A young man, Nji Ange, 23, who is suspected to have masterminded the killing of his step mother, Jeanette Cheche, the step sister, Lilian Lanji and one other person on July 12, 2015, by dropping poison in their food (corn fufu), has been arrested. The incident happened in Mbalangi village along Kumba-Buea Road in Mbonge Sub-division, Meme Division, South West Region.

The suspect was arrested by gendarmes in Kumba when he resurfaced to visit his father who was lying sick in the Presbyterian Hospital, Buea Road, Kumba. He had gone into hiding for nine months after the poisoning. Sources said Nji’s father, who has been suffering from hypertension, immediately collapsed and died after hearing that the son, who came to see him, had been apprehended.

Nji Ange has been remanded and sent to the Kumba Main Prison to meet his mother who has been there for the past nine months as the main suspect behind the killing of the three family members. Both the mother and son are awaiting trial, while the corpse of the late father, has been taken to the Kumba District Hospital mortuary pending burial arrangements. Some people have suggested that the blood of the poisoned victims had been haunting Nji Aunge until it finally pulled him out of hiding.

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Elangwe Pauline

06.Apr.2016

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Airports are increasing becoming targets for terrorist groups worldwide thereby forcing countries to step up security in these strategic areas. Correspondingly, Cameroon civil aviation authorities have been on the offensive to ensure that airport facilities are not accessible to terrorists.

The director general of CCA indicated that the security strategy has been revised for Cameroon's international and secondary airport that will soon go operational. He was speaking in Yaounde while installing newly promoted officials to implement the strategy. 22 personnel at the civil aviation authority have been commissioned into their news offices with a task of translating government's policy into action. 

The new directors say they are ready for business. As the air transport sector fights to ensure that airports are no go zones for unwanted guests, top officials of the civil aviation authority have instructed the newly installed to be relentless in their missions.

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CRTV

04.Apr.2016

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A giant water project constructed within the Solar-Powered Potable Water Scheme by the South West Development Authority, SOWEDA, to the tune of 45 million in the Inokun village, Eyumojock Sub-division, Manyu Division has  been commissioned. The ceremony that took place on Monday the 28^th  of March 2016 in Inokun was chaired by the Senior Divisional Officer for Manyu, Peter Tieh Nde accompanied by SOWEDA’s General Manager Dr. Andrew Ngome.

The Solar-Powered Potable Water Scheme, the second-ever in the South West Region, have a constructed stream catchment and overhead storage tank and also a supply and distribution pipeline of assorted pipes. The treatment station and Pump Sump contains an up flow roughing filter, slow sand filter and the pump sump. In the Pumping system, solar panels with a collector for direct supply to pump, submersible pump of Tmh=50, Q=201/min-601/min-1001/min and a control system including protective devices makes the water system unique. The  Stand pipes, high point, low point chambers, valve chambers, stream crossing with GI 50 mm and concrete support on both ends including a fenced treatment station have been adequately constructed and equipped. 

The micro-credit facility is an embodiment of recent measures adopted to sustain accurate water supply in local communities. The project falls within the Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry 2015 Public Investment Budget to carry out the construction of the Inukon water scheme worth over 45 million francs. Inokun is the second after the Njeke rehabilitation water Scheme still in Eyumojock sub-division, Manyu division constructed by SOWEDA. The water scheme was built with modern technology that makes use of renewable energy.

Speaking during the technical presentation, ASHU Stephen, SOWEDA’s Chief of Infrastructure told the inhabitants that “This water scheme we have just put in place in Inokun village is a solar pumping system. When we got here we realized that Inokun have surface water and in surface water you need treatment, and so we harnessed this surface water, constructed the catchment structure and channeled it to the biological treatment station. The treatment station is a combination of the up flow gravel filter and a slow sand filter, so filtration takes place in three different chambers”.  Ashu Stephen added that the system has five panels that make up 1600 watts and with the submersible pump that pumps to the overhead storage tank. The capacity of the tank is 20 cubic meters and it is designed to last for 25 years.

Peter Tieh Nde, Manyu SDO sounded a note of caution through the management committee that no washing of dresses, bikes, and dishes should be allowed in the area.  He stated the resolved by government to constantly ensure the wellbeing of her citizens with Inokun being no exception. The mayor of the Eyumojock council, Julius Nkom noted that it was a healthy transformation to the Inokun community in particular and the Eyumojock municipality. The 66 villages that make up the Eyumojock sub-division he said are all short of water supply.

For his part, the General Manager of the South West Development Authority, SOWEDA, Dr. Andrew Ngome observed that the 45 million francs project was highly commended as Cameroon makes it moves towards emergence 2035. Dr. Ngome pleaded for a well-coordinated control over the water system so as to guarantee its durability and to serve the community adequately. The SOWEDA Boss announced the training of a local management team to be put in place in the weeks ahead.

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Cham Victor Bama on Special Assignment in Eyumojock

03.Apr.2016

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The Japanese international Cooperation Agency, JICA has provided US$42 million for the continuation of construction works on the 67.5 km road connecting Lélé in Cameroon with Mintom in neighboring Congo-Brazzaville.

Public Works officials say the funding is sufficient to ensure Cameroon complete work on the project. The trans African highway is part of the Djoum – Ketta trunk road linking Sangmelima in Cameroon with Ouesso in Congo. 

The total cost of the work to upgrade the Cameroon section of the Sangmélima – Ouesso line is around FCFA 119.80 billion. The road measures 651 km long, with 335 km in Congo and 216 km in Cameroon.

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01.Apr.2016

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PUBLISHED: 12:16 GMT, 30 March 2016 | UPDATED: 12:54 GMT, 30 March 2016

Horrifying moment a woman SLICES OPEN a pregnant relative who had died in a doomed bid to save her unborn twins after hospital staff refused to help in Cameroon

• Gruesome mobile phone footage shows the moment woman was cut open
• The recently-deceased woman in Cameroon was carrying unborn twins
• But hospital staff said she was 'already dead' and refused to help the family
• A relative then used razors to cut her open and deliver the children herself
• One had already died and the second died soon afterwards, it was claimed

BBC

PUBLISHED: 12:16 GMT, 30 March 2016 | UPDATED: 12:54 GMT, 30 March 2016

Cameroon outcry over razorblade operation to save unborn twins

Mobile phone footage of a woman without medical training cutting open the belly of a dead woman in a desperate attempt to save her unborn twins has provoked an outcry in Cameroon.

The Sun

PUBLISHED: 12:16 GMT, 30 March 2016

|Gruesome moment family is forced to CUT OPEN pregnant woman's stomach to save unborn twins after hospital refused to help

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Rita Akana

30.Mar.2016

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The Prime Minister and Head of Government, Philemon Yang is this Wednesday, March 30 in Bangui, the political capital of the Central African Republic (CAR). He will take part as personal representative of the Head of State, Paul Biya at the inauguration of the new CAR president, Faustin-Archange Touadéra elected on 14 February.

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Elangwe Pauline

30.Mar.2016

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