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The terrorism charges against Ahmed Abba, RFI Hausa correspondent,  have been dropped. This was on Thursday 21 December.

RFI Hausa correspondent in Cameroon, will soon be a free man. This follows the aquitance of the charges that were put up against him. He was accused of collaborating with Boko Haram terrorists and not revealing information as desired by Cameroon's armed forces in Maroua of the Far North Region.

 

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22.Dec.2017

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Togo was the only African country to support the US’ decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

About 30 other African countries including Ghana, however voted in favour of the resolution supporting the longstanding international consensus that the status of Jerusalem – which is claimed as a capital by both Israel and the Palestinians – can only be settled as an agreed final issue in a peace deal.Benin, Cameroon, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, and Uganda, however refrained from voting.

 The voting was done amidst heightened tension as the US had threatened some member countries over voting against the US’s position.

The US was expectant that member countries backed it recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but that did not turn out as it expected.

The US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, ahead of the votes threatened that the US will remember which countries that “disrespected” it by voting against it.

The US government had also threatened to cut funding to countries that did not back its position.

She said the US “would be taking names…When we make generous contributions to the UN, we also have expectation that we will be respected…What’s more, we are being asked to pay for the dubious privileges of being disrespected.”

“If our investment fails, we have an obligation to spend our investment in other ways… The United States will remember this day,” she said.

Donald Trump, while speaking at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, said “Let them vote against us… We’ll save a lot. We don’t care. But this isn’t like it used to be where they could vote against you and then you pay them hundreds of millions of dollars…We’re not going to be taken advantage of any longer.”

The warning appeared largely aimed at UN members in Africa, Asia and Latin America, who are regarded as more vulnerable to US pressure.

Egypt, which is named among the countries that voted against the US’ position last year alone benefited from over $1 Billion in aid from the US.

Countries that voted in favour of the resolution

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Chad, Chile, China, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guinea, Guyana, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania and Luxembourg.

Others are Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Russia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe.

Countries that voted in favour of the decision

Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Togo, United States

Countries that refrained from voting

Antigua-Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Haiti, Hungary, Jamaica, Kiribati, Latvia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Rwanda, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu.

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22.Dec.2017

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The first consignment consisting of 40.000 laptops of President Biya's promised computers arrived Yaounde Nsimalen airport early this morning  Friday 22.12.2017.  A second consignment of the same number  is expected on Sunday, December 24 2017.

Mr Biya made the promise to offer 500,000 computers to students of higher institutions of learning for the 2016/2017 academic year in July 2016.

The press release read on state broadcaster Crtv adds that another 100,000 computers are being fabricated, since December 18.

The last consignment is expected latest in Juin next year, he has concluded.

Reports going round say each of the laptops carries the initials of Paul Biya's name (PB).


If proven true, it gives more credibility to allegations that the offer is a political move meant to win more support for the president, especially in the upcoming presidential election.

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22.Dec.2017

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The secretary general of the Commonwealth of Nations is reportedly in Buea where she will address the people.


Patricia Scotland is highly expected to make a speech at the Buea City Hall on Friday.

The visiting secretary general held talks on Thursday with main opposition leader John Fru Ndi , outlawed consortium leader Barrister Agbor Nkongho, and others.

She has also met with President Biya, who has reportedly fed her with 'very biased information.'

Some Ambazonians believe that her visit to Buea would be meaningless if she doesn't hold talks with Chief Justice Ayah Paul Abine, Honorable Joseph Wirba, and Mola Njoh Litumbe.


It's thanks to Southern Cameroons that La Republique du Cameroun is a member of the Commonwealth.

It would have been a complete waste of time for Patricia Scotland to leave Cameroon without visiting Ambaland, especially with the prevailing unrest therein.

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22.Dec.2017

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The general assembly of the United Nations Organization has voted overwhelmingly against any decision by any nation to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

This comes after a recent decision by US President Trump to recognize the highly disputed city as Israel's capital.

Jerusalem is highly valued by both Israel and Palestine.

President Trump promised during his campaign speech last year to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. A move that has been widely criticised across the world.

Mr Trump's recent declaration has sparked further violence in the area, with several cases of death being reported.

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21.Dec.2017

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The newly admitted students into ENAM, had to start school on Monday 18 December but the president's children, Brenda and Junior Biya, were nowhere to be found.

No one could know the reason why they were absent as it remained secret.  It was talk of the day.  Everybody was talking about the president's children in school.

 

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20.Dec.2017

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