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President Paul Biya applauds 'Resilience' of the Cameroon Youth

Head of State’s message to the Youth
52nd Edition of the National Youth Day
Yaounde, 10 February 2018

 

My dear young compatriots,

The last few years have not been easy for our country, which has had to take up simultaneously several major challenges, namely:

- addressing the Boko Haram threat in our northern regions and that of armed gangs on our eastern border;

- hosting tens of thousands of refugees and displaced persons;

- managing the outburst of unrest in the North-West and South-West Regions, marked by sporadic acts of violence; and

- countering the impact of falling oil and commodity prices in a bid to return to growth.

I believe we can now make an initial appraisal of our struggles on these different fronts:

- Boko Haram’s potential to cause harm has been severely undermined, thanks to the combined action of Cameroon’s defence forces and its people;

- supportive measures have enabled many displaced persons and refugees to return to their homes;

- the situation in the South-West and North-West Regions is stabilizing, and the Commission for the Promotion of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism should thus be able to delve into the crux of the problem;

- the latest assessments point to an improvement in our economy, with renewed activity in various sectors.

Sisiku Julius Ayuk Tabe Cameroon Separatist Leader, Aides Arrested in Nigeria

By Ivo Yumeh

The enigmatic leader of the bloody Cameroon secessionist movement, Ambazonia Southern Cameroon Republic, Sisiku Ayuk Tabe Julius has been arrested. Accused of terrorism and international financial fraud, he was briskly arrested on Friday, January 5, 2018 at the Nera Hotel in Abuja in full-session of a strategic meeting while plotting incursions with the use of armed bandits into the Republic of Cameroon. He was arrested alongside other members of the group, who had an international warrant of arrest looming on their heads, and include Dr. Nfor Ngala Nfor, Chairman of the Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC), Dr. Fidelis Nde Che, Dr. Henry Kimeng, Prof. Awasum, Dr. Cornelius Kwanga,Mr. Tassang Wilfred, Barrister Eyambe Elias, Dr. Ojong Okongho and Barrister Nalowa Bih. However, other wanted persons still remain at large. The Republic of Cameroon is finalising strategy to arrest and bring to justice other Cameroonian fugitives such as Mr Tapang Ivo Tanku, Mr Mark Bareta and Mr John Mbah Akuro.  More

President Biya's End-of-Year Message to the People of Cameroon

Fellow Cameroonians,

My Dear Compatriots,

During the year just ending, Cameroon confirmed to the world, within a difficult context, the soundness of its institutions, the resilience of its economy and its attachment to national unity.

Indeed, our country demonstrated a remarkable capacity to meet the numerous challenges it faced in the sporting, security, economic or social domains.

Credit for such accomplishments goes first and foremost to you, the Cameroonian people! An overwhelming majority of you, whether from the North or South, East or West; whether Anglophone or Francophone, have always demonstrated courage, dynamism, patriotism and, above all, maturity.

Congratulations to you!

My Dear Compatriots,

The adverse global economic situation due notably to falling commodity prices has negatively impacted economic growth and social progress in our country. It has also caused cash flow problems which have severely affected Government contractors, particularly small-and medium-size enterprises. IN FRENCH

South West Ignores Secessionists and their Deceptive Illusion!

Information from the North West and South West Regions speaks of a gradual return to normalcy of activities that characterise man’s life. Pupils and students who can overcome fear of the unknown are now going to school, workers and users of public service can equally go about their activities unperturbed. In fact, people are reportedly back to their routine chores. This shows that inhabitants are turning their backs on violence that surrounded October 1, the day apologists of separation predicted to herald a turning point on what they termed “the Anglophone struggle.” The prevailing peace; relative though, suggests reason is taking a better of sentiments. Obviously so as life must be lived for and by the living and anything that disrupts it obliges man to endure rather that enjoy his/her stay on earth. And if there is one thing that makes life worth living, both for the rich and poor, then it is peace. It has no price and should therefore not be traded with anything, anywhere by anyone whatsoever. More

45th National Day: reassuring military prowess on display

The population of Yaoundé, invited guests to the National Day celebration were marveled by the show of force displayed by the Cameroon defence forces during about an hour of match past. Photo de: 45th National Day: reassuring military prowess on display The canine unit of the Presidential Guard matching with dogs that have the capacity to detect explosives, drugs, weapons and ammunition was a major attraction. Other forces including the police also paraded their own canine units which are attached to the anti terrorist detachments.The military dogs are currently invovled in the Far North region in the fight against terrorism. The Special Rapid Intervention Group of the Gendarmerie that is specialized in fighting crime especially highway robberies and terrorist styled offences matched in the new uniform for first time since they began using brown uniforms...More

Enow Abrams Egbe Appointed Chairman of Cameroon Election Board

By Maybelle Ekukole

The former Governor was appointed yesterday April 25 by a Presidential decree in replacement of Dr. Samuel Fonkam Azu. Enow Abrams Egbe is now the Chairman of the Electora Board of Elections Cameroon (ELECAM). He was appointed yesterday April 25, 2017 by the President of the Republic, Paul Biya to replace Dr. Samuel Fonkam Azu’u at the helm of the election management institution. The appointment of the Senior Civil Administrator, a graduate of the National School of Administration and Magistracy (ENAM) comes just one year after he was appointed electoral board member of Elections Cameroon on April 21, 2016. Born on December 30, 1960, Enow Abrams Egbe before his appointment into the Electoral Board last year, was Inspector General for Elections in the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation since October 2012. The native of Upper-Bayang Sub-division, Manyu Division of the South West Region, has been Governor of the then South Province and later staged a come- back as Governor of Adamawa Region in 2010. He had also served as Senior Divisional Officer in some parts of the then North West Province.//Cameroon Tribune

