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France through its foreign ministry has condemned the attacks in the Far North region of Cameroon by the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram. In a carefully worded statement coming out of Paris for the first time ever since the inception of the Boko Haram incursion into Cameroonian territory, the French Foreign Ministry stated that "France condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks that hit the Far North of Cameroon. We are particularly concerned about the situation of civilians, who are the first victims of the terrorist "published the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on its website January 13, 2015.
The French Foreign Ministry statement also praised the efforts of the Cameroonian authorities and the Cameroon army and promised to provide military support to the multinational force (whose formation is being delayed by French politics) to fight against Boko Haram. Noted the French: "We express our solidarity with the Cameroon authorities and to those of the States of the region involved in the fight against terrorism, including those in the Lake Chad Basin community”.
The French authorities have ordered 10 French soldiers serving in Chad to be sent to a special coordination and liaison military cell put in place by France in Ndjamena- Chad to counter Boko Haram. This latest French moved has been received with mixed feelings in some quarters in Yaoundé and in Abuja. Our chief political commentator hinted at the time of writing this report that the French miscalculated the political situation in Cameroon when they anticipated that the atrocities of Boko Haram Camerounaise would split the Cameroon army and the Cameroonian people.
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Heavy fighting is reportedly going on between the Cameroon army and the Nigerian Islamic sect Boko Haram since the early hours of Monday, January 12, 2015 Cameroon Concord has learnt. The violent clashes erupted between the Cameroonian military and fighters of the Islamist sect who infiltrated the Kolofata district deep within the department of Mayo-Sava in the Far North region and are trying at the moment to seize a Cameroonian military camp operated by the Rapid Intervention Battalion (Bir). It is important to include in this report that Kolofata is the locality where the wife of Cameroon’s Vice Prime Amadou Ali was held hostage and later on released after a bloody attack by Boko Haram.
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The Cameroonian army repelled the attack launched by the Nigerian Islamist Boko Haram on Kolofata early this morning. The army managed to repel the Boko Haram elements who attacked the city of Kolofata in the Far North region and a military camp serving the Rapid Intervention Force (BIR) situated within the sub district.
Cameroon Concord’s intelligence officers in Maroua have now confirmed that Master Corporal Bella Ako was killed during the violent clashes that lasted several hours. We salute the courage of our men and women in uniform for the sacrifices that they are making to keep the homeland safe. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the Great Master Corporal Bella Ako.
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The Paris based French language international magazine own by an Algerian former Minister of Communication Jeune Afrique has finally made it clear that the paper has an on-going war with President Biya and the Cameroon government. In its recent edition published on Friday, January the 9th 2015, the paper carried a message of solidarity and condolence from the former Minister of State for Territorial Administration Marafa Hamidou Yaya to French President Hollande on the Paris attacks. By some strange happenstance, the French paper included the Marafa reaction among the number of African leaders who had indeed sent messages of solidarity to the French government.
From his secret prison cell at the National Gendarmerie headquarters in Yaoundé, the nation’s capital, Jeune Afrique reported that the disgraced Minister Marafa wrote “I have always liked the works of the Journalists of Charlie Hebdo who died in the performance of their mission, defense and illustration of freedom of expression. They knew they were threatened but in the imperishable words Charb, they preferred to die standing than live on their knees. It is through their courage that a political prisoner like me could make his voice heard.”
We of Cameroon Concord believe that the Jeune Afrique group is suffering from a kind of monolithic hangover. Consequently,it is vital to state in this report that whosoever is going by the name Jeune Afrique has nothing to offer the Cameroonian people. The solutions to our problems in Cameroon will only come from Yaoundé and no longer from Paris. Biya now wants the French to come to Cameroon as partners and NOT as masters. And that is the wish of every Cameroonian.
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The Paris based French language international magazine own by an Algerian former Minister of Communication Jeune Afrique has finally made it clear that the paper has an on-going war with President Biya and the Cameroon government. In its recent edition published on Friday, January the 9th 2015, the paper carried a message of solidarity and condolence from the former Minister of State for Territorial Administration Marafa Hamidou Yaya to French President Hollande on the Paris attacks. By some strange happenstance, the French paper included the Marafa reaction among the number of African leaders who had indeed sent messages of solidarity to the French government.
From his secret prison cell at the National Gendarmerie headquarters in Yaoundé, the nation’s capital, Jeune Afrique reported that the disgraced Minister Marafa wrote “I have always liked the works of the Journalists of Charlie Hebdo who died in the performance of their mission, defense and illustration of freedom of expression. They knew they were threatened but in the imperishable words Charb, they preferred to die standing than live on their knees. It is through their courage that a political prisoner like me could make his voice heard.”
We of Cameroon Concord believe that the Jeune Afrique group is suffering from a kind of monolithic hangover. Consequently,it is vital to state in this report that whosoever is going by the name Jeune Afrique has nothing to offer the Cameroonian people. The solutions to our problems in Cameroon will only come from Yaoundé and no longer from Paris. Biya now wants the French to come to Cameroon as partners and NOT as masters. And that is the wish of every Cameroonian.
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The Paris based French language international magazine own by an Algerian former Minister of Communication Jeune Afrique has finally made it clear that the paper has an on-going war with President Biya and the Cameroon government. In its recent edition published on Friday, January the 9th 2015, the paper carried a message of solidarity and condolence from the former Minister of State for Territorial Administration Marafa Hamidou Yaya to French President Hollande on the Paris attacks. By some strange happenstance, the French paper included the Marafa reaction among the number of African leaders who had indeed sent messages of solidarity to the French government.
From his secret prison cell at the National Gendarmerie headquarters in Yaoundé, the nation’s capital, Jeune Afrique reported that the disgraced Minister Marafa wrote “I have always liked the works of the Journalists of Charlie Hebdo who died in the performance of their mission, defense and illustration of freedom of expression. They knew they were threatened but in the imperishable words Charb, they preferred to die standing than live on their knees. It is through their courage that a political prisoner like me could make his voice heard.”
We of Cameroon Concord believe that the Jeune Afrique group is suffering from a kind of monolithic hangover. Consequently,it is vital to state in this report that whosoever is going by the name Jeune Afrique has nothing to offer the Cameroonian people. The solutions to our problems in Cameroon will only come from Yaoundé and no longer from Paris. Biya now wants the French to come to Cameroon as partners and NOT as masters. And that is the wish of every Cameroonian.
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