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Senegal’s former president, Abdoulaye Wade, is making a comeback. The 91-year-old politician returned to Senegal this week for the second time since his 2012 defeat, and will be on the campaign trail for the next two weeks [until July 28], traveling around the country to boost his party’s chances in the legislative elections at the end of this month.

Thousands gathered at Dakar’s international airport to welcome the former leader.

“Gorgui is great,” chanted the crowds as Wade made his way through the city. Gorgui is a term of endearment, meaning "old man" in the Wolof language.

One supporter, Cheikh Baye Mbour, says, “You know today is a work day but everyone is here and more people will come.”

Wade's caravan weaved its way to the headquarters of Senegal Democratic Party, or PDS.

VOA

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14.Jul.2017

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Embattled President Paul Biya has asked his cronies to dislodge over 9000 predators, who have been plundering tax payers’ money, under the guise of State workers.  

The ghost workers have been marauding the State through undue salaries.

Biya’s instruction to his bloated Government is contained in a recent circular pertaining to the 2018 State budget.

The instruction is to enable Government reduce the State wage bill.

 In 2000, Government carried out a census of State workers that revealed that there were over 7,000 ghost workers, who were unduly preying on the State payroll.

Since then the number of ghost worker has increased to over 9000.

From investigation carried out by Cameroon Concord, it was realised that there are genuine civil servants who earn more than two salaries and take home fraudulent allowances every month.

Tongues are already wagging that Biya’s instruction will yield little or no dividends, since those who are defrauding the State of tax payers’ money are his close aides.

 The head count, which will begin in 2018, compels every Ministry and State department to provide an exhaustive list of all those effectively working.

The Inter-ministerial Committee that will carry out the exercise will have to pay particular attention on certain Ministries where fraud and complicity are rampant.

The Ministries of Secondary Education, Basic Education, Public Health, Agriculture and Rural Development and Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries have been cited.

It is reported that besides those who abandon their jobs but not salaries, many civil servants extend their study leaves without permission.

In order to fish out such public service criminals, Government is designing a project to merge Operation Antelope and SIGIPES operation carried out by the Ministry of Public Service and Administrative Reforms.

The Operation Antelope is the computerisation of salary.

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Official sources say a suspected Boko Haram attack on Wednesday has killed 15 people and injured about 43 more.
The incident happened around a busy locality around Waza in the Far North Region of Cameroon.
Government sources quoted by CRTV say the incident began when a suicide bomber got into a restaurant like any other customer and blew herself up.
The second bomber was shot dead by security forces while the third is still at large, government sources say.
The fight against Boko Haram is apparently not yet over.
The terror group is increasing the number of sporadic attacks on the public.

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Several homes have been hard hit by floods in Menchum Division of the North West Region.
The incident has been caused by a newly constructed dam which overflowed its banks,  according to state run CRTV.
About ten localities of the area have been hit by the water, reports say.
Plenty of things have been destroyed but no human lives have been lost for the time being.
Menchum is one of the seven divisions of the North West Region whose chief town is Bamenda. The other six divisions include Boyo, Bui, Donga-Mantung, Mezam, Momo and Ngoketunjia.

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13.Jul.2017

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A relative of the popular Buea Mayor has revealed that he is suffering from severe depression as a result of the thoughts that have been running through his mind while the dust of his fake certificate saga is yet to settle.

“For the first time in the history of the all-powerful Mayor of the Buea council, who boasted to be a close friend of Paul Biya and his friends, I saw a man weak and calm. He has totally changed. He hardly eats, he rarely speaks to his relatives and he is even seen talking alone. He is visibly depressed and may even commit suicide,” an intimate friend of his revealed.

   

The Mayor had earlier publicly shoved off the claims which had it that he acquired false certificates from the Buea University, saying that his enemies want to drag his name in mud. He even said “do you think access to the University of Buea is easy”?

Ekema could no longer react when the real information was revealed with facts. Things even got worse when the Minister of Higher Education Jacque Fame Ndongo, assured protesting students of the University of Buea that, the issue will be looked into and sanctions meted accordingly.

The Buea Mayor is even rumoured to be planning to go on exile before Biya’s axe of law descends on him.

 

 

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Suspected Boko Haram suicide attack has left 14 people dead and over 32 with severe injuries. the attack happened this night at Waza town, in Cameroon's Far North region. L'Oeil Du Sahel reports. This attack comes at a time when the fight against the terror group is growing rather shaky. Some Cameroonian soldiers fighting the insurgency went on strike recently due to concerns about unpaid money. Chad is threatening to pull out of the Multinational Joint Task Force battling the terror group. Chad has complained of growing financial difficulties.  

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