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The Minister of Higher Education has issued a communiqué which casts doubt on the quality of diplomas delivered by the International University of Bamenda. The statement was made on Tuesday on state broadcaster, CRTV.
The minister believes that Master's degrees and PhD diplomas delivered by the university are questionable until proven beyond reasonable doubt.
Authorities are expected to appear before the minister with copies of the diplomas they deliver. 
Heavy sanctions are pending if the call is not honoured seven days after the statement, warns Fame Ndongo.

Established in 1990 with registration number 000056, the privately owned University was approved and linked to many international universities for work and studies.

The University has sustained itself financially and academically for seventeen years,graduated 16 batches including doctoral graduates who serve as Teachers, Head of Departments, Vice Principals, Principals, Engineers, Agriculturist, Lawyers, Bankers, Business Managers, Inspectors of Education, Chiefs of Services, Delegates of Education, University lecturers etc.
 

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Rita Akana

28.Jun.2017

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With the rains on the morning of the 27 June, a bike rider and his client crossing the Bonaberi Bridge fell just under the rolling tyres of a heavy duty truck which did not hesitate to crush both of them. 

The wet rails is not friendly with vehicle tyres for when vehicle tyres come in contact with it, it tends out to be a slippery frenzy. We met one Mr. Stephan who was a victim and he said “all bike riders running on this road are quite aware of this trap and they tend to avoid crossing the rails when wet especially when there is coming traffic. This rider seems to be new and he did not have a second chance to correct his mistake for the incident claimed his life together with his client.

The corps of the two men has been taken to the Laquintinie Hospital Mortuary. 

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Rita Akana

27.Jun.2017

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A man of about 42 is currently in detention over the alleged murder of his father  in Douala. Achille Ndongo, as he is identified, reportedly sold the unique shop of the family at a market in New-Deido.
His father got frustrated , fell sick and  was taken to hospital where he died of cerebral-vascular injury on June 20,  Cameroon-Info.Net reports, citing Le jour.
The man had reportedly told his father he wanted to travel to Canada. His dad had welcomed the idea yet cautioned that they needed to save enough money with time.
The desperate man is believed to have suggested selling the shop but the father would not digest it, as the shop was the breadbasket of the family.
However, Achille appeared to have stood his ground and finally sold the shop.  
The new owner had appeared before Achille's father , making the  senior  man frustrated beyond repair.
When Achille learned of the drama , he went to accuse his mum of killing his father. The Logbesso Gendarmerie intervened and arrested  Achille, whom one of the  officers believed "is mentally sick".
The notion of going abroad is a disease in Cameroon and Africa as a continent. People gather money for decades to just to make their to the other side of the defence where the grass is believed to be greener. 

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Rita Akana

27.Jun.2017

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Dozens of people including Chinese Nationals have been arrested in Betari Oya in the East region by Cameroonian Soldiers for violating environmental rules and illegal immigration.

The matter has been tabled at the Court of First Instance while one of the Chinese Nationals raised a point on irregularities in the court procedure. Those arrested are being held at the Gendarmerie Brigade at Betari Oya.

The Chinese miners are out to recover the money spent to get mining certificates and so they do not want to incur an additional cost in discharging waste from the mining process. By so doing, they tend to pollute the environment which is a violation of environmental rules they themselves signed not to go against on their contract form. 

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Ivo Nsame

26.Jun.2017

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After an investigation led by the company commander of Mbouda, Patrice Dong Asseko, the whereabouts of a hidden “Banga” farm were discovered on the 19^th of May 2017.

The farm was spotted in the Batcham sub-division of the Bamboutous Division in the West region. This investigation began as a result of complaints by the population of that locality, about a farm where the illegal crop was cultivated. The forces of law and order from there, took the matter into their hands. “This is an operation which started a week ago. Following the information that we received, we began an investigation. And luckily for us, on Monday 19 May, we saw the farm” Patrice Dong revealed to La Nouvelle expression Newspaper.

By 10:00pm of that faithful day, the crime area was identified in the Balewang village. The owner of the farm, had his Indian hemp ground some 30 kilometres from the Mbouda town. This made accessibility to the area difficult.  According to the forces of law and order, they had to walk on foot for over 25 kilometres before arriving there.

The owner of the farm in question, has not yet been apprehended, but the population was assured that, not long from then, he will be fished out from where ever he is hiding.

The Cameroon law is against the cultivation of this drug as it increases the crime wave in the country. Most youths nowadays, after consuming the illicit product, tend to pose a threat to the people around them.

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Eyong Orlando

25.Jun.2017

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La Republique is a country of never-ending wonders. The question of wrong and misleading translations has become an integral part of our nation. In spite of the huge presence of so-called National Commission for the Promotion of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism, terrible translations still prevail, especially during examinations.

The case of the Advanced School of Mass Communication in Yaounde is so shocking that one does not know where to start from. This is a school that trains journalists and other members of the communications chain.

Let us start with the student identity card. On this card delivered a few days ago, “Nom” is translated into English as Name while “Prenom” is replaced by Surname. Most shockingly, “Matricule” in French is unaltered in English.

“Prenom”  in English is given name, first name or Christian name . “Matricule “refers to registration number.

The worst part of the story is the case of the end-of-year exams that ended on Friday. “Les caracteristiques du recit journalistique” was translated into English as “What are the characteristics of the storytelling?” on a question paper for Level II, journalism students.

 Another question on the same paper followed in the same line: “Comment s’articulent les relations entre les agents technico-artistiques en studio et sur le plateau?” The English version of this question read: “Relationship between the anchor and technical artistic agents in the studio and on the TV stage.”

We may not be translators yet there is every indication that something is wrong with these translations.

 In case you still doubt it, the examiners realized that everything was not going right and came in to propose an even-worse version of the second question in English while students were already several minutes into the exam.

We may have to end here, for there are many other cases that we can still examine.

This shocking reality leaves one wondering if Cameroon does not have trained translators.

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Rita Akana

24.Jun.2017

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