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A ghastly accident that occured on the the Bafoussam-Douala motorway has taken the lives of 7 passengers. A public transport bus heading to Doaula collided with a cargo truck in the district of Njombe - Penja ( Mungo ) resulting in the several deaths and injuries . Cameroon Concord gathered that Eleven passengers were also injured.

Both vehicles were going in opposite directions : the truck to Loum and the bus heading to Douala.

Circumstances resulting to the accident remain unknown while authorities are investigating.However, some onlookers where quick to point their fingers at the bus driver for reckless over speeding.

Details: Elangwe Pauline; 13.Apr.2016; Hits: 3465

A driver of a private high school in Limbe, OUMAROU, has been discovered dead lying on the veranda of a certain Clinton(Soldier) also known as ADAMOU. Accusing fingers are pointing at the soldier for being the architect of the act. The people of Espoire Neighborhood in Limbe have vowed to unveil the killer.

An uncle to the deceased reveals that the alleged murderer, Clinton, phoned him earlier asking him to come and pick up his nephew whom he had beaten. Upon arrival, he found OUMAROU lying dead in his own pool of blood.

The landlord of late driver has testify that both men who hail from same village, BABA I, in the Northwest region, have always been fighting , with the soldier threatening to take out life from the driver, “ I heard someone knocking at the door, calling on OUMAROU to come out and challenge him, I was surprised because they are village brothers and he often spend the night at the drivers house”, the landlord said.

Family members of the deceased say it is not the first time the alleged murderer has been beating the people.
The cause of the brutal killing many say could be out of anger, sources say OUMAROU linked the girl friend of Clinton to his superior as mistress, while other sources say it might be a village problem that has been transferred to town, there are reports how both men are strong supporters of two rival factions in BABA I, a village in Nguketunja Division of Northwest region, one is struggling to overthrow the Fon, while the other is in support of the Fon’s stay.
The forces of law and order in limbe have opened investigations on the matter.

Details: Elangwe Pauline; 11.Apr.2016; Hits: 4191

Cameroon's national weather service(dmn) has issued flood warnings for the Eastern,Western and Littoral regions as the country is expecting heavy rains and thunderstorms in the coming days. Medium-risk flood warnings were also issued for some shallows Littoral, Southwest and Centre regions.

Flood warnings were issued for the river N'gongue , Banya and Kondi in the Littoral region .

Last year Severe flooding caused by tropical monsoon rains devastated Cameroon's economic capital, Douala. At least 4 people were killed, 2 000 displaced, and over 30 000 citizens were directly affected by July 1, 2015, after more than a week of heavy rainfall.

Details: Elangwe Pauline; 09.Apr.2016; Hits: 2750

The bills were endorsed during a plenary chaired by the Senate President, Marcel Niat Njifenji. The night of April 6, 2016 was definitely long for members of the Senate as they stayed awake to scrutinize and adopt three more bills forwarded to the Senate by the National Assembly for second reading. Wednesday’s night plenary sitting at the Yaounde Conference Centre was chaired by Senate President, Marcel Niat Njifenji.

The three more bills adopted includes the bill on tourism and leisure activities in Cameroon, the bill to ratify the Ordinance of 23 December 2015 to amend and supplement some provisions of 23 December 2014 Law: Finance Law of the Republic of Cameroon for the 2015 Financial year and the bill to authorize the President of the Republic to proceed with Cameroon’s accession to the African Charter on Statistics, adopted on 3 February 2009 in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia.

The three bills were defended in committee and plenary respectively by the Minister of State, Minister of Tourism and Leisure, Bello Bouba Maïgari, Finance Minister, Alamine Ousmane Mey and the Minister Delegate at the Ministry of External Relations in charge of Relations with the Commonwealth, Chief Dr. Dion Ngute. The bill on tourism and leisure activities in Cameroon seeks to correct shortfalls of the 1998 Law as the development of the sector still faces many difficulties. Excessive and inappropriate fines, disproportion between sanctions and violations marred the sector and encouraged clandestine tourist establishments. The new law will ease conditions for carrying out tourist activities, identify measures aimed at controlling clandestine activities as well as encourage competitiveness in tourist and leisure activities.

