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An Inter urban transport agency plying the Yaounde-Douala road-network has been banned from circulation after one of its buses was involved in a deadly accident in which over 20 civilians lost their souls with many others severely injured.General express voyages was suspended for 3 months by Cameroon's Minister of transportation on Tuesday, October 25th 2017. The passenger bus of General express collided with a trailer which was coming from the opposite direction. The driver of the bus is accused of poor driving and his drivers licence has been suspended for 12 months.The burden of road traffic injuries on heavy traffic roads in Cameroon calls for urgent interventions.Every day, people die in road collisions. So many variable factors are linked to accidents on the road. But statistics have shown that driver errors account for over 80 per cent of all fatal and injury crashes on Cameroon roads. Just like years past, accidents are still being caused today by careless drivers. Many die as a consequence of inexperience, speeding intoxication through drink or drugs or just plain recklessness. The worst part is that, a driver can only control his own actions and not those of the drivers next to him.

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Speaking to the BBC on Saturday, the Minister of Labour and Social security said the Cameroonian government will not dialogue with people who want to pass orders to them.

The Minister of Labour told the BCC that, citizens do not give injunctions to their authorities and that there can be no dialogue with such people. He further said that, secession has never been easy anywhere in the world. Gregoire Owona even said he has never heard of successful secession in any country.

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NIAMEY (Reuters) - A group of four West African presidents said on Tuesday they planned steps to accelerate the creation of a shared currency for the 15-country ECOWAS bloc by 2020, according to a joint statement

The future currency, whose name is yet to be determined, would replace the dominant CFA Franc introduced by former colonial power France in 1945 and whose treasury still backs it.

“Our region needs this unifying instrument, symbol of our shared destiny, to consolidate our customs union,” ECOWAS chairman and Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe said on Twitter.

The statement was from the presidents of Togo, Ghana, Niger and Ivory Coast who form part of a task force on the envisaged currency. A committee is planned to lead the efforts, it said.

But the president of the biggest economy in the region, Nigeria, urged caution, citing difficulties in the euro zone.

“Nigeria will caution against any position that pushes for a fast-track approach to monetary union, while neglecting fundamentals and other pertinent issues,” said Muhamadu Buhari.

West African leaders have for decades held meetings on creating their own currency in order to promote regional trade and investment, but little progress has been made.

Popular anger over the CFA franc, which stands for African Financial Cooperation in French and is seen by many in the region as a symbol of unwelcome French paternalism, dates back to at least 1994 when Paris suddenly devalued the currency.

Establishing a new currency would involve dissolving the Dakar-based West African Central Bank BCEAO for the eight countries within the zone that use it and creating another one.

The remaining seven countries in the ECOWAS bloc include English-speaking countries like Gambia and Sierra Leone as well as Portuguese-speaking Guinea Bissau. Each has its own currency.

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US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley is on her first Africa tour. But, with President Donald Trump's foreign policy plans for the continent unclear, nobody is really sure how Africa will feature on the US agenda.

US-Africa relations

Trump envoy Nikki Haley on first Africa trip

The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, is one of the highest-ranking officials in the Trump administration to visit the African continent. Ethiopia, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are on her itinerary.

Haley told reporters she hoped this was the beginning of "a stronger relationship with the AU and our African partners," following a meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Monday.

"The United States very much sees Africa as a very important part of the world. We see great opportunities in Africa, we see challenges in Africa, but we want to support and help in those situations.

Haley also plans to take a critical look at the UN peacekeeping missions in South Sudan and the DRC, both of which are among the biggest missions in the world.

The operation in DRC, for instance, costs $1.14 billion (970 million euros).

The US pays a large a portion of the UN peacekeeping budget.

UN funding cuts?

Both the Trump administration and Haley in particular have been known to speak out against what they see as the inefficiency of the UN. In an op-ed published by CNN shortly before her trip, Haley lauded the UN for its efforts to avert a full blown famine in South Sudan.

However, she wrote: "The UN's track record of long-term success is not good. Neither South Sudan nor the DRC has shown any real progress toward political solutions that would stop the violence."

In June this year, Haley tweeted about a budget proposal to cut funding to the UN by $500 million (425 million euros). She was heavily criticized for the proposal.

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An estimated 300 Ambazonians have fled their homeland into Cross River State Nigeria over the past 20 days, according to Nigerian immigration authorities. The Nigerian government says they are expecting more than 40,000 more refugees as the numbers keep climbing The speed and scale of the influx has triggered a press briefing from the Nigerian authorities.The refugees now depend on humanitarian assistance for shelter, food, water, sanitation and other life-saving material. A delegation from the Ambazonian Governing Council, led by its Chairman, Sissiku Ayuk Julius paid a visit to the refugees. Ambazonians on the diaspora have been mobilizing donations to support the refugees.

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Cameroon going through its worst moments of insecurity in recent years. The son of the Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization,Gilles Christian Sadi, whose installation as the Sub Divisional officer for Kribi II some five days ago, was attacked by men of the underworld. The young administrator aged 30, who is robust and athletic saved himself during the ordeal.

The armed robber had asked him to go flat on his tummy while surrendering his money and jewelry. Just coming back from a nocturnal visit to a local bar for a drinking spree and sensing danger after being pointed with a gun loaded with seven bullets, he dashed out with sheets from his hotel room where he lodged while waiting for repair works to be done in his residence.

This surprise reflex move by the young and vibrant Sub Divisional officer forced the assailant to flee leaving behind his gun loaded with seven cartridges.

This act of aggression and armed robbery took place in the early hours of the morning around 2 am on Sunday, 22 October 2017. Today this act will resonate on his head and ears because the dangers of insecurity were highlighted during his installation as the focal point of his Administration.

Details: Rita Akana; 23.Oct.2017; Hits: 1795

The Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, is no longer a goodwill Ambassador; a role which the World Health Organisation gave him hoping he would use it to influence other leaders in Africa, to take the healthcare of their Nations serious.

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