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A Cameroonian citizen  believed to be linked to a transnational counterfeit hard currency ring has been arrested alongside an accomplice and arraigned in a court in Nairobi -Kenya.Kenyan authorities say, the Cameroonian citizen by name Ousman Bako and a certain Mohammed Sani alias Mustafa from Niger, had been fleecing people in and outside Kenya of "colossal sums of money".
"We believe these are the kingpins behind printing money in exchange of dollars which turn out to be fake," Joseph Boinnet, a spokesperson for the Kenyan police said in a statement on Monday.
Boinnet said the arrest followed the receipt of an intelligence report indicating several people had been conned of more than Sh40 million in exchange of foreign currency shipped from Syria.He said CID officers carried out operations that led to the recovery of $693 million (Sh71 billion) and 369 million Euros (Sh41 billion).

"Money-printing machines, money cutters, scanners, five safes, two computers, chemicals, masks and foil paper were also found," he said.

Boinnet said the government will not let foreigners engage in criminal activities by taking advantage of Kenyans' hospitality.

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If so, you may want to read Cameroon Travel Adventure while planning your trip. This book provides the inexperienced traveler to Cameroon with general information about food, safety, transportation, shopping, and more. It also contains a detailed travel log accompanied by hundred of photos. In addition, it describes some of the major changes that Cameroon has gone through over the last 50 years through the eyes of a former Peace Corps volunteer. Written and published by Paul Hamel and Darleen Guien, 2017, 172 pages. The book is available on Amazon.com.

Cameroon Travel Adventure was written by a former Peace Corps volunteer, who after 47 years, returned to Cameroon in 2013, to see how the country has changed. This book includes information on preparing for a trip, what to expect to find upon arrival, and a detailed travel log with hundreds of photos of Yaounde, Bafia, Bafoussam, Bamenda, Foumban, and Kribi. This book also serves as a guide for the newcomer covering important facts about ground transportation, safety, taking photos, language, luggage, telephones, health, hotels, money, eating & drinking, clothing, shopping. It book includes a short overview of the major changes that Cameroon has gone through over the last few decades. Topics range from the advances in communication, expansion of the availability of electricity, education, health care, roads, religion, clean water, sanitation, and government /politics.

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cole Polytechnique Fédérale of Lausanne (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), in partnership with the magazine Afrique Méditerranée Business, just published the African Cities Lab, a study on the 30 best African cities, based on criteria such as quality of infrastructure, accommodation, spatial development, environment and ecology, development of the economic environment and governance.

In this top 30 ranking, the city of Douala gets the 26th spot, with an overall grade of 54.75 out of 100 points. The worst mark for the economic capital of Cameroon is on governance (33 points) and the development of its economic environment (41 points), while in terms of spatial development, Douala has one of the best grades in the continent (73 points), behind South Africa’s Johannesburg (76) and Egypt’s Alexandria (79 points).

At the 30^th spot in this ranking of the 30 best African cities, is the city of Yaoundé. The Cameroonian capital has a score of 54.04 points and also has a very poor grade in terms of governance (33 points) and for the criteria covering the development of the economic environment (40 points).

In the CEMAC zone, the two main Cameroonian cities are outranked by Libreville, the Gabonese capital, with a score of 56.67 points. Ranked best African city in this African Cities Lab ranking, Johannesburg is in this top 30 with four other South African cities.

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01.Mar.2017

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US Judicial Drug Task Force made sizable bust last week when they pulled over the car of a Cameroonian citizen last week in DICKSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN)

The agents found thousands of dollars worth of gift cards for pizza and other fast food restaurants.The discovery was made during a traffic stop that morning. After agents pulled over the rental car, the 32 year old Cameroonian, Rhodri Bongam, was driving.During the traffic stop, he was was unable to find his I.D.

He told them it may have been in a suitcase in the back. Authorities say Bongam then gave consent for them to search a suitcase.
During the search, agents reportedly found a die set, which is used to punch names and numbers onto fraudulent credit cards. They say they also found an embossing machine, which is an even faster way to alter fraudulent credit cards.

Authorities told News 2 this was the first one they had personally seen.

Bongam was ultimately arrested.

A further search of the car yielded fake I.D.s; fraudulent credit cards, and close to 100 gift cards from Pizza Hut, Jimmy Johns, Krispy Kreme and Home Depot. Agents also found expensive designer sunglasses, high top Louis Vuitton sneakers and an exclusive Versace watch.

“When you don’t use your own money, you can buy stuff like that,” one of the agents told News 2.

Bongam is accused of using stolen financial data that he loaded onto gift cards which, unlike Visa and MasterCards, are more difficult to cancel.According to arresting officers, Bongam made money by selling $50 pizza cards for a cash discount to unsuspecting citizens.

“Fifty to $.80 on the dollar,” one of the agents said.

Bongham, who is a Camaroonian national living in Washington D.C., was staying at the Hilton in downtown Nashville and was reportedly paying for his room with fake credit cards.

He has been charged with 18 counts of criminal simulation and was placed in jail on a $92,000 bond.

Bongham had no previous criminal history outside a suspended license.

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26.Feb.2017

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On 22 February 2017, the Federal Council of Nigeria approved the project to construct a bridge linking the country with the highest population in Africa to Cameroon, we learn from Nigerian media sources. The estimated cost of this project is US dollars 40 million (FCfa 24.8 billion equivalent), of which US dollars 38 million (FCfa 23.6 billion) for the actual bridge, and US dollars 1.9 million (FCfa 1.2 billion) for supervision of operations. According to the details given by the Nigerian authorities, this bridge will be built in the area of Ikot Efiom in Nigeria, and should join the 403-km road being completed, linking the towns of Enugu (Nigeria) and Bamenda (North-West Cameroon).

Financing for this cross-border road project, according to the Nigerian government, will be provided by the African Development Bank (AfDB). As a reminder, with its market of almost 170 million consumers, Nigeria is the primary supplier of Cameroon (22 and 17.8% of imports in 2011 and 2012), with whom trade exchanges total on average FCfa 382 billion a year, according to the Cameroonian Ministry of Commerce; not to mention contraband products, which are traded on both sides of the 1500 Km border separating the two countries.

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24.Feb.2017

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