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Cavaye Yeguie is very upset with Paul Biya. That's the least one can say. During his speech today at the opening of the parliamentary session, observers couldn't help but be surprised by the statements of the President of the National Assembly, especially regarding the separation of powers. He called, in clear terms, for the executive to let the legislature function without any interference.

The President of the National Assembly emphasized, "I would like to remind everyone that Cameroon is a state of law marked by the separation of powers: the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial. They operate in total harmony under the Very High Direction of the President of the Republic, Head of State, Head of National Institutions. No one has the right to disturb this institutional balance. Everyone must stay in their place." Unprecedented words coming from Cavaye Yeguie Djibril.

In fact, for several months, the President of the National Assembly has been poorly receiving criticisms from the executive regarding the management of what he considers his "domain."

This morning, annoyed by the actions of Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, the man with the punk, Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Republic, and the director of the civil cabinet who is trying to impose Essiane, the former mayor of Sangmelima, as his Secretary-General, he vented in front of a small circle of close associates: "To replace Meva’a, who left the Senate, they want to send me a certain Essian. They are dealing with village matters as if the country belongs to them, and they bother me with my chief of staff."

The chief of the Mada village, convinced that he will be ousted in March despite everything, no longer wishes to make concessions. He refuses to alienate his family, as the dismissed Chief of Staff is the son of his sister and at the same time the husband of his daughter. "I am no longer a child to be imposed with all this. Gaston Komba and Ngoh Ngoh do not run the National Assembly; they should stop their blackmail," Cavaye exclaimed to his close associates.

The President of the Assembly returned to his residence this early afternoon quite frustrated, even saying that if the Presidency wants to shut down his institution, let it do so. "I asked for two billion to finish the year, but Ngoh Ngoh conditions this support on the dismissals of my collaborators and sons. Let him leave; besides, this audit committee that is essentially after my head will be dissolved; let Baoro go tell it to his Ngoh Ngoh," he indicated.

The next hours at the National Assembly are likely to be intense.

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General Brice Oligui Nguema, the head of the coup and leader of Gabon’s elite Republican Guard – the unit in charge of the president’s security – has been named as the country’s transition leader.

Nguema is an influential figure in the country and is believed to be related to the deposed president and, which is more important, to the USA.

“The president of the transition insists on the need to maintain calm and serenity in our beautiful country. At the dawn of a new era, we will guarantee the peace, stability and dignity of our beloved Gabon,” military spokesperson said.

Also coup leaders said there would be a curfew from 6pm to 6am.

Interestingly that comparing to the Niger case, there are no westwide condemnation of the coup. No immediate sanctions, no threats. This just confirms suggestions that this is a pro-US coup.

Gabon's Assala Energy says oil production unaffected by coup

Assala Energy, which is wholly owned by Carlyle Group (company in US), said its oil production in Gabon has been unaffected by the military coup in the country.

"We can confirm that all our personnel are safe, our operations continue as usual and our production is not affected," a company spokesperson said.

The private equity fund's non-U.S. energy arm first invested in Assala in 2017 when it acquired Shell's ageing operations in Gabon for $628 million.

However, earlier this month, Carlyle agreed to sell Assala to French producer Maurel & Prom, which owns and operates oil and gas assets in Africa, Europe and Latin America, including three licences in Gabon, for $730 million.

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Ni John Fru Ndi, Chairman of the Social Democratic Front has died in Yaoundé at the age of 82 following a prolong illness..

Sources close to the family say Ni John Fru Ndi, National Chairman of the SDF party passed away around 11pm Monday June 12, 2023 from an illness.

Ni John Fru Ndi was chairman of the SDF political party ever since its creation in 1990. After giving up a presidential candidacy in 2018, he announced recently that he would leave the leadership of the party at the next congress. He leaves behind a large family, party freinds and sympathizers to mourn his passing away.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbor and ally Belarus, bringing the arms to a country at the gates of the European Union.

Putin has previously issued thinly veiled warnings that he could use nuclear weapons in Ukraine if Russia were threatened, reviving Cold War-era fears.

He also said he would deploy depleted uranium ammunition if Kyiv received the controversial weaponry from the West, following a British suggestion that it could supply Ukraine.

Putin said the move to deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus was "nothing unusual."

"The United States has been doing this for decades. They have long placed their tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of their allies," Putin said.

Putin said he spoke to Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko and said "we agreed to do the same."

He added that Russia had helped equip Belarusian planes "without violating our international agreements on nuclear-non-proliferation... 10 planes are ready for this type of weapon to be used."

Russia has given Belarus an Iskander system that can carry nuclear weapons, Putin also said.

It will start training crews on April 3 and plans to finish the construction of a special storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons by July 1.

