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Statistics from the G.C.E and Baccalaureat Boards respectively, indicate that about 172,000 candidates are taking part in the G.C.E. while close to 91,000 are sitting for the Baccalaureat Exam.

This 31st May 2016, the Minister of Secondary Education, Jean Ernest Bibehe visited examination centres in the Centre Region to evaluate the first days of writing.

The Minister was impressed with the punctuality of candidates and the overall discipline enforced by invigilators and the law of forces and order.

The GCE Ordinary and Advanced Levels opened on Monday 30th May 2016 with Economics and Geology meanwhile the Baccalaureat started this 31st May 2016 with Philosophy, Literature, General Knowledge, French Language and Physical Education.

 

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Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday visit the Niger Delta region, rocked by attacks on oil and gas facilities, for the first time since taking office a year ago, an official said on Monday.

The visit was announced as the Niger Delta Avengers militant group, which has claimed a string of recent attacks, issued a warning to oil firms in the southern region that their "facilities and personnel will bear the brunt of our fury," according to a statement.

Buhari said on Sunday said the government would hold talks with leaders in Nigeria's main oil-producing region to address their grievances, in a bid to stop a surge in pipeline attacks.

Buhari will visit a Niger Delta area called Ogoniland to launch a much-delayed programme to clean up areas heavily polluted by oil spills, said the government official who asked not to be named.

Residents in the southern swamp areas, where oil giants such as Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron operate, have for years complained about the oil industry's pollution and about economic marginalisation by the government.

Some have taken up arms, and a surge in attacks on energy installations has cut Nigeria's oil output to a 20-year low.

A militant group called Niger Delta Avengers, which staged several attacks in recent weeks, has accused Buhari, a Muslim from the north, ignoring local problems by having never visited the Christian region in the south.

"To the international oil companies and indigenous oil companies, it's going to be bloody this time around," the group said in a statement late on Monday. It did not elaborate.

Local officials and Western allies such as Britain have told Buhari that moving army reinforcements to the Delta region would not be enough to stop the attacks and that the population's grievances should be dealt with.

On Thursday, Oil Minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu said an amnesty programme for former militants, signed in 2009 to quell a previous insurgency, needed to improve.

The scheme providing cash benefits and job training to those who lay down their arms has had its funding cut by two thirds. Buhari has also upset former militants by ending contracts to protect pipelines, part of a drive to tackle graft.

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US Secretary of State John Kerry has welcomed the conviction of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre for crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Habre was handed a life in prison sentence for being responsible for thousands of deaths and tortures in prisons during his rule from 1982 to 1990.

A 1992 Chadian truth commission accused Habre’s government of systematic torture, saying 40 000 people had died during his rule.

Kerry describes the former dictator’s conviction as “a landmark in the global fight against impunity for atrocities.”

He said the case provided an opportunity for the US to reflect on and learn from its connection with past events in Chad.

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The remains of of late Prof. Agbor Tabi arrived Monday in Yaounde, and was received  by Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, representative of head of state.

Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport Monday night. at exactly 8:55 pm, the coffin of the late minister was ushered  by eight police officers in ceremonial dress into the  room designed for the occasion.
Present at the occasion was , Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, Minister, Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic in his capacity as Personal Representative of the Head of State. Many members of the government , alongside academic colleagues of the deceased,  Circle of Friends of Cameroon (CAREC), members of  family and many other personalities.
There was a short funeral at the airport and words of comfort to the bereaved family from the representative of the Head of State before the remains were transferred to the mortuary of the General hospital of Yaounde.

The state funeral in honor of Professor. Peter Agbor Tabi, Minister, Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, former chancellor of the University of Yaoundé.

Thursday, June 2, 2016

   11:AM - Removal of copse from the mortuary of the of the General Hospital of Yaounde;

   Transfer of the remains to the premises of the University of Yaounde I;

    12 : 30 PM - Academic Honors at the University of Yaounde I;

    3:PM - Transfer of the remains to the deceased's residence in the Biteng neighborhood.

    6:PM - Start of the vigil at his residence in Biteng.

    Midnight - Departure of funeral procession for Mamfe, Manyu  department, South-West region.

Friday, June 3, 2016
     10:AM - Arrival of the funeral procession in Mamfe

    Installation of the remains at the deceased's residence

    6:PM- Start of the vigil until dawn, led by choirs.

Saturday, June 4, 2016

    7:AM - Gathering of local population ;

    8:AM 00-9: 30 PM- Arrival and personalities instead of parties;

    9:40 AM - Arrival of Minister, Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, personal representative of the Head of State;

    Home by the administrative authorities and the representative of the deceased's family,

    military honors.

    Installation.

10:AM- Start of ceremony;

    Ecumenical worship;

    Testimonials.

    Transfer of the remains to the family vault at Ndekwai

    Interment in the strictest privacy.

1:PM - the end of the ceremony.

 

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A Senegalese court on Monday is set to rule in the trial of former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré for alleged crimes against humanity committed during his 1982-1990 rule marking a historic end to a decades-long quest for justice.

The ruling will mark the first time in the world that the courts of one country will prosecute the former ruler of another country.

The trial in exile of Habré – once dubbed “Africa’s Pinochet” – has been a long quest for justice for the victims and the families of victims of the 73-year-old former Chadian dictator.

More than 90 witnesses have testified in the trial, which began in July last year. Habré is accused of having presided over 40,000 political murders and widespread torture in his Central African homeland. A 1992 Chadian Truth Commission singled out the brutal police force under the former rebel leader-turned-president for some of the worst atrocities during Habré’s reign.

Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for Habré.

Habré has dismissed the tribunal as politically motivated. During the course of the trial, the former rebel leader and his supporters have frequently disrupted proceedings with shouting and singing. He refused legal representation but the court appointed him Senegalese lawyers.

A documentary on the former Chadian strongman, which premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, featured extraordinary closing footage of the former rebel-turned-despot being forcibly carried into the courtroom, kicking and screaming.

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