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On the 4th of June 2015 and following Decision No. 00015 / NCC, the National Communication Council, NCC headed by veteran Anglophone Cameroon journalist, Peter Essoka in his dual capacity as vice president and "acting president" announced the suspension of some media organizations in Cameroon including some journalists. The popular pan-African television channel was banned from broadcasting for a period of one month while two of its journalists: Juliana Magne Tadda and Bashir Ladan were suspended for six-months.
Some few days after the Peter Essoka-NCC sanctions were made public,a senior official at African Media lampooned the decision, claiming CRTV and Canal 2 cannot compete in the market place of ideas and were using Peter Esoka and his CPDM acolytes to stifle free speech and freedom of press. The pan African TV official Mr. Albert Patrick Eya'a observed that his media organization will continue business as usual until "it receives the suspension letter." The National Communication Council made its decision on June the 4th 2015 as earlier stated but it was only on Thursday the 6th of August 2015 that a man call Sub Prefect of Yaounde II decided to shut down the station.
Peter Essoka, echoed the view that the role of the board was to ensure the profession's ethics. The honorary minister of communication as he is now being referred to was quoted recently as saying "The sub-prefect of Yaoundé II has done his work and the television building is now sealed." But just last night and as we write, the TV channel is going on with business and broadcasting more than ever before including a 24 hours news coverage. So, who now is fooling who here?
The reasons for the penalty imposed on African Media in the month of June, ranges from plain fiction to the most absurd. The members of the National Communication Council noted a recurrence of professional blunders on Pan-African television, revealed Mr. Essoka and guests on the channel were accused of uttering unjustified accusations and hate speech intended to harm the image and hard earn reputation of highly placed Cameroon government officials, foreign institutions and countries.
So, after more than two months, Hon. Peter Essoka is now satisfied that the doors of a French Cameroun television channel has been sealed by a retired Anglophone journalist. Great achievement for the Southern Cameroons National Council. The facilities of the Africa Media under the direct supervision of Police Commissioner Evelyn Ngoe Besumbu accompanied by some elements of her unit on the instructions of the sub-prefect of the district of Yaoundé II and in the presence of Gustave Sing, the Director of Africa Media "closed" the building while broadcasting was still going on inside. This is the journalism and its ethics that Peter Essoka brought from the US to Cameroon with his English With A Difference. We of this publication are saying that the gentleman needs rest.
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Manu Dibango, the world's famous saxophonist has responded to the series of suicide bombings that killed many people in the Far North Region of Cameroon precisely in Fotokol and Maroua. The renowned Cameroonian observed via his face book page that he was very devastated by the terror attacks carried out on "our compatriots of the Far North of Cameroon."
Grand Manu called on Cameroonians not to surrender to terrorism and barbarism. He made a passionate appeal to all Cameroonians to remain vigilant and united. The three suicide attacks attributed to Boko Haram in the Far North Region claimed the lives of more than 40 and injured dozens within two weeks. The entire Cameroon is on high alert and security measures have been reinforced in all regions of the country.
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Manu Dibango, the world's famous saxophonist has responded to the series of suicide bombings that killed many people in the Far North Region of Cameroon precisely in Fotokol and Maroua. The renowned Cameroonian observed via his face book page that he was very devastated by the terror attacks carried out on "our compatriots of the Far North of Cameroon."
Grand Manu called on Cameroonians not to surrender to terrorism and barbarism. He made a passionate appeal to all Cameroonians to remain vigilant and united. The three suicide attacks attributed to Boko Haram in the Far North Region claimed the lives of more than 40 and injured dozens within two weeks. The entire Cameroon is on high alert and security measures have been reinforced in all regions of the country.
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More than a dozen people were killed in the night of Tuesday, several others abducted and houses burned in the town of Tchakarmari in the Far North region of Cameroon by fighters of the Nigerian Islamic sect, Boko Haram. Cameroon Concord's military informant who confirmed the news late last night added that more than a hundred others remain unaccounted for following a deadly raid attributed to suspected Boko Haram militants.Tchakamari is a town located in the Mayo-Sava Division in the Far North region.
Cameroon military sources also revealed that 11-members of the neighborhood watch committee were killed by the Boko Haram militia. A Cameroon army source who sued for anonymity hinted that "110 people are still not found, dozens of houses and shops were burned and looted." The CPDM government has not yet confirmed the attack and at his press conference on Tuesday on the security situation of the country, Issa Bakary Tchiroma did not address the Tchakamari incident.
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Manu Dibango, the world's famous saxophonist has responded to the series of suicide bombings that killed many people in the Far North Region of Cameroon precisely in Fotokol and Maroua. The renowned Cameroonian observed via his face book page that he was very devastated by the terror attacks carried out on "our compatriots of the Far North of Cameroon."
Grand Manu called on Cameroonians not to surrender to terrorism and barbarism. He made a passionate appeal to all Cameroonians to remain vigilant and united. The three suicide attacks attributed to Boko Haram in the Far North Region claimed the lives of more than 40 and injured dozens within two weeks. The entire Cameroon is on high alert and security measures have been reinforced in all regions of the country.
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The Nigerian Islamic sect, Boko Haram has released a new video without its leader Abubakar Shekau fueling speculation about his fate. In the eight-minute video, an unidentified young man speaks on behalf of the Islamic state in West Africa saying "We are always present everywhere and where we had been before."
The video also shows an attack on a security checkpoint by Boko Haram militants, seizing weapons, and cutting the throat of a policeman. The last appearance of the mad leader, Shekau dates back in March 2014 when he announced Boko Haram's allegiance to the Islamic State group. Ever since the inauguration of Nigeria's new President Muhammadu Buhari, Boko Haram has multiplied its murderous attacks that has claimed the lives of more than 800 in two months.
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