'Most harmful'

Putin also said that Russia would respond if the West supplied Ukraine with depleted uranium ammunition.

"Russia of course has what it needs to answer. Without exaggeration, we have hundreds of thousands of such shells. We have not used them yet," Putin added in an interview on Russian television.

He said the weapons "can be classified as the most harmful and hazardous for humans... and also for the environment."

Depleted uranium munitions are highly effective at piercing armour plate, but their use is controversial.

The metal is toxic for the soldiers who use the weapons and for civilians in areas where they are fired.

Putin has previously said nuclear tensions were "rising" globally but said Moscow would not deploy first.

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) has warned nuclear threats were creating a dangerous sense of uncertainty around their possible use.

The longer Russia's operation in Ukraine grinds on, the greater the nuclear strike risk, ICAN warned last month ahead of the offensive's first anniversary.

Nuclear threat

Putin announced last month that Moscow would suspend its participation in New START, the last remaining arms control treaty between the world's two main nuclear powers, Russia and the United States.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg slammed Russia for suspending the nuclear weapons limitation treaty with the U.S., saying it marked the end of Europe's post-Cold War arms control architecture.

The announcement came after Moscow last August suspended U.S. inspections of its military sites under New START.

U.S. officials have voiced fears that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it feels routed on the battlefield and could plant a fictitious story to justify its actions.

Russia has already spoken of supposed Ukrainian attempts to detonate a "dirty bomb," drawing strong denials from Ukraine and a sharp rebuke from the United States, which had rare direct communication with Moscow to warn against nuclear use.

Neither the United States nor Russia — by far the largest nuclear weapons powers — officially has a policy of no first use of the ultra-destructive arms.

Russian officials have repeated that Russia would only use nuclear weapons if it was facing an "existential threat" — but the definition of such a threat remains vague.

A recent U.S. posture review by President Joe Biden concluded that nuclear weapons should only be used in "extreme circumstances."

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TUNIS, March 26 (Reuters) - At least 29 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died when their two boats sank off the coast of Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, the Tunisian coast guard said on Sunday.

Separately, in the last four days, five migrant boats have sunk off the coast of the southern city of Sfax, leaving 67 missing and nine dead, after a significant increase in boats heading towards Italy.

Tunisia has taken over from Libya as a main departure point for people fleeing poverty and conflict in Africa and the Middle East in the hope of a better life in Europe.
Houssem Jebabli, a senior official in the national guard told Reuters that the Tunisian coast guard had also rescued 11 people off the coast of Mahdia, further north.

The coast guard said it had stopped about 80 boats heading for Italy in the past four days and detained more than 3,000 migrants, mostly from sub-Saharan African countries.

The latest loss of life comes in the midst of a campaign of arrests by the Tunisian authorities of undocumented sub-Saharan Africans.

According to U.N. data, at least 12,000 migrants who reached Italy this year set sail from Tunisia, compared with 1,300 in the same period of 2022.

According to statistics from the Tunisian Forum for Social and Economic Rights, Tunisia's coast guard prevented more than 14,000 migrants setting off in boats during the first three months of this year, compared with 2,900 during the same period last year.

The Italian coast guard said on Thursday it had rescued about 750 migrants in two operations off the southern Italian coast.

Europe risks seeing a huge wave of migrants arriving on its shores from North Africa if financial stability in Tunisia is not safeguarded, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday. Meloni called on the IMF and some countries to help Tunisia quickly to avoid its collapse.

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ACCRA, March 26 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Sunday that the United States will increase investment in Africa and help spur economic growth as she began a week long tour of the continent aimed at offering a counter to the influence of rival China.

China has invested heavily in Africa in recent decades, including in infrastructure and resource development, while Russian influence has also grown, including through the deployment of troops from Russia's private military contractor Wagner Group to aid governments in several countries.

"On this trip I intend to do work that is focused on increasing investments here on the continent and facilitating economic growth and opportunity," Harris said shortly after touching down in Ghana, the first destination in a trip that will include visits to Tanzania and Zambia.
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has sought to strengthen ties with Africa, in part to offer an alternative to rival powers.

In December, ahead of a U.S.-Africa summit, the U.S. committed $55 billion to the continent over the next three years. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $150 million in new humanitarian aid for Africa's Sahel region during a visit to Niger this month.

Biden is yet to visit Africa as president.

On this trip, Harris will also discuss China's engagement in technology and economic issues in Africa that concern the United States, as well as China's involvement in debt restructuring, senior U.S. officials said last week.

Harris will meet Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo this week and will visit a former slave castle from which slaves were sent to America during the slave trade era.

Harris will be in Ghana from March 26-29, then in Tanzania from March 29-31. Her final stop is Zambia, on March 31 and April 1. She will meet with the three countries' presidents and plans to announce public- and private-sector investments.

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