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Former SDF Douala four Council mayor, John Dangle Kumase has been discharged and acquitted. The Special Criminal Court in Yaounde found him not guilty of charges levied against him. He was accused of embezzling hundreds of millions, money meant for payment of insurance of workers, clean up campaign and rents generated from Council building. His lawyer Barrister Ashu Agbor says the SDF former mayor instead struggled to pay 400 million debt he inherited. He was discharged for lack of evidence.

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Nfor Hanson Nchanji

30.Mar.2016

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The Population of the North West Region is presently experiencing hard times due to the scarcity of cooking gas especially the SCTM brand. The price of SCTM domestic cooking gas which is the most consumed brand in the Region has skyrocketed from 6500FCFA to 8,500, 9000 and 10,000FCFA.

The Regional Delegate for Trade, Cletus Anye explained that the situation has been worsened by the fact that there is no SCTM gas depot in Bamenda. SCTM is among the seven gas brand currently in the Cameroon market. 

In spite of efforts made by government to have retailers interchange domestic gas bottles, consumers are still faced with resistance. According to correspondent report, the scarcity, though acute in Bamenda, is presently felt nationwide.

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CRTV

30.Mar.2016

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has stressed the strengthening of Iran’s defense capabilities in the face of enemy threats. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with eulogists on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad’s daughter Hazrat Fatemeh Zahra (PBUH) on Wednesday.

Ayatollah Khamenei noted that Iran needs to have boosted its defensive military capabilities in order to strengthen its position in potential negotiations. “If the Islamic establishment seeks technology and negotiations but does not have defensive power, it will have to back down in the face of any petty country that threatens [it],” the Leader said. “That they say the future of the world is one of negotiation and not one of missiles... if that is said out of ignorance, well it is ignorance, but if it’s said knowingly, it is treason,” 

Ayatollah Khamenei said. “The Islamic Republic must use all tools,” the Leader said, adding, “I am not opposed to political dialog, not with everyone of course. I am fine with political dialog on the level of global issues. These are times of both missiles and negotiations.”

Ayatollah Khamenei’s remarks come as the United States and some of their European allies are seeking a meeting at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Iran’s recent missile tests, which they claim were carried out in defiance of a UNSC resolution.

In a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Spain’s UN Ambassador Roman Oyarzun Marchesi, the US, Britain, France, and Germany have reportedly called for discussions on an “appropriate response” by the UNSC to Iran’s missile tests.

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Presstv

30.Mar.2016

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The Minister- Secretary General at the Presidency of the Republic of Cameroon, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh has met with Niger's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, African Integration, Madam Aïchatou Boulama Kané.

The Thursday 24th of March 2016 meeting at Unity Palace that lasted thirty minutes, provided an opportunity for Madam Aïchatou Boulama Kane to convey an invitation from the President of the Republic of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou addressed to his counterpart Paul Biya, to personally take part in his inauguration ceremony as President of the Republic of Niger slated for April the 2nd in Niamey.

President Mahamadou Issoufou like every other French surrogate within the African continent, won a second term amid protest according to preliminary overall results reported by the so called Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday, March 22.

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CRTV

28.Mar.2016

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Britain’s Prince Charles plans to visit Iran for the first official royal trip in more than 40 years, The Sunday Times reports. British government and royal officials are in talks with Iranian authorities about arranging a tour around the fall, the paper quoted a royal source as saying. “It is hoped that Prince Charles’ trip will help to boost trade and commercial links between the two countries, as well as marking a significant change in Anglo-Iranian relations,” the report said.

Britain is viewed with much cynicism because of its colonial past in Iran where the sobriquet “old fox” is widely used as a reference to the UK. In a litany of intrigues played on Iran, including a role in 1953 coup against the country’s first democratically-elected government, Britain was seen as the real power behind the “peacock throne” of a succession of pliant shahs. Philip Hammond became the first British foreign secretary to visit Iran for more than a decade in August last year and reopen the country’s embassy in Tehran.

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Presstv

28.Mar.2016

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Cameroonian MPs have reportedly promised to vote yes to a constitutional amendment that will enable the 83 year old President Biya to run for president in 2018 if the CPDM government makes available to each parliamentarian, a new 4x4 jeep. The members of parliament who are predominantly in their 70s and 80s have even openly petitioned the President of the National Assembly for a new car endowment.

The MPs in their letter to House Speaker, Cavaye Djibril, observed that they are badly in need of some kind of financial allocation for maintenance of their vehicles or if possible the purchase of a new one to brave the bad roads in the rural areas of the country.

The elected representatives believe that the time for them to get something more than the 10,000,000 FCFA, received in 2014 is now as the Cameroonian dictator intends to change the constitution that will eventually pave the way for him to seek another mandate.

The MPs also say their current vehicles are no longer fit for their multiple missions. Hence the need for a 4x4 jeep. The water shortages, load shedding of electricity and other unwanted harassment and scandals in hospitals, which affects the entire population seem not to be the concern of these Cameroonian MPs.

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Sama Ernest

28.Mar.2016

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