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This was the last list that was hotly contested by the Social Democratic Front and the rejection of the appeal by the SDF puts to question the objectivity and neutrality of the Constitutional council. Rejecting the SDF request for cancellation of the CPDM list, validates the list of the CPDM in the West.
This puts to rest the contentions at the Constitutional council after the first audience last Thursday. It's worth recalling that the SDF has made a request for the cancellation of the CPDM list in the West Region based on irregularities that were observed on the seventh candidate.
The Outgoing Senator for Bafoussam, Senator Paul Tchatchouang, one of the candidates on the SDF list. The contested candidate by name Joseph Teingnidetio according to him is an unknown whose Birth certificate indicates that he isn't from the West. The rejection of the Social Democratic Front request means that all the list that were validated by the Electoral body, Elecam shall contest in the Senatorial elections in the West come March 25th, 2018.
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The political parties that indicated their willingness to participate in the forth coming senatorial election were at the Elecam office to collect their campaign materials and memorabilia . This is what the 9 political contenders have to collect for now. According to the statistics made public by SOPECAM,there are 50.800 voting papers and 65.500 campaign memorabilia. All of this chunk was printed in two days so as to meet the exigencies of the Senatorial Elections.
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An Ambzonian frontline activist who has been on the raders of the Yaounde regime is on the verge of being deported from Germany.Gwan Philip Ngassa who is a frontline activist and one of the demonstrators at the British and French Embassies in Berlin Germany has been in deportation custody eversince January ending of 2018.
Mr Gwan Philip is an asylum seeker in Germany.He is a member of the Southern Cameroon National Council which has been putting pressure on the Biya regime and calling for an Independent state of Southern Cameroon. Mr Gwan Philip Ngassa was also one of the protesters at the United Nations Headquarters In Bonn Germany in early January of 2017. During this protest action against the regime of Mr Biya, the Cameroon regime sent in spies to take down names of protesters to which Mr Gwan Philip was booked.If deported, Mr Gwan Philip will face the same like that of Mr Ayuk Tabe and 419 others who were forcefully deported from Nigeria on 26th January 2018.
The SCNC issued a statement calling on the Germany authorities to show merc.Below is the statement:
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
This is to certify that Gwan Philip Ngassa is a registered member of the Southern Cameroons National Council, a pressure group fighting for the independence and full sovereignty of the former British Southern Cameroons.
That Gwan Philip Ngassa has been facing persistent harassment, arrest, torture and detention because of his frontline role in the struggle for the liberation of the oppressed minority English speaking people of Cameroon.
That we are thankful to God he succeeded to escape, no matter how he did it and whatever his plans, he must not come back to Southern Cameroon until he hears from us.
That We have finally laid our hands on a photocopy of the warrant for his arrest which weighed on his head and which was delivered by the said ‘’La Republic’’ agent based in the southern Cameroon to the person of the Attorney General of that English speaking Region Resident at Buea for Rioting and provoking Violence through social media against ‘’La Republic’’ (French Cameroon) following the present English Speaking separation movement.
That due to his courage and zeal for change as he demonstrated it physically by his public demonstrations and also through the Media from his Facebook posts denouncing the recent and ongoing series of killing of English Speaking Cameroonians back in Cameroon.
That many of our leaders have been killed and some have been arrested dismissed from their jobs and moved to Bafoussam and Yaoundé which are both French speaking regions of Cameroon.
That the main leader Sisiku Ayuk and 47 others were arrested in Nigeria and brought to one of the ‘’La Republic’’ French speaking regions of which we know not their whereabouts.
That right now there exist no freedom of speech and security in the English speaking regions of Cameroon as people fighting for the independence and freedom of the English regions of Cameroon as Gwan Philip Ngassa did before his escape are been tortured, locked up and killed by the ruthless ‘’La Republic’’ government .
we are issuing this document therefore to solicit for understanding and compassion to the German authority to grant Gwan Philip Ngassa mercy for him to be able to have a stay there in Germany because right now our country Cameroon is going through tremendous violence and killing especially the Anglophones, and coupled with the fact that he is one of those fighting for the liberation of the Anglophones with a warrant on him, Cameroon will not be favourable to him to get into now.
Therefore, we advise it will be hazardous for Gwan Philip Ngassa to make any appearance anywhere in Cameroon, because if caught he will be tortured and sentence to life imprisonment and worst of all his life may be terminated because Cameroon judiciary is the most corrupt in the world supporting government activities.
Nonetheless, we are taking up the matter seriously with the administration and should feed you with the latest development, and we shall be very grateful if you understand with us and keep Gwan Philip Ngassa in your country for his safety.
Accept our warmest regards:
DONE AT BUEA THIS
19TH DAY OF MARCH 2018
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Zimbabwe’s former leader Robert Mugabe said he never thought new President Emmerson Mnangagwa would turn against him and denounced Mnangagwa’s move to oust him last year as a coup, in an interview broadcast on Thursday.
