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Cameroon police have stepped up their hunt for a fugitive, NINKAM NINKAM Armand,age 35, who has been on the run since the early months of this year 2016, after being released on bail from a jail in Yaounde-Cameroon .

The man accused of assaulting a female magistrate of the Court of appeal in Yaounde had been bailed by a friend named, KEMOGNE YVES BELMONDO while awaiting trial. The above Kemogne Yves guaranteed to pay the charges of 10.000.000 FCFA in any event that the accused never showed up for trial.

However, ever since his release from jail,the said fugitive has been out of sight to both the authorities and to his guarantor who is now in legal troubles .Apart from assaulting the judge, many other female workers of his guarantor have come forward with assault claims against the fugitive.

A search for the fugitive has proved fruitless and police have issued a “unique” appeal to the public for help in tracking him down, with a substantial reward of one million FCFA for information that could lead to his arrest.

Anyone having information , is asked to kindly inform the nearest police station , or call the numbers; 699 834 146 or 677 808 519 .

Details: Rita Akana; 18.May.2016; Hits: 2739

Candidates for the 2016 General Certificate of Education, GCE Advanced Level practicals are still busy in various examination centres in Buea and the rest of the South West Region. On Monday, May 16, 2016, Cameroon Tribune observed that the examinations were going on hitch-free in the various centres visited. At the Bilingual Grammar School Molyko, Buea, where some 508 students were undergoing their practicals in Biology, Nathanie Okenyi, one of the supervisors, told reporters that all was going on well.

He said the examination started at 8 am and ended at 11 am for the first session. He added that all the candidates were present and all the equipment ready. Nathanie Okenyi further explained that the students started the examination apparently without pressure and followed instructions strictly. At 8 am, Cameroon Tribune noticed that Paper 3 Biology 710 was going on. The supervisor explained that there has been an innovation this year.

"Form ABA25 that we usually write on has a different presentation. It does not have flap to cut. It is a full paper itself that students write on and it is well designed. The spaces are appropriate and clearer that drawing can be done on them because it is a clean white sheet," the supervisor explained. Nathanie Okenyi noted that there were no hitches at the Molyko centre for now.

At the end of the practicals yesterday, one candidate, Ananga Cordine Mbah, told Cameroon Tribune that the examination was within reach. "I had little time to carry on with the required activities. However, the examination was within reach as I did my best." Another candidate, Che Tambong Sei Ntsu, said the practicals were challenging, but was optimistic about making it.

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Details: Rita Akana; 18.May.2016; Hits: 3715

On Monday, at least 20 people died in two serious traffic accidents in Cameroon.
A truck transporting laterite for road works reportedly suffered brake failure in
Bambili, the University village in Tubah Subdivision, Mezam Division of the North West Region, thereby crushing three people to death and seriously injuring six others. The accident happened at the major road junction into the Bambili main campus of the University of Bamenda.

Sources on-the-spot blamed the accident on brake failure by the truck that was reportedly transporting laterite for road rehabilitation works in the neighbourhood. Victims could not be immediately identified, but passersby suggested that the dead included the driver of the truck, the conductor and another conductor in a nearby Toyota Hilux pickup vehicle selling fuel wood.

The six who suffered serious injuries included commercial motorcycle riders and public pay phone operators who often crowd the junction. Meanwhile, North West Governor, Adolphe Lele Lafrique and the Vice Chancellor of the University of Bamenda, Prof. Therese Nkuo Akenji, visited the scene. The Governor took measures for the corpses to be taken to mortuary while investigations were opened to determine the cause of the accident. He also ordered that the truck involved in the accident be cleared immediately.

Meanwhile that same Monday 16th May 2016 on the Bafoussam-Doula motorway, around Njombe- Mbanga, a Hiace from Loum, collided head to head with a truck, leaving 15 dead and seven seriously injured. This is the fourth fatal accident on this motorway linking Bafoussam and Douala within the last three weeks. A few weeks ago, many people were roasted to ashes after a fire engulfed three vehicles at an accident site, 111 km from Yaounde on the highway to Ayos. More than 10,000 people died in road accidents in Cameroon last year, according to the transport ministry.

The Secretary of State for Defence in charge of the National Gendarmerie in Cameroon, Jean Baptiste Bokam, from May 7-8, 2016, undertook a lightning night tour of the Centre, West and Littoral Regions. This was in a bid to check the recklessness of motorists. He was accompanied by Major General Laurent Claude Angouand, Director of Central Administration and Logistics at Gendarmerie Headquarters, and about seven colonels.

Speaking to the media on different laps of the trip, the Secretary of State for Defence in charge of the National Gendarmerie said road accidents tend to have the same causes most of the time. These are over-speeding, poor parking, the fatigued or drunken state of motorists, overloading, and the poor technical state of vehicles. “It appears that as efforts are stepped up to oblige motorists to respect traffic regulations, the less they seem to pay attention. The only option is to intensify our campaign by punishing erring motorists through fines and other measures,” Jean Baptiste Bokam noted.

