).

At the 30^th spot in this ranking of the 30 best African cities, is the city of Yaoundé. The Cameroonian capital has a score of 54.04 points and also has a very poor grade in terms of governance (33 points) and for the criteria covering the development of the economic environment (40 points).

In the CEMAC zone, the two main Cameroonian cities are outranked by Libreville, the Gabonese capital, with a score of 56.67 points. Ranked best African city in this African Cities Lab ranking, Johannesburg is in this top 30 with four other South African cities.

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Rita Akana

01.Mar.2017

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