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Boko Haram terrorists are currently engaged in a heavy gun fight with Cameroonian armed forces at Karawa in the far north region, a report is saying.
Local newspaper, L’Oeil du Sahel, said the confrontations are currently taking place in Kerawa along the border with Nigeria in Cameroon’s far north.
On Thursday, a civilian was kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram members at Idoua locality in the same region.
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Benin goes to the polls Sunday to choose a new president, and the ballot is long – a record 33 candidates. Incumbent Thomas Boni Yayi is stepping down after serving his maximum of two terms.
One front-runner among Benin’s nearly three dozen presidential candidates is current prime minister Lionel Zinsou, who helms a coalition of three political parties.
It’s a distinct advantage, says regional political analyst and director of the Wathi think tank Gilles Yabi.
He says Zinsou has the support of political parties that were considered to be in the opposition and he also has the support of the ruling party so that gives him a certain political weight.
But Yabi thinks it’s still anyone’s race.
He says it is a very open election and there are other candidates who could gather a large number of votes.
Zinsou has faced criticism over his ties to France. The investment banker was born and raised there and has only recently returned to Benin. He was named prime minister last June.
His top challengers include food industry magnate Sébastien Ajavon and cotton tycoon Patrice Talon. Talon broke with President Boni Yayi after he accused Talon of trying to poison him. Talon only returned to Benin last year following a presidential pardon.
Analysts say the candidates have, for the most part, been raising the same top campaign issues like corruption, jobs and agricultural reform.
If no candidate wins a clear majority Sunday, Benin will hold a run-off election two weeks later.
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The Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of Supreme State Audit, Mbah Acha Rose Fomundam, has told representatives of State Audit institutions in Africa that the protection of public funds cannot be efficiently ensured if an organised prevention mechanism is not put in place.
While opening a three-day international forum in Yaounde on March 2, 2016 on the theme, “Preventing Embezzlement of Public Funds: A New Challenge for Supreme Audit Institutions in Africa”, Mbah Acha Rose beckoned the participants to make concrete proposals to enable the identification of activities likely to contribute to greater prevention of misuse of public funds.
In a ceremony that was massively attended by over two dozen cabinet ministers and members of the diplomatic corps, Mbah Acha Rose regretted that State Audit Institutions in Africa had not measured the contribution of prevention to the fight against embezzlement of public funds.
To her, decades of administrative and penal sanctions had not curbed cases of misappropriation of public funds at a pace compatible with the population’s expectations. “Prevention is better than cure. For many years, we focused on curing a disease against which we had not developed prophylactic measures of any significance,” she admitted. In effect, verification must henceforth be preceded by prevention, she suggested.
For three days, several themes will be tackled during the brainstorming forum organised by the Supreme State Audit Office in partnership with the Morocco-based African Training and Research Centre in Administration for Development (CAFRAD) and the Embassy of the United States of America in Cameroon. Speaking earlier, the US Ambassador to Cameroon, Michael Stephen Hoza promised that his country will always stand by Cameroon in preventing and fighting fraud as well as the misappropriation of public funds.
On his turn, CAFRAD’s Cameroonian-born Director General, Stephane Monney Mouandjo, addressed the need to sensitise managers on the real meaning of public funds, while insisting on a strong dose of ethics in management.
At the end of the forum tomorrow, participants will be expected to propose, if necessary, institutional reforms to be undertaken, best practices to be promoted, procedures to be formalised or new legislative or regulatory texts to be passed, to improve the efficiency of Supreme State Audit institutions.
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At least five suspected Boko Haram terrorists were gunned down on Thursday and 63 people held captive by the militants were rescued, the Nigerian Army said in a statement.
“Today, Army Headquarters Special Forces Team B, 7 Division Garrison, conducted fighting patrol in which they cleared Boko Haram terrorists hideout at Lawin Meleri, Matiri Bulaka and Aljeri villages.
“During the operation, they killed 5 Boko Haram terrorists and also rescued 63 persons held captives by the terrorists,” said a statement by Army spokesman Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman.
Colonel Usman said the troops recovered a Dane gun and a Light Machine Gun Bipod Stand and detonated an Improvised Explosive Device enroute.
He said the Nigerian troops also destroyed Haram spiritual power base at the Alagarno forest in Borno State.
“In continuation of their offensive clearance operations of remnants of Boko Haram terrorists in the North East, today (Thursday) troops of 81 Battalion and 251 Task Force
Battalion of 25 Task Force Brigade, 7 Division Nigerian Army, demystified Boko Haram terrorists spiritual power base at the Alagarno forest, Borno State.
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At least five suspected Boko Haram terrorists were gunned down on Thursday and 63 people held captive by the militants were rescued, the Nigerian Army said in a statement.
“Today, Army Headquarters Special Forces Team B, 7 Division Garrison, conducted fighting patrol in which they cleared Boko Haram terrorists hideout at Lawin Meleri, Matiri Bulaka and Aljeri villages.
“During the operation, they killed 5 Boko Haram terrorists and also rescued 63 persons held captives by the terrorists,” said a statement by Army spokesman Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman.
Colonel Usman said the troops recovered a Dane gun and a Light Machine Gun Bipod Stand and detonated an Improvised Explosive Device enroute.
He said the Nigerian troops also destroyed Haram spiritual power base at the Alagarno forest in Borno State.
“In continuation of their offensive clearance operations of remnants of Boko Haram terrorists in the North East, today (Thursday) troops of 81 Battalion and 251 Task Force
Battalion of 25 Task Force Brigade, 7 Division Nigerian Army, demystified Boko Haram terrorists spiritual power base at the Alagarno forest, Borno State.
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Cameroon’s Defense Ministry has put Yaounde on high alert over possible militant attacks, stepping up patrols at government buildings and public areas.
Locations in Yaounde with an increased security presence include ministries, army barracks, military hospitals and crowded places, according to a statement signed by Defense Minister Joseph Beti Assomo and e-mailed by his communications office.
While Cameroon’s capital hasn’t been targeted before, the country’s Far North region has been hit by attacks by Islamist militant group Boko Haram that have killed more than 70 people since the beginning of the year. Most were bombings by teenagers with explosive devices strapped to their bodies.
Meanwhile Boko Haram terrorists are currently engaged in a heavy gun fight with Cameroonian armed forces at Karawa in the far north region, a report is saying.Local newspaper, L’Oeil du Sahel, said the confrontations are currently taking place in Kerawa along the border with Nigeria in Cameroon’s far north.
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