Cameroon Anglophone Rebellion versus Law and Order

President Biya Proves to be a Man of Peace and of the Institutions

By Sakwe Eric Nageri

When in our backyard Nigeria revved its muscles in the 1990s to seize the Bakassi Peninsula by force, President Dr Paul Bathelemy Biya of Cameroon gave the ruthless Major General Sani Abacha – the no nonsense brute soldier who had just executed Ken Saro Wiwa for sectarian dissent - a lesson of peace and governance. Unrivalled in Africa, unknown in a continent in turmoil where superior military powers have turned Africa’s backyard into their testing ground for weapons of mass annihilation – cry the beloved Southern Sudan, Dafur, Somalia et al! Cameroon filed a case at the UN Court in The Hague, and came out victorious with the famous Green Tree Accord of former UN Secretary General, Koffi Anan. Then, fast ward into recent days, with a domestic opportunity in the English speaking regions of the country, products of colonial subjugation and slavery, where the President has one more effort to demonstrate his magnanimity as a statesman, unrivalled in the continent of Africa. A statesman respects institutions and with political maturity exhausts all options for peace before plunging into war as the grand finale in a theatre of bold and ‘big-balled’ men; where even Benito Mussoloni the Fascist Il Duce on hearing WWII had broken out would look up into heavens and thank the Lord for being a participant.

Youth-day Celebrations in Bamenda and North West Region Captured by Ghosts of Evil

Prime Minister Philemon Yang is Disgraced, Awaits Sacking

By John Ndiba

Cameroon's Secessionist forces called for abandonment of the tradition of celebrating 11 February 2017. This call was heeded in Bamenda, the bastion of separatist movements. The ghost of abandonment visited Bamenda, the Heaquarters of the North West Region of Cameroon, disgracing Prime Minister Philemon Yang who hails from the region. The Prime Minister has clearly lost political support putting his job in jeopardy. Sources close to the Star Building indicate mournful demeanor amongst his staff when information trickled on the success of the ghost town movement in his home region. The people of the Northwest had in recent days shown disdain for the prime minister and his government. Unimpeachable sources indicate that a cabinet reshuffle is close, and its all but certain that he will be replaced with a more daring forceful English-speaking Prime Minister from another region. Political voices from the region had nurtured hopes and acted to actualize a vain political expectation to redefine the form of the state. In all major towns in the north west region, the call was heeded to confirm their embarrassment of Philemon Yang and uphold their spirit of chaos. In Buea, the celebrations were excellently tranquil with Secondary school pupils marching to the rhythm of the bands of University of Buea, Buea Municipal council, Lycee Molyko and ENAP Buea.

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Buea Celebrates February 11, 2017 Youth day in Pomp and Pageantry

By Sirri Alette Ngwa

The people of Buea and the South West Region have celebrated with pomp and pageantry the 51st Youth day celebrations. Buea on February 11, 2017 witnessed the convergence of youths of a walks of life to celebrate a day ordained by the state to mark youth affairs. This day is historic in the country's political anal, as the founding fathers embellished the 1961 plebiscite with the dynamic spirit of the youth. Cameroonian youths in all ten regions of the country celebrated this day. However, the youths of Buea made a sure of it, following calls for boycotts by Cameroon diaspora and its surrogates in Cameroon. At the end of the ceremony, the Governor of the South West Region was visibly excited and called on all detractors to reconcile their souls with the spirit of what their ancestors fought for.

 

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Budding Journalist Atia Azohnwi Tilarius of the Sun Newspaper Arrested

Caught with subversive materials and fire-arms

By Polycarp Ashu

Character is fate. Fate is character, discuss! These are interesting days for Cameroon. The Government is on a massive crack-down. Its security services have up-their-game. Facilitated by the naivety of excited amateur revolutionists, trove of subversive materials and evidence are being uncovered daily. Atia Azohnwi Tilarius, a journalist with the Limbe-based Sun Newspaper has been arrested. He was arrested on Thursday February 9, 2017 in the Molyko neighbourhood of Buea, bastion of congregating rebellious youths of the so-called Anglophone secessionist movement. Mr Atia with a 5-year journalistic experience was accosted with other journalist colleagues with a bag full of Southern Cameroon’s Secessionist flyers, tear-gas canisters, explosives, laptop computer and flash-storage discs. On examining the laptop computer and flash-disc batches of documents were uncovered that were not merely journalist manuscripts, but correspondences and manuals with detail directives from a list of persons based in Cameroon and abroad on how to topple the Cameroon government and ensure the agenda of the separation of the North West region into a separate Ambazonian Republic. From the materials uncovered, the police have compiled a list of names of scores of accomplices in Cameroon and abroad. Some of these are former University of Buea graduates who were members of the banned University of Buea student Union (UBSU), some of whom have recently regrouped in Molyko receiving monies from abroad and threatening students and lecturers from resuming classes.