It is past 10PM, hours after Buea was supposed to have electricity according to the load shedding plan of electricity distribution corporation, ENEO. This was however not the case, as ENEO has failed to respect its own load shedding schedule since it was put up, leaving locals to resort to alternative means of power.
Cameroon’s Minister of territorial administration says terrorists that carried out an attack in Galim- West region will not go caught free. Paul Atanga Nji used his visit to Galim today to restate his stand of shutting down NGO’s and human rights groups that undermine the activities of the military.
Shock over death of a woman in Ndu. Ngwafku Adama is the name of the woman whose body was found lying on the road in Ndu, Donga-Mantung of the restive North West Region. Divergent views accompanied the widespread pictures of her body. Mimi Mefo Info is still investigating reports that she was killed by a stray bullet. Adama was reportedly heading to the farm when she was shot. Pictures have also emerged showing soldiers beside her body, apparently on an assessment mission. How Adama died and who is responsible remain unknown.
The security situation in the North West of Cameroon has been deteriorating since after February 9th 2020 twin elections. The Minister of territorial administration Paul Atanga NJI is expected to chair a security meeting in Bamenda during his visit in the region. Today, he visited the site where a locally made bomb exploded beside the grand stand on the 8th of March during the Women’s Day celebration.
US donation of 71 million francs to Cameroon to fight against Coronavirus has been criticised by some opposition party militants. To this category of people, the sum diplomatically degrades Cameroon. They equally question why the US is quick to help in the domain of health while imposing economic sanctions on Cameroon as a result of human rights violation.
Who will be elected speaker of Cameroon National Assembly? Cabral Libii, Member of Parliament from the PCRN political party says he has been receiving calls from Cameroonians for him to run for the top job at the legislative arm of government. He adds that at the right time he will give the opinion a try. His political party counts just five MPs while the ruling CPDM party already has over 130 pending election rerun. Commentators say it will be near impossibility to win a candidate of the ruling party to hold the position.
Minister Paul Antanga Nji has ordered communities in the West region to create village vigilante groups to join the army fight against armed separatists. He was speaking in Galim, Bamboutos Division of the West region, as he visited areas affected by the armed attack on Saturday, March 7th 2020
The ceremony to award attributes to members of Parliament at the National Assembly of Cameroon has been postponed. The ceremony initially billed for March 13th 2020, has been pushed to Monday, March 16th 2020, following a communiqué released by the SG of the National Assembly. Abdoulaye Daouda in his release did not state reasons for the last-minute postponement, but observers see the hand of outgoing House Speaker Hon Cavayé Yeguié Djibril.
The Mayor of Douala V Council, Richard Fungwa and his deputies have taken their oath of office. The ceremony took place at the Ndokoti Court of First Instance. The event in Ndokoti also saw the installation of the Mayor of the Douala III -Basomba Epupa and his deputies. They were charged to kick out urban disorder in their municipalities, specifically Ndokoti in Douala III.
The Mayor of the city of Nkongsamba and his deputies have been asked to bring Nkongsamba back to its onetime place of the biggest town in Cameroon. They were challenged at the Nkongsamba Court of first instance as they were being sworn in.
The population of Bessengue neighbourhood of Douala 1 subdivision has saved a 5-year-old child from the hands of a 40-year-old rapist. The man was caught in the evil act in the early hours of Thursday, March 2020.
Kenya’s health ministry has said an investigation is underway into allegations that blood donated by Kenyans is being smuggled to Somalia. The ongoing investigation has linked a government agency to the illegal sale of blood.
The Eritrean government has announced it will quarantine visitors coming from China, Italy, South Korea and Iran, as part of its measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus. These are some of the countries with the highest number of cases.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has ordered schools to close throughout the country in an attempt to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The closure starts immediately and will continue until 5 April, according to a statement made by the president’s office.
South Africa’s ministry of health has reported the country’s first case of local transmission of the coronavirus. A 32-year-old man had contracted coronavirus after coming into contact with a Chinese businessman, Reuters news agency reports.
A 13-year-old girl with albinism is leading a campaign to make sure girls in Tanzania complete their schooling. Joyce Simon says her parents wanted her to deliberately fail her exams so that she wouldn’t continue her education. They feared for her safety in school because she has albinism.
A hospital in South Africa is investigating if a male nurse smuggled placentas out of the facility with a plan to sell them to traditional healers. The nurse was arrested by police who were on patrol after what they described as suspicious behaviour.
The US has imposed sanctions on two senior Zimbabwean politicians over human rights abuses. The US treasury department accuses Security Minister Owen Ncube of ordering the abduction and mistreatment of opposition supporters. The former commander of an elite army unit, Anselem Sanyatwe, is accused of ordering troops to shoot protesters including an incident in 2018 when six supporters of the opposition MDC were shot dead.
