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President Paul Biya, who is yet to visit Cameroonian troops combating the Nigerian Islamic sect in the Far North region has dispatched Midjiyawa Bakari, the governor of the Far North region with awards to members of vigilante committees that have neutralized Boko Haram kamikaze attacks and by extrapolation reducing the death toll.
Governor Bakari decorated members of these non state policing groups in Bodo (district of Makary in the Logone-et-Chari Division, Kolofata in Mayo-Sava and Nguetchewé district of Mayo-Moskota, Department of Mayo-Tsanaga.
The members of the vigilante committees were decorated with the Knight's Medal of the Order of Merit of Cameroon. Our intelligence unit gathered that Governor Midjiyawa Bakari also handed huge amounts of money to the wounded including widowers, widows and orphans.
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Cameroon says nearly 1,200 people have been killed in the country by the Nigeria-based Boko Haram terror group since 2013. Issa Tchiroma Bakary, Cameroon’s communications minister, said Friday that Boko Haram militants had carried out 315 raids and 32 bomb attacks in the country’s northern border areas. “1,098 civilians, 67 of our soldiers and three police officials have been killed in these barbaric attacks by the Boko Haram terrorist group,” the minister told reporters in the capital Yaounde. Since July last year, Cameroon’s far north has seen a wave of attacks attributed to Boko Haram Takriri militants. The price Cameroon pays for being a neighbour to loud-mouthing and grand standing Nigeria with inept leadership. This is on top of 1.5 million Nigerian refugies Cameroon has received from Nigeria. Where will it end?
This year, the number of attacks has soared to an almost daily basis. “In the face of such unjustified and gratuitous harassment our defense and security forces have inflicted heavy losses on the enemy,” Bakary said, adding that the extremist militants are now sending their women or girls to carry out bomb attacks. Since late November, the Cameroon army has carried out operations in several border areas aimed at weakening Nigerian militants active in the region.
Boko Haram has over the past year stepped up cross-border attacks in Niger, Chad and Cameroon, targeting busy markets, mosques, religious leaders and tribal chiefs opposed to them. The militant group, which is affiliated to Daesh, maintains strongholds in areas that are difficult to access, such as the Sambisa forest, the Mandara mountains and the numerous islands of Lake Chad. Boko Haram’s six-year military campaign has left about 20,000 people dead in Nigeria, and hundreds of others in neighboring Cameroon, Niger and Chad.
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Cameroon says nearly 1,200 people have been killed in the country by the Nigeria-based Boko Haram terror group since 2013. Issa Tchiroma Bakary, Cameroon’s communications minister, said Friday that Boko Haram militants had carried out 315 raids and 32 bomb attacks in the country’s northern border areas. “1,098 civilians, 67 of our soldiers and three police officials have been killed in these barbaric attacks by the Boko Haram terrorist group,” the minister told reporters in the capital Yaounde. Since July last year, Cameroon’s far north has seen a wave of attacks attributed to Boko Haram Takriri militants. The price Cameroon pays for being a neighbour to loud-mouthing and grand standing Nigeria with inept leadership. This is on top of 1.5 million Nigerian refugies Cameroon has received from Nigeria. Where will it end?
This year, the number of attacks has soared to an almost daily basis. “In the face of such unjustified and gratuitous harassment our defense and security forces have inflicted heavy losses on the enemy,” Bakary said, adding that the extremist militants are now sending their women or girls to carry out bomb attacks. Since late November, the Cameroon army has carried out operations in several border areas aimed at weakening Nigerian militants active in the region.
Boko Haram has over the past year stepped up cross-border attacks in Niger, Chad and Cameroon, targeting busy markets, mosques, religious leaders and tribal chiefs opposed to them. The militant group, which is affiliated to Daesh, maintains strongholds in areas that are difficult to access, such as the Sambisa forest, the Mandara mountains and the numerous islands of Lake Chad. Boko Haram’s six-year military campaign has left about 20,000 people dead in Nigeria, and hundreds of others in neighboring Cameroon, Niger and Chad.
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Cameroon says nearly 1,200 people have been killed in the country by the Nigeria-based Boko Haram terror group since 2013. Issa Tchiroma Bakary, Cameroon’s communications minister, said Friday that Boko Haram militants had carried out 315 raids and 32 bomb attacks in the country’s northern border areas. “1,098 civilians, 67 of our soldiers and three police officials have been killed in these barbaric attacks by the Boko Haram terrorist group,” the minister told reporters in the capital Yaounde. Since July last year, Cameroon’s far north has seen a wave of attacks attributed to Boko Haram Takriri militants. The price Cameroon pays for being a neighbour to loud-mouthing and grand standing Nigeria with inept leadership. This is on top of 1.5 million Nigerian refugies Cameroon has received from Nigeria. Where will it end?