“This is not the time to give up. Instead, we need to change the trend by continuing with road safety awareness campaigns to help motorists become more responsible on highways. Consequently, we have changed our strategy by no longer confining gendarmes to particular spots. Instead, they now patrol highways in order to catch erring motorists in the act,” he revealed. At Balamba in the Mbam and Inoubou Division of the Centre Region, the Secretary of State ordered the impoundment of a truck parked at a bend. Further checks of the lorry revealed that the driver had packets of Tramol drug. He claimed to be returning from Kousseri in the Far North Region where he went to supply pear.

Two other vehicles were impounded in Balamba and officers of the local Gendarmerie Post directed to prepare and forward the report to the State Counsel in Bafia; ensuring that they copied Gendarmerie Headquarters. The traffic offences here included overloading, smashed windscreens, lack of driving licence and night parking lighting boards, dangerous overtaking, and failure to put on safety belts.

There were similar impromptu vehicle checks by Jean Baptiste Bokam and team in Makenene in Mbam and Inoubou Division, Bantoum in Nde Division of the West Region, and Melong in Moungo Division of Littoral Region. In cases of overloading, the gendarmerie boss ordered concerned drivers to refund the fares of the passengers to continue their trips in other vehicles.

Security Forces watch as the remains of victims are being transported to the local mortuary in Mbanga at the scene of the accident — Security forces watch as the remains of victims are being transported to the local mortuary in Mbanga at the scene of the accident

Details: Elangwe Pauline; 16.May.2016; Hits: 6520

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Details: Elangwe Pauline; 14.May.2016; Hits: 6126

A laborer lost his life and two others were seriously injured following the collapse of a portion of the Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium currently under rehabilitation. The incident occurred around 9:30 am in the right flank of the tribune, situated beside the presidential stand. Three workers were busy working when the incident occurred, one died on the spot and two others were rushed to the CNPS hospital in Yaoundé.

A worker Parfait NGOUANG has revealed that workers are not secured at the construction site. He was recently hit by a plank on the head leaving him with wounds. A commission of enquiry has been put in place by the Prime minister’s office, while the Attorney General has opened investigation. The incident is happening just a week after the Prime Minister visited the stadium to inspect the level of work done. The Yaoundé Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium is among other playing grounds to host the 2016 female AFCON and the 2019 AFCON.

Details: Nfor Hanson; 12.May.2016; Hits: 2851

His Royal Highness André Flaubert Nana has been arrested and put behind bars by elements of the Bana Gendarmerie Brigade. He was arrested Tuesday following a sentence in 2015 to five years imprisonment and fine of 70 million Francs for his role in the Batch Vs Batchingou boundary crisis which led to the death of Comedian Samuel Djonkou, son of Batcha, popularly known as Jean Batcha.

The Batchingou Mountain is the bone of contention and that fateful 13 May when the Mount Batchingou race was programmed, tension mounted at the level of Ndouck. Villagers who held local produced guns fire at each other and a stray bullet hit and killed Jean Batcha. Eric Ngongang, Hilaire Tiengang Nganso, Bruno Seido, William Henri Patchadji, were all injured and transported to the Yaoundé military hospital.

The Fon of Batchingou could be paying the prize of his decision to organize the Mount Batchingou race when administration of Haut Nkam and NDE had refused with a joint letter served to the Fon on November 5,2014. HRH Andre Flaubert had harassed his counterpart of Batcha last year during same event. The mountain linking both Fondoms has been an object of disagreement .The dispute les jean le morroir

Details: Nfor Hanson; 11.May.2016; Hits: 2807

Medial staff at the Ad Lucem hospital in the Douala One District on Monday, May 9, 2016,turned away a pregnant woman who was laboring. The medical team present at the hospital came out to tell the helpers who had accompanied the lady in a "wheel barrow" that they do not have facilities to admit mentally ill patients.

The helper who brought the lady to the hospital recalls this: "I was shopping not far from Bali, I watched for a few minutes a young lady sitting on the tarmac showing signs of laboring, i found it abnormal to let her give birth to her child on the open unsuitable environment, that's why I quickly took action to bring her to the nearest hospital so she can receive attention, unfortunately the nurses/midwives do not want to take care of her because she is mentally ill, "it is sad.

After long deliberations with the nurses,the director of the hospital came out to adjust the story by saying, there is no gynecologist available : "The gynecologist who is on duty is in the operating room.I ill recommend you take her elsewhere because you are running out of time, " words from the hospital director. Despite numerous pleads from concerned onlookers, the medical staff stood to their words.

With hopes fading, onlookers quickly donated cash for taxi fare and the pregnant lady was rushed to a different hospital.