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Oscar Pistorius sentencing: Former athlete gets six year prison sentence for murdering Reeva Steenkamp

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Kenya for his state visit after Uganda . The Israeli leader is set to hold talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta. On the agenda will be security and the threat of terrorism. The two leaders also hope to deepen ties and expand trade relations for both their countries. President Kenyatta and Prime Minister Netanyahu are expected to sign various agreements.

"Israel is a critical partner to Kenya, with its development assistance in security and defense, agriculture and particularly irrigation are important investments here," Kenyan presidential spokesman Manoah said ahead of the visit.

The tour will also take Netanyahu to Rwanda and Ethiopia.

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05.Jul.2016

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Lydian Eyoum Yen,the French national of Cameroonian origin, left the Central Prison of Nkondengui (Yaoundé) last night July 4th,2016  where she was serving a  25 sentence in prison for embezzlement of public funds estimated at over one billion FCFA.

She immediately took refuge at the French Embassy  in Yaounde after her release from prison,according to sources.

Her sudden release from prison came as a surprise to all who were following up  her detention.

"Lydian  Eyoum was set free shortly after the presidential decree,"pardoning her was made public.

The information was later confirmed by sources at the  French Embassy  in Yaoundé. No official statement has been made by Madame Lydian,however sources within the Embassy indicate that the lawyer  will make a public statement upon her arrival in Paris.

On July 4,2016 Lydian Yen Eyoum  who was serving a 25 years jail term, was pardoned by a Presidential Decree from the Cameroonian head of state,Paul Biya.

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Lydian Yen-Eyoum,the French lawyer with origin from Cameroon, has been released on Monday July 4,according to information obtained from her lawyers.Madame Eyoum was  arrested in Cameroon in January of  2010 and accused of embezzlement, she was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court in Yaounde in connection with the Operation Sparrowhawk, a controversial program setup by the Biya regime to allegedly fight against corruption that has instead led to the arrest  many Cameroonian many personalities who seem a threat to the regime of Mr Biya 

Mr Biya announced  on Monday that he had  granted presidential pardon  to Lydienne Yen Eyoum. The French lawyer had been serving a 25 years sentence at the Kondengui High Security prison in Yaounde,accused  by the Special Criminal Court of siphoning off 1,077 billion CFA francs (1.5 million euros).

Her lawyers welcomed the news of her unexpected release. Lydian Yen Eyoum had indeed exhausted all legal options to regain her freedom. On  the 9th of June 2015, the Supreme Court, the highest court in Cameroon, had re confirmed her sentence in her last appeal.

Christian Charriere-Bournazel Master, one of his advice says her release is the result of diplomatic negotiations between France and Cameroon . He goes further to say  President Hollande had very firmly mounted pressure on  Paul Biya to release Ms. Yen Eyoum. What actually transpired behind doors that pushed Mr Biya to the walls to grant her immediate freedom is yet to be known. However she is free. We are obviously deeply happy for her.

Lydian Yen Eyoum had always maintained her innocence. At the time of her release ,She had already been incarcerate for more than six years.

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Four senior aides to former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo have returned to Cote d’Ivoire from exile in Ghana, more than five years after his ouster.

Laurent Gbagbo was forced from power after a war erupted over the result of the 2010 elections, in which his opponent Alassane Ouattara was deemed to have won. 

The four men, including former defence minister Kadet Bertin, were persuaded to return following negotiations with the government and guarantees that they would not face charges related to the civil war.

Accompanying Bertin were Kacou Brou, leader of Gbagbo’s Fesci youth militia, Yaon Franck, a presidential bodyguard, and Watchard Kedjebo, another militia leader.

Five years after the conflict that killed 3,000 people, the country, the world’s leading cocoa producer, has been reborn as one of Africa’s economic stars, held up by many as a model of post-conflict reconstruction.

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The Iraqi government has declared three days of national mourning following a huge blast in Baghdad over the weekend. 165 people were killed and 225 others injured. 

A lorry packed with explosives was detonated in the Karrada district while families were shopping for the holiday marking the end of Ramadan. The attack is believed to be one of the deadliest in years.

 

 

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