Mugabe, 94, ruled Zimbabwe from independence in 1980 until he stepped down under pressure from Mnangagwa’s allies in the army in November.
Viewed by some as a liberation hero, others remember Mugabe for turning a promising country into an economic basket case and international pariah.
Mnangagwa, deputy president under Mugabe, has promised to open up Zimbabwe to foreign investment and mend ties with the West since assuming power.
Mugabe, 94, ruled Zimbabwe from independence in 1980 until he stepped down under pressure from Mnangagwa’s allies in the army in November.
“I never thought he whom I had nurtured and brought into government and whose life I worked so hard in prison to save as he was threatened with hanging, that one day he would be the man who would turn against me,” Mugabe said in the interview with South African state broadcaster SABC from Harare.
Mnangagwa was convicted of sabotage under white minority rule and sentenced to death. But he was spared the noose because it was deemed that he was a minor when he had committed the crime.
Mugabe said he was ousted in a “military takeover” and that Mnangagwa had assumed the presidency illegally.
“I don’t hate Emmerson, I brought him into government. But he must be proper, he is improper where he is. Illegal,” Mugabe said. “We must undo this disgrace, which we have imposed on ourselves. We don’t deserve it.”
Since his fall from power, Mugabe has stayed at his Harare mansion with his wife Grace. His ousting was the culmination of a power struggle between Mnangagwa and Grace Mugabe, who was being groomed by her husband as his potential successor.
Mugabe was granted immunity from prosecution and assured that his safety will be protected in his home country under a deal that led to his resignation.
Mugabe quit as parliament began a process to impeach him, triggering wild celebrations in the streets.
Zimbabwe was once one of Africa’s most promising economies but suffered decades of decline as Mugabe pursued policies that included the violent seizure of white-owned commercial farms and money-printing that led to hyperinflation.
Mnangagwa has said Zimbabwe still wants to end discrimination between black and white farmers but will seek new ways to compensate those who have lost their properties. Former colonial ruler Britain said last month that Harare should press on with transparent and fair land reform.
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The North West regional delegate for social affairs, Animbom Aaron, who was kidnapped last February 25, 2018 in Batibo by suspected separatist fighters has in a video, allegedly released by the Ambazonia Defence Forces, called on the government through the Minister of Social Affairs to show the arrested Ambazonia leaders to the public so as to save his life.
The delegate who was seemingly in the same clothing as the day of his abduction said; “I am Animbom Aaron Yong, Regional Delegate of Social Affairs for the North West Region. I am pleading to the Minister of Social Affairs to intervene that the leaders of Ambazonia, that were arrested and we are told that they were brought to Yaounde, should be shown to the public to show that the people are alive, because I am here and they have given me 48 hours that I will be sacrificed if these leaders are not shown to be alive. I have been kidnapped by the ADF and I am pleading to the Minister of Social Affairs to intervene at the level of hierarchy so that my life can be spared.”
Animbom Aaron was kidnapped on February 25 in Batibo as he was returning from a funeral in the village, just over a week after the Divisional Officer for Batibo Marcel Namata Diteng was equally abducted on February 11 from the Grand Stand while preparing for Youth Day activities.
The whereabouts of the D.O of Batibo are still to be known as the military continues and extensive search for the two kidnapped officials.
The Ambazonia leaders including the self-proclaimed Interim president, of the virtual republic, Sisiku Ayuk Tabe were arrested in Abuja, Nigeria on January 5 during a meeting.
Since the arrest of these leaders, no one has been able to see them.
Communication minister had announced that they have been transferred to Cameroonian authorities and are doing well in a security prison in Yaounde. He promised that they will be tried according to the law and their rights will be fully respected.
However, apart from Minister Tchiroma’s declarations, no other confirmation of their presence in Yaounde has been registered as family members and lawyers have not had access to them as at now.
The arrest and subsequent transfer of the Ambazonia leaders resulted in further escalation of violence in the North West and South West regions characterized by attacks on military posts and reprisal killings by separatist fighters and the military.
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At the end of a meeting between Paul Biya and the Chinese ambassador to Cameroon, Wei Wenhua, (on March 13, 2018, in Yaoundé) it was revealed that Xi Jinping, China’s president, has invited his Cameroonian peer for a state visit in China. This will be organized in the next few days, the presidency commented.
« This new visit will highlight the good relations between China and Cameroon. It also occurs at a crucial time for China due particularly to the 13th National People’s Congress during which the country’s leadership was renewed », it added. It further disclosed that Paul Biya would be one of the first African heads of state to meet China’s newly chosen officials.
For the record, Paul Biya’s last visit to China dates back to 2011.As far as China-Cameroon relations is concerned, it dates back to 1971 and by end 2017, this country had supported Cameroon with CFA3,000 billion. These supports were namely loans and grants through various funders such as Export-Import Bank Of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank Of China, Bank Of China…etc.
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