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South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has returned to hospital for treatment barely a  week after leaving a Cape hospital following a concentrated antibiotic treatment for a "persistent infection." The Nobel Peace Prize winner was readmitted after reporting some discomfort revealed his wife Leah. 

The daughter of Desmond Tutu, Mpho, was quoted as saying that the hospitalization of his father 83 years old was not related to treatment for his cancer. Desmond Tutu has been suffering from prostate cancer for several years now. A popular figure in the struggle against apartheid, Archbishop Tutu is noted for relentlessly being critical of the imperfections of his country and denounces regularly the failings of the ANC and Nelson Mandela's successors.

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Ngwa Bertrand

29.Jul.2015

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I have just heard the sad news of another explosion in the town of Maroua, a third in less than 72 hours. While waiting for more precise information on the casualities from this third attack, it goes without saying that these vile acts against our civilians and soldiers and innocent compatriots also seek to disorient and instill fear in a population that is already traumatized by terrorist acts of extremists on our borders in the Extreme North region.

We need to redouble our vigilance and engage in strong mobilization of the population in symbiosis with the security services to track these installers of street bombs and eventually eradicate and free our country of jihadists and their adepts.

I hereby express my condolences to the bereaved families, and reassure them of our solidarity and our support and encouragement in these difficult times for them and for our fatherland.

Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh

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Ngwa Bertrand

26.Jul.2015

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Police have opened fire on a car which tried to crash through barriers set up for the final stage of the Tour de France in Paris. The car escaped with its two occupants apparently unharmed after coming under fire in the Place de la Concorde. Hundreds of thousands of people gather in the Place de la Concorde and the Champs Elysees for the final leg of the Tour de France. 

The race is due to arrive there later in the day. Police official Luc Poignant said officers were finishing setting up the barricades for the race when the car tried to crash through the barriers. Officers opened fire on the car, which ultimately drove away. Poignant told the BFM television network that no officers were injured. The final stage of the Tour de France is due to begin at 3.35pm, leaving from Sevres, a town southwest of Paris.The riders are then due to arrive in the French capital at around 4.30pm and do 10 laps around the Champs-Elysees before finishing at Place de la Concorde at about 6pm.

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Ngwa Bertrand

26.Jul.2015

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Unconfirmed reports from the nation's capital Yaounde say a European has been arrested with explosives. Cameroon Concord is yet to verify the correctness of this developing story. 

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Ngwa Bertrand

25.Jul.2015

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Cameroon has released the European citizen arrested this morning with his driver in Yaounde. After very intensive and productive cross-checking,security services were able to established that he was a Western journalist whose name they did not revealed. The EU citizen was arrested following a false alarm.  Our intelligence officers in Yaounde hinted it was a CPDM concoction aimed at assuring the population that our policing services were in total control of the security situation in the country.

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Ngwa Bertrand

25.Jul.2015

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Austrian President Heinz Fischer will become the first European head of state to visit Iran following the successful conclusion of nuclear talks between the Islamic Republic and the P5+1. A statement by the Austrian Presidency on Friday said Fisher will be on an official working visit to Tehran from September 7 to 9, according to The Local Austria digital news publisher.

Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz as well as Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner will accompany Fisher in his trip to Tehran. Fischer’s trip to Tehran will be the first such visit by a leader of a member state of the European Union (EU) since former Austrian President Thomas Klestil traveled to Tehran in January 2004. 

The EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, is also due in Tehran next week, according to a statement by her office issued on Wednesday. Earlier, two high-ranking Iranian officials met Fisher in Vienna as part of efforts aimed at increasing the level of economic cooperation between the two countries. The meeting at Hofburg Palace saw Fisher discussing ways of boosting bilateral trade and business activities with Iran’s Vice-President for Scientific and Technological Affairs Sorena Sattari and Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh.

During the meeting, Fischer said he is very pleased about his upcoming official visit to Tehran, saying a high-ranking economic, scientific, cultural and media delegation will accompany him during the trip.

Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers finalized the text of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vienna on July 14, after 18 days of intense negotiations that capped around 23 months of talks between Iran and the six other countries.

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Ngwa Bertrand

24.Jul.2015

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