Inside Cameroon

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has stressed the strengthening of Iran’s defense capabilities in the face of enemy threats. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with eulogists on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad’s daughter Hazrat Fatemeh Zahra (PBUH) on Wednesday.

Ayatollah Khamenei noted that Iran needs to have boosted its defensive military capabilities in order to strengthen its position in potential negotiations. “If the Islamic establishment seeks technology and negotiations but does not have defensive power, it will have to back down in the face of any petty country that threatens [it],” the Leader said. “That they say the future of the world is one of negotiation and not one of missiles... if that is said out of ignorance, well it is ignorance, but if it’s said knowingly, it is treason,” 

Ayatollah Khamenei said. “The Islamic Republic must use all tools,” the Leader said, adding, “I am not opposed to political dialog, not with everyone of course. I am fine with political dialog on the level of global issues. These are times of both missiles and negotiations.”

Ayatollah Khamenei’s remarks come as the United States and some of their European allies are seeking a meeting at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Iran’s recent missile tests, which they claim were carried out in defiance of a UNSC resolution.

In a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Spain’s UN Ambassador Roman Oyarzun Marchesi, the US, Britain, France, and Germany have reportedly called for discussions on an “appropriate response” by the UNSC to Iran’s missile tests.

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30.Mar.2016

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The Minister- Secretary General at the Presidency of the Republic of Cameroon, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh has met with Niger's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, African Integration, Madam Aïchatou Boulama Kané.

The Thursday 24th of March 2016 meeting at Unity Palace that lasted thirty minutes, provided an opportunity for Madam Aïchatou Boulama Kane to convey an invitation from the President of the Republic of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou addressed to his counterpart Paul Biya, to personally take part in his inauguration ceremony as President of the Republic of Niger slated for April the 2nd in Niamey.

President Mahamadou Issoufou like every other French surrogate within the African continent, won a second term amid protest according to preliminary overall results reported by the so called Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday, March 22.

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28.Mar.2016

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Britain’s Prince Charles plans to visit Iran for the first official royal trip in more than 40 years, The Sunday Times reports. British government and royal officials are in talks with Iranian authorities about arranging a tour around the fall, the paper quoted a royal source as saying. “It is hoped that Prince Charles’ trip will help to boost trade and commercial links between the two countries, as well as marking a significant change in Anglo-Iranian relations,” the report said.

Britain is viewed with much cynicism because of its colonial past in Iran where the sobriquet “old fox” is widely used as a reference to the UK. In a litany of intrigues played on Iran, including a role in 1953 coup against the country’s first democratically-elected government, Britain was seen as the real power behind the “peacock throne” of a succession of pliant shahs. Philip Hammond became the first British foreign secretary to visit Iran for more than a decade in August last year and reopen the country’s embassy in Tehran.

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28.Mar.2016

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Cameroonian MPs have reportedly promised to vote yes to a constitutional amendment that will enable the 83 year old President Biya to run for president in 2018 if the CPDM government makes available to each parliamentarian, a new 4x4 jeep. The members of parliament who are predominantly in their 70s and 80s have even openly petitioned the President of the National Assembly for a new car endowment.

The MPs in their letter to House Speaker, Cavaye Djibril, observed that they are badly in need of some kind of financial allocation for maintenance of their vehicles or if possible the purchase of a new one to brave the bad roads in the rural areas of the country.

The elected representatives believe that the time for them to get something more than the 10,000,000 FCFA, received in 2014 is now as the Cameroonian dictator intends to change the constitution that will eventually pave the way for him to seek another mandate.

The MPs also say their current vehicles are no longer fit for their multiple missions. Hence the need for a 4x4 jeep. The water shortages, load shedding of electricity and other unwanted harassment and scandals in hospitals, which affects the entire population seem not to be the concern of these Cameroonian MPs.

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28.Mar.2016

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CIA-armed militants are now shooting at Pentagon-armed militias in Syria, showing a complete lack of control by the US over its war machine in the war-torn country. The two groups of militants have begun to fight each other in areas between the besieged city of Aleppo and the Turkish border, US officials and militants’ leaders have confirmed. Their fighting has intensified during the past two months as they have repeatedly shot at each other while maneuvering through the plains on the northern outskirts of Aleppo. 

In February, Pentagon-backed units, moving in from Kurdish-controlled areas to the east, forced Fursan al Haq, a CIA-armed militant, to leave the town of Marea, about 20 miles north of Aleppo. "Any faction that attacks us, regardless from where it gets its support, we will fight it," said Maj. Fares Bayoush, a leader of Fursan al Haq. Similar clashes were reported in the town of Azaz, a key transit point for militants and supplies between Aleppo and the Turkish border as well as the Aleppo neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsud.

The deteriorating situation shows the difficulty the US is experiencing in coordinating its various armed groups that are trying to topple the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, fight the Daesh (ISIL) and shoot at each other at the same time. "It is an enormous challenge," said Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, who called such clashes "a fairly new phenomenon." "It is part of the three-dimensional chess that is the Syrian battlefield," he said. Also, a US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that "this is a complicated, multisided war where our options are severely limited." "We know we need a partner on the ground. We can't defeat Daesh without that part of the equation, so we keep trying to forge those relationships."

At first, the CIA-armed militias and Pentagon-armed ones were mainly operating in separated areas of Syria with the former fighting in the west of the country and the latter operating in the northeastern parts. However, with Russian airstrikes against Daesh terrorists, Kurdish-led groups could expand their control to the outskirts of Aleppo, causing them to have more frequent conflicts with the CIA-backed outfits. "Fighting over territory in Aleppo demonstrates how difficult it is for the U.S. to manage these really localized and, in some cases, entrenched conflicts," said Nicholas Heras, an expert on the Syrian civil war at the Center for a New American Security, a think tank in Washington. "Preventing clashes is one of the constant topics in the joint operations room with Turkey." Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011.

More than 260,000 have reportedly lost their lives and millions displaced as a result of the violence. The US-led coalition has been pounding purported Daesh positions inside Syria since September 2014, without any authorization from Damascus or the UN. However, they have done little to stop the Takfiri terrorists' advances in parts of Syria.

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27.Mar.2016

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A man was killed on Wednesday at the Nouvelle Route, Cite SIC neighborhood in Douala. The victim reportedly at his 30s, was shot near Betesda clinic by two passengers he carried aboard his motorbike. 

The tragedy took place at about 22:30 pm. The executioners fired two bullets into the neck of the young man. No identification documents were found on the victim by police.

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24.Mar.2016

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