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Biya has schedule Senatorial Election for March 25 and convoked the electoral college comprising Mayors and municipal Councillors. The cavalier manner in which the electoral college was convoked reinforces Cameroon's international image as a country with highly dysfunctional institutions where bizarre things happen. Cameroon is really a Banana Republic. Barring any upset, the CPDM is expected to win since they control a majority of the Councils all over the country. Although Biya still has to appoint three (3) Sin-ators from each region, what if people like Nfon Mukete, Chief Tabetando, Achidi Achu et al come out to say there should be no elections in the SW and NW until Biya ends his anti-Anglophone jihad?

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Ekinneh Agbaw-Ebai

07.Feb.2018

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Violence reignited across the North West Region. The past two days sporadic gun shots have been reported across the city of Bamenda and beyond. Schools continue to be razed to the ground by yet to be identified arsonist.

The latest case of such misfortune is GTHS Mbatu that got roasted last night. This is very lamentable because no arsonist has ever been arrested despite the fact that these school premises are purportedly heavily guarded by the Gendarmes as well as the BIR. 

Five corpses of some civilians killed by the security agents in their violent crack down on the population under the guise of fighting terrorist and terrorism. The corpses are as follows: Mesuh Promise,27,Claude Keutche Sitcheping, an engineer 47. Both are alleged to have been shot in Belo. 

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Rita Akana

06.Feb.2018

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After the illegal abduction of the interim president of Ambazonia, Ayuk Tabe& his team in Nigeria & eventually sent to Cameroon,where they could stand trial starting next week, the interim gov't of the restorationist have appointed: Dr Samuel Ikome Sako commonly known as commonsense, as acting President & Mr Milton Taka, acting deputy.Both personalities will henceforth take over the duties of running the affairs of the cabinet while waiting on the fate of those arrested.

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Rita Akana

05.Feb.2018

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There has been uncertainty, fear and a tense atmophere in Bamenda, The main city of the NW region of Cameroon early Monday, 5. February 2018. Streets across the city are all empty and businesses closed.The situation is tensed.This comes after a weekend of heavy gun firing by unidentified individuals all across the city over the weekend, which convinced parents to defy gov't orders to send their children to school".

Seasoned journalist Elie Smith reported that,after verifications from different sources on the ground, I can confirm that, exchange of gunshots took place in several neighborhoods of Bamenda as at when I made my first tweet on the subject. I will be bringing you causality figures soon.

Meanwile in Mamfe, there is also a serious town,Elie Smith writes. I have just been told that, like in Bamenda, intense gunshots throughout the night, has forced inhabitants to stay in doors. Unlike Bda, where those shooting are not known,in Mamfe, my contacts said, it was Cam security forces shooting, in a bid to frighten off Amba Tigers infiltrations.

 

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Rita Akana

05.Feb.2018

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The incident reportedly happened at 10:00 GMT on Saturday in the town of Macerata, the BBC has reported, citing local media reports.

The suspect, identified locally as Luca Traini, 28, might have acted in what is likely a revenge attack following the alleged murder of an Italian woman, in connection for which a male immigrant from Nigeria has been detained.

Pamela Mastropietro was found dead on Wednesday, dismembered and packaged in two suitcases, reports have said.

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04.Feb.2018

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France condemned on Friday attacks by suspected English-speaking separatists in Cameroon that killed three gendarmes on Thursday, but urged the Cameroonian government to engage in dialogue to stop an escalation in violence.

The separatists have taken up arms over the past year in an attempt to create a nation they call Ambazonia. The insurgency represents the gravest challenge yet to the 35-year rule of Cameroon’s President Paul Biya.

France, which has significant business interests in its former colony and relies on it to fight against Islamist militants, has been careful not to overly criticise the government’s handling of the crisis.

“France condemns the new killings of law enforcement officials that took place on 1 February in Cameroon,” Foreign ministry spokeswoman Agnes Von der Muhll told reporters in a daily briefing after three gendarmes were killed in separate clashes on Thursday in towns in the North West Region.

She said only dialogue would enable a peaceful response to the concerns of all sides and ensure the unity and integrity of the country.

“This is a message we are also passing on to the Cameroonian authorities, in close consultation with our European and international partners,” the spokeswoman added.

Violence has flared in the past week, with armed separatist factions clashing against Cameroon security forces in several towns and villages in the two English-speaking regions after Nigeria deported the leader of the self-declared state and 46 others.

The United Nations refugee agency condemned the handing over of the 47 people, saying most of them had submitted asylum claims and their forced return was in violation of international refugee law.

More than 43,000 Cameroonians have fled as refugees to Nigeria to escape the government crackdown on the separatists, say local aid officials. The majority are in Nigeria’s Cross River state, which borders southwest Cameroon.

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Rita Akana

03.Feb.2018

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