Security measures are also part of the new legal instrument which will contribute to developing the sector considered vital for economic recovery. As for the amendment of some provisions of the 2015 Finance Law, it emerged that it was necessitated by certain events such as the renewal of licenses of two mobile telephone companies which generated more revenue, the restructuring of the National Refining Company (SONARA), the start of Three- Emergency Plan and 2016/2019 African Cup of Nations preparations all had a bearing on the initial 2015 State budget. The members of government concerned provided further explanations to questions that ensued from the plenary. The African charter bill on statistics underscores statistics as an indispensable tool for decision-making process.

Details: Cameroon Tribune; 08.Apr.2016; Hits: 3453

Of the 600,000 HIV-positive people in Cameroon, the city of Douala accounts for 68,000, making our historic economic capital the highest in Cameroon with infected people. Our public health sector has been rocked recently with scandals. In this edition of the AGBAW-EBAI DEBATE, Cameroon Concord's Chi Prudence Asong is asking our readers to examine the culture of Miss Cameroon or Miss Beach and if we as a people will be able to win the war against HIV/Aids by organizing events such as the one painted on this photo. The photo is an audition exercise for Miss Beach that held in Buea, the chief city in the South West region. Lets hear from you Cameroon Concord People

Details: The AGBAW-EBAI DEBATE; 07.Apr.2016; Hits: 2621

The Special Criminal Court has opened a criminal investigation on Bruno Bekolo Ebe over his management of the University of Douala, Cameroon Concord has learnt from reliable government sources. We also gathered that some current and former officials of the management team of the institution have already responded to the summons by the court. On April 4, 2016 some managers and dean of studies at the time Bruno Bekolo Ebe headed the establishment were at the Special Criminal Court premise in Yaounde.

Some of Bekolo’s men did not appear during the April 4^th hearing but were however represented by lawyers, who had the burden of justifying their absences. The Higher State Control (CONSUPE) conducted an audit including an inspection mission from 2007 to 2010 at the University of Douala when Bruno Bekolo was in command. It has emerged that there were 27 counts of mismanagement and Bruno Bekolo Ebe was indebted to the institution of the sum of 2.4 billion CFA Francs.

Details: Rita Akana with files from CIN; 07.Apr.2016; Hits: 2465

Marafa Hamidou Yaya, the former Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, is currently hospitalised at the Yaounde General Hospital. The second appeal hearing in the trial of Marafa Hamidou Yaya, former Secretary General at the Presidency and ex-Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, and Yves Michel Fotso, business magnate and former General Manager of the defunct national carrier, Camair, held at the Supreme Court in Yaounde on April 5, 2016.

Alongside Sandjon Paho Genevieve Paul Gisele and Nkounda Julienne, the four were on September 12, 2012, convicted for embezzling about 21 Billion FCFA meant for the purchase of presidential aircraft, the Bbjet 2. Marafa and Fotso had received 25-year jail terms each while the other two accused got away with lesser sentences. Leading a seven-person panel of judges, Chief Justice Daniel Mekobe Sone adjourned the matter to May 3, 2016, after listening to the observations of the counsel for Marafa Hamidou Yaya, Barrister Patrice Monthé and the Advocate General, Ngatcha Esaie.

Barrister Monthé said his client was on admission at the Yaounde General Hospital at Ngoussou, pleading that any adjournment should be much longer because some of his medical tests might have to be taken abroad. Advocate General Ngatcha concurred by saying that he was also informed of Marafa’s health situation, pleading with the court to take this into consideration. Meanwhile, of all the four appellants, only Nkounda Julienne was present in court. Yves Michel Fotso, who was said to be unwell during the last hearing on March 22, 2016, was inexplicably absent; neither were any of his five lawyers present.