This year, the number of attacks has soared to an almost daily basis. “In the face of such unjustified and gratuitous harassment our defense and security forces have inflicted heavy losses on the enemy,” Bakary said, adding that the extremist militants are now sending their women or girls to carry out bomb attacks. Since late November, the Cameroon army has carried out operations in several border areas aimed at weakening Nigerian militants active in the region.
Boko Haram has over the past year stepped up cross-border attacks in Niger, Chad and Cameroon, targeting busy markets, mosques, religious leaders and tribal chiefs opposed to them. The militant group, which is affiliated to Daesh, maintains strongholds in areas that are difficult to access, such as the Sambisa forest, the Mandara mountains and the numerous islands of Lake Chad. Boko Haram’s six-year military campaign has left about 20,000 people dead in Nigeria, and hundreds of others in neighboring Cameroon, Niger and Chad.
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Elung Paul Che, Minister Delegate at the Ministry of Finance has explained the recommendations made during the 19th session of the National Road Board on January 12, 2016. Hon. Paul Elung in a conversation with Cameroon Tribune observed that road fund will gain financial autonomy.
Cameroon Tribune: What were some of issues discussed during the 19th session of National Road Board?
Elung Paul: The Prime Minister asked the participants to present their diagnoses on why road maintenance and construction of new roads are not really meeting up with the plan of government. So, we had presentations from the Minister of Public Works who explained the difficulties faced in the sector in terms of studies which most of the time are not very adequate. Secondly, road construction companies lack expertise in road construction and road maintenance. They also lack a solid financial surface which poses a problem. The Minister of Urban Development also said the same thing in his presentation. As to what concerns the Ministry of Finance, we presented the difficulties faced in the funding of road maintenance and road construction companies. These difficulties are not only at the level of treasury management but also upstream at the level of technical services. So, if the studies are well done, projects are well followed-up and the jobbing orders prepared and presented to the Minister of Finance on time, they are programmed and paid subsequently. As of now, we do not have outstanding payments for road maintenance and road construction jobs. The problem could be found not only at the level of the treasury but elsewhere. I made it clear that it is not a matter of getting funds to idle in accounts for road maintenance but getting the jobs effectively done on the field.
Cameroon Tribune: What were the Prime Minister’s recommendations?
Elung Paul: At the end of the meeting, the Prime Minister made concrete recommendations to all the parties notably the Ministry of Public Works, the Ministry of Urban Development, the Ministry of Public Contracts and the Ministry of Finance. We will be looking at reforming the Road Fund to make it more autonomous, more performant and more assuring to road construction companies.
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Cameroon says nearly 1,200 people have been killed in the country by the Nigeria-based Boko Haram terror group since 2013. Issa Tchiroma Bakary, Cameroon’s communications minister, said Friday that Boko Haram militants had carried out 315 raids and 32 bomb attacks in the country’s northern border areas. “1,098 civilians, 67 of our soldiers and three police officials have been killed in these barbaric attacks by the Boko Haram terrorist group,” the minister told reporters in the capital Yaounde. Since July last year, Cameroon’s far north has seen a wave of attacks attributed to Boko Haram Takriri militants. The price Cameroon pays for being a neighbour to loud-mouthing and grand standing Nigeria with inept leadership. This is on top of 1.5 million Nigerian refugies Cameroon has received from Nigeria. Where will it end?
This year, the number of attacks has soared to an almost daily basis. “In the face of such unjustified and gratuitous harassment our defense and security forces have inflicted heavy losses on the enemy,” Bakary said, adding that the extremist militants are now sending their women or girls to carry out bomb attacks. Since late November, the Cameroon army has carried out operations in several border areas aimed at weakening Nigerian militants active in the region.
Boko Haram has over the past year stepped up cross-border attacks in Niger, Chad and Cameroon, targeting busy markets, mosques, religious leaders and tribal chiefs opposed to them. The militant group, which is affiliated to Daesh, maintains strongholds in areas that are difficult to access, such as the Sambisa forest, the Mandara mountains and the numerous islands of Lake Chad. Boko Haram’s six-year military campaign has left about 20,000 people dead in Nigeria, and hundreds of others in neighboring Cameroon, Niger and Chad.
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