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Robbers in Kenya took a rather unconventional mode of entering a bank and making away with cash to the tune of 50 million Kenyan shillings (equivalent to $482,000).

The police confirmed the incident which happened on Monday at the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) in Thika – an industrial town in Kiambu County, located north east of the capital, Nairobi.

The bank manager told the police that he found that cash had been stolen from two of the bank’s vault early Monday morning. “They broke into two safes…it is believed they used oxy-acytelene flames to drill holes into them,” police said.

Local media reports that the robbers had dug the tunnel which breaks off at a sewer line. Photos shared on social media show part of the tunnel leading into the bank. Some reports say they dug the tunnel over a period of six months. No arrests have so far been made.

Even though customers thronged the bank premises which had been cordoned off by police officers and investigators, the bank assured that depositors money was safe.

“There is no cause for alarm. Customers seeking to transact can do so at any other KCB branch or access services through our mobile and Internet banking platforms,” the bank said in a statement.

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21.Nov.2017

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25.Sep.2017

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After several months of winding hearings, numerous adjournments and uncertainty, the Buea Magistrates’ Court (Court of First Instance) has finally adjudicated on the case pitting the Anglophone Church Leaders and the Consortium of Parents.

The Court, led by its President, Justice Beatrice Nabangi Ntuba, decided to throw the case out of the court for not being legal binding.

The Court took the landmark decision today, September 25, 2017 after a brief hearing.

damages.  This September 25 verdict will thus lay the issue to Bed. 

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25.Sep.2017

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Parents have been mounting pressure on the Bishops of the Bamenda Provincial Episcopal Conference, BAPEC, to permit them take their children home after the September 22 dramatic demonstrations.

The parents, whose children have been studying in the various confessional institutions following the commencement of the 2017/2018 academic year on September 4, were stunned by the people’s demonstration on Friday. 

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25.Sep.2017

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President Biya’s inadequate response to the Anglophone crisis has only aggravated the situation

YAOUNDE, Cameroon, September 25, 2017/ — The Social Democratic Front (SDF) for the Republic of Cameroon strongly condemns curfews, restrictions on movement of the population and all forms of violence perpetrated by the Government in the South-West and North-West regions of the country. Cameroon is now at a crossroads. President Biya’s inadequate response to the Anglophone crisis has only aggravated the situation and caused further instability. The government’s failure to stem social unrest has compromised its leadership. It is time for President Biya to resign immediately. 

Freedom of movement in Cameroon is a constitutionally guaranteed right. By prohibiting the mobility of people in the heavily militarized North-West and South West regions, the Government is treating our compatriots like second-class citizens. We warn that these inflammatory actions only breed new resentments and embolden those who espouse secession. Even at the height of the war against Boko Haram, no such extreme measures were applied as like now on the Anglophone citizens.

The SDF has repeatedly voiced strong condemnations for bad governance, dysfunctional state institutions, endemic corruption, blatant disregard of the rule of law and free press, and non-application of the 1996 constitutional requirements with regards to decentralization and reform of state institutions. President Biya’s government is responsible for continuous state-sponsored electoral fraud, has disregarded any proposals from national and international communities to reform government, and has closed all avenues to inclusive national dialogue. This has led to an irreversible escalation of violence in Cameroon for which the Cameroon Peoples Democratic Movement is solely responsible. The President has failed to meet with any civil society leaders or visit with the Anglophone regions since the crisis started nearly one year ago. His inability to draw the conflict to a close has risked more bloodshed and violence. The SDF calls for the military to show restraint and to protect all Cameroonians from abuse.

Cameroonians now have a choice to make between a free, inclusive and democratic Cameroon or stick with President Biya’s current regime. The SDF clearly chooses a free, inclusive and democratic Cameroon where its people can come and go in peace.

Hon. Joshua N. Osih 1st National Vice-President

Distributed by APO on behalf of The Social Democratic Front (SDF) for the Republic of Cameroon. 

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25.Sep.2017

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Germans head to the polls today for the country's federal elections, in a key test for Angela Merkel.

She is seeking a fourth term as chancellor, and to retain her Christian Democrat party's (CDU) status as the largest presence in Germany's Bundestag.

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24.Sep.2017

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