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University of Buea students now On Strike.Hundreds have gathered in front of Central Administration denouncing payment of 10,000 FCFA as late entry for registration and non payment of Presidential grants.
Their leaders are not known.There is heavy deployment of security forces.UB has maintained that MINESUP has not yet disbursed the money.

 Mr Molindo, Director of students affair has just announced infront of THE CAMPUS that all students should go back home till further notice.

Cameroon Concord is closely monitoring the events happening in Buea.More updates to follow...

 

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Rita Akana

28.Nov.2016

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The president of the Republic of Senegal Macky Sall is expected in Cameroon Monday, November 28, 2016, for an official one day visit, announced on Sunday evening via the national public radio (CRTV).

According to the official program, this is a working visit with its focus being a one-on-one meeting between the Senegalese president and his Cameroonian counterpart Paul Biya at the Unity Palace in Yaounde.

The Senegalese Statesman is expected to arrive Yaounde Nsimalen Airport at around 11.30 am (local time).He shall be welcomed on arrival with military honors before proceeding alongside his Cameroonian counterart to the Unity Palace.

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Mbi James

28.Nov.2016

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Leaders from all over the continent are sending words of praise for the former president of Cuba. Fidel Castro was an important figure in Africa during the 1960s and '70s.
After news of Fidel Castro's death was announced late Friday, many African leaders reacted with words of condolence, praise and solidarity with the controversial leader.

One of the first reactions came from South African President Jacob Zuma, who thanked the Cuban leader for his help and support in the struggle to end apartheid.

"President Castro identified with our struggle against apartheid. He inspired the Cuban people to join us in our own struggle against apartheid," Zuma said in a statement.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela read books written by Castro and fellow revolutionary Che Guevara while imprisoned on Robben Island. In a speech soon after his release in 1990, Mandela said "We have come here today recognizing our great debt to the Cuban people. What other country has such a history of selfless behavior as Cuba has shown for the people of Africa?

Many South African social media users have been sharing this photo of the two men taken in 1991.

Zuma was not alone in his praise for the communist revolutionary's role in Africa. Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza expressed their gratitude and condolences via Twitter.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was also full of praise for Castro.

"Castro’s place in history is assured, given his sustained successful commitment and towering role in the liberation and anti-colonialism struggles in Africa," he said in a statement.

Battleground Africa

In the 1970s, Castro was convinced that the "world revolution" was happening in Africa and that Cuba needed to become the first Latin American nation to go to war outside its own continent.

The two main countries Castro supported with troops were Angola and Ethiopia. The two countries soon became symbols of the Cold War, where Washington and Moscow battled for ideological supremacy.

Cuba sent troops to help Angola in their war for independence from Portugal in the mid 1970s and assisted the Ethiopian army with troops to fight against the invading Somali army in the late 1970s.
The ruling party in Angola, MPLA, said in a statement that Fidel Castro will be "always present in the heart of the Angolan people and will be an inexhaustible source of inspiration" for generations to come.

An estimated 4,300 Cubans died in conflicts in Africa, half of them in Angola. Many experts believe this number has been sharply underestimated.

'A great friend'

One of the biggest fans of Fidel Castro in Africa is veteran Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who named his son Fidel Castro Odhiambo Odinga in honor of the Cuban leader.

"In many ways, Castro was a great friend and true friend of Africa and other parts of the world that had to fight long and bitter wars to attain freedom from colonialism," he said.

Odinga's son Fidel died in 2015 at the age of 41.

Since the 1960s, Cuban troops have served in Algeria, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone and Libya. Cuba remains engaged with Africa, and even sent 300 doctors and nurses to West Africa to help combat the Ebola virus.

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Rita Akana

27.Nov.2016

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The Prime Minister, Head of Government is unable to leave Bamenda this morning, because all his efforts yesterday yielded no results. Despite aligning with the common law lawyers and teachers finally, all Yang's promises were seen as only promises and the people insisted on clear timelines for implementation which must happen before the striking parties start thinking of returning to work.

The PM's task is even made harder as the people say he cannot be on the field negotiating while his ministers, among them a certain Atanga(na) Paul Nji go on a smear campaign on Anglophone, trying to denigrate the cause.
We shall return with details as negotiations resume at 9.30am. For now the strike actions are maintained! SDF MPs may take to the streets in Bamenda on Monday.

The Prime Minister, Head of Government is unable to leave Bamenda this morning, because all his efforts yesterday yielded no results. Despite aligning with the common law lawyers and teachers finally, all Yang's promises were seen as only promises and the people insisted on clear timelines for implementation which must happen before the striking parties start thinking of returning to work.

The PM's task is even made harder as the people say he cannot be on the field negotiating while his ministers, among them a certain Atanga(na) Paul Nji go on a smear campaign on Anglophone, trying to denigrate the cause.
We shall return with details as negotiations resume at 9.30am. For now the strike actions are maintained! SDF MPs may take to the streets in Bamenda on Monday.

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John Mbah Akuroh

26.Nov.2016

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Cameroonians in Brussels November 25 2016, stage a protest at the Cameroon High Commission in Belgium.

For the most part the demonstrators wielded placards with messages revolving around the marginalization of Anglophones in Cameroon.

The major demand here is for the country to be a United but under a Federation.

In London same day , there was another protest at the Cameroon High Commission at Holland Park. The Kensington Police never brutalized anyone.

The call there was for government to put a halt to military brutality on the population.

A Cameroonian who was at the London diplomatic representation to collect his new passport said there joined the protests simply to express their discontent with poor governance back in the country.

Protsters in London called on the UK government to shut down the embassy of Cameroon to faster change. They complaied that workers at the embassy speak only French, a Replica of the e government back in Cameroon.

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Solomon Amabo

25.Nov.2016

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There is an Anglophone problem," Cameroon Prime Minister, Yang Philemon reiterate at a crisis meeting with Common Law LawyersBamenda, the main opposition stronghold.

For the first time, the Common Law Lawyers<would dialogue with Justice Minister, Laurent Esso, following several weeks of a deadly strike action that has swept across all English-speaking regions in the West African nation.

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Tapang Ivo

25.Nov.2016

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