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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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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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In 2014, Cameroon’s tourism certainly finished with a less than stellar performance relative to 2013. These were the sentiments expressed by Tourism Ministry officials in Extreme-North which is home to most of the country’s touristic sites.
Indeed, in this region of Cameroon, which is prone to constant attacks involving expatriate kidnappings attributed to members of the Nigerian Islamist sect, Boko Haram, hotel occupancy received a major blow.
According to authorised sources, various reports conclude that a drastic fall occurred “in the occupancy levels of some hotels, falling from 90% to 30%.” These statistics could pull the country from the 912000 that came in 2015 compared to 817,000 in 2012.
With the threat of Boko Haram, which drove several Western consulates and embassies to declare the Extreme-North region a risk for their nationals, the goal announced by Philémon Yang, to welcome 2 million tourists in 2015 seems farfetched.
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The Cameroon judiciary is reported to have constituted a special court to begin one of the country’s greatest trials since independence. Cameroon Concord gathered that the trial which will be based on the new terrorism law involves the 13 Emirs and Lamidos of the Far North region arrested on December 30 and currently being held at the Mokolo high security prison in the department of Mayo-Tsanaga. Our informant in Maroua the chief town in the Far North region hinted earlier today that the 13 traditional rulers have been charged “for complicity with the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram".
The 13 traditional leaders are Ali Kristiana, Vadsa Maltagui, Jakoua Boukar, Alhaji Ali Boukar Hourso Lampa, Boujar Ndjigga Haman Achifa Abba Made, Lawan Yegha, Malloum Kristiana, Djougoudoum Lawan, Boukar Blaman and Mendougue Andrew. A spokes person for the Cameroon judiciary in the Far North region was quoted as saying some of the leaders will also be charged for organized crime. The Senior Divisional Officer for Mayo-Tsanaga Division revealed that there is overwhelming evidence that these 13 traditional leaders gave help, support and information to Boko Haram militants. If found guilty, the 13 will be sentenced to death.
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