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The bodies of Police Commissioner, Ousmaila Sago of Dabanga and Adam Hassan, Senior Police Inspector kidnapped by Boko Haram have been recovered by Cameroon Special Forces operating inside Nigeria. Cameroon government spokesman and minister of Communication revealed during a press conference in Yaounde that they were murdered and their bodies dumped in a border locality. This discovery has ended the mystery over the circumstances of their disappearance. The two officers were missing since 4 January 2015.

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26.Jan.2016

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Israeli former President Shimon Peres has been rushed to hospital for chest pains, a week after being treated for a heart attack. Emergency medics went hurriedly to the 92-year-old’s residence on Sunday night, when he reported that he was experiencing heart problems, Times of Israel online newspaper reported. According to his spokeswoman, Ayelet Frisch, paramedics performed electrocardiography on him at home and detected “light irregular heart rate”, but decided that he should stay overnight at Sheba Medical Center outside Tel Aviv for more observation and testing.

Last week the polish-born former Israeli president had been taken to hospital for a mild heart attack. Shimon Peres has held numerous official positions in the Israeli regime during his seven decades of political life. He has served as the Israeli president (2007-2014) and as the regime’s premier and military chief. Under President Peres, nearly 4,000 Palestinian lives were lost during two wars launched by the Israeli regime between 2007 and 2014. In the second war, which began on July 8, 2014 and ended on August 26, some 11,100 people – including 3,374 children, 2,088 women, and 410 elderly – were also injured.

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25.Jan.2016

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The French government made a positive donation of eleven P4 collective tactical vehicles with weapons, transmissions stations, 40 bulletproof vests and even helmets to the Cameroon defense forces. The gift was presented on January 21, 2016 in Yaounde by the French ambassador to Cameroon Her Excellency Madam Robichon.

The ceremony was held at the army headquarters in Yaounde and recorded the participation of ambassador Christine Robichon, the Cameroon defense minister, Joseph Beti Assomo and the joint chief of army staff Rene Meka.

The French gift valued at 318 million CFA francs is intended to support the Cameroonian defense forces in a war imposed on them by the terrorist group Boko Haram. For the French diplomat, it will give mobility, speed, firepower and protection to Cameroon special forces.

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24.Jan.2016

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The Head of the European Union Delegation to Cameroon, Ambassador Françoise Collet has hailed the recently published National Plan of Action for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Cameroon (2015-2019). She made the remarks on Tuesday January 19, 2016 after her audience with the Minister of External Relations, Lejeune Mbella Mbella.

The audience centred on the bilateral ties between Cameroon and the European Union. Both officials also talked about Cameroon’s support to the Central African Republic electoral process with Ambassador Colet giving Cameroon a pat on the back for allowing CAR refugees in Cameroon to take part in the election as well as the financial support for the organisation of the elections.

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22.Jan.2016

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The liquidator of the defunct Crédit Agricole bank that collapsed in the mid 1990s, Ekande Fréderic, will remain in prison until the end of his 10-year sentence handed down by the Mfoundi High Court in Yaounde on June 28, 2012. He was found guilty of embezzling 799 million FCFA, being money recovered from creditors of the State-owned farmers’ bank. The Supreme Court in Yaounde on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, dismissed the application to squash the sentence, saying the reasons advanced were unfounded. Earlier, Advocate General Mr. Justice Ngatcha had argued that given the gravity of the matter, if Ekande was granted bail, he might never return to the country since he has bank accounts in France.

In his appeal, Ekande, who, according to his counsel, Barrister Mong Antoine Marcel, was absent in court because he is seriously down with diabetes and a heart condition, wanted to be acquitted in order to travel abroad for treatment. He believes that given the manner in which Crédit Agricole was created, the funds he embezzled could not be termed ‘public,’ thus he should be set free. Ekande Fréderic was jailed for embezzling 799 million FCFA during his tenure as Crédit Agricole liquidator from 1997 to 2001. He swindled the money through several bank transfers to his accounts in Société Générale bank in Paris, France.

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21.Jan.2016

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The French ambassador to Cameroon seen with the former Minister of External Relations Pierre Moukouko Mbonjo when he was top in those days, will in the next few hours hand over equipment to Cameroon defence forces in Yaounde. Our Yaounde city reporter revealed that the French move is directed towards helping Cameroon cope with the new Boko Haram suicide attacks in the Far North region. Cameroon will be represented at the handing over ceremony by the Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of Defense.

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21.Jan.2016

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