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24.Feb.2022

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Mayor Mbingha Felix NJAH who also doubles as the North West Regional President of FECAFOOT has been hailed for his financial support during the maiden edition of the Bamenda pre-season solidarity tournament. This revelation was made Saturday February 19,2022 by the organising committee president of the tournament Nji Nelson Chefor at the St. Paul’s school field, mile 3 Nkwen during the finals that pitted Ranger FC Bafut against Rainbow FC and saw the elite two new comers crowned champions.

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Ayuk Divine

22.Feb.2022

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The city of Buea in the South West Region of Cameron on February 19, 2022 played host to the annual international Mount Cameron Race that was won by Elvis Nsabinla in the men’s category and Tatah Carine in the female category. The race started at 7 am (local time) at the Molyko Omnisport Stadium, Buea with 550 athletes from five countries, Eteki Njoh, President of South West Regional Athletics Federation, disclosed. It had five categories of participants: senior male, senior female, veteran, junior and the relay. The race course from Molyko to the summit of Mount Cameron and back is 38 kilometres long. Denizens emptied themselves on the race course and cheered the athletes as they ran up and down the highest peak in West Africa.
In the senior male category, Elvis Nsabinla, came first in 4 hours, 32 minutes 50 seconds after challenging the “The chariots of the gods,” Efasa Moto. Gabsibuin Godlove, five-time winner of the race, came second after 4 hours, 34 minutes, 18 seconds. While Adamu Issa Buba followed in third place just two seconds afterwards.
In the senior female category, Tatah Carine, made the race in 5 hours, 28 minutes, 20 seconds.

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Ayuk Divine

21.Feb.2022

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Families of eight people who died in the January football stampede at Yaounde's 60,000-seat Olembe stadium say they are burying their dead without assistance from Cameroon’s government or the Confederation of African Football. The stampede, which also injured 38, occurred ahead of an Africa Football Cup of Nations match between Cameroon and Comoros Island.

A Roman Catholic church choral group sang on Friday at a viewing ceremony at Mbalmayo, a commercial town about 50 kilometers to the south of Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde.

Several hundred people, including teachers, students and merchants came to pay their last respects to Veronique Djilo, a teacher and one of those killed as crowds struggled to get into the stadium to watch the Cameroon national team play against Comoros Island on January 24.

Among the mourners was Etienne Modji, Djilo’s older brother. Modji said it was not easy for him to buy a casket and transport his sister's body to Bandjoun, a western commercial town where Djilo was born. He said he has not been able to buy enough food for the hundreds of people coming to pay their last respect to Djilo.

Modji said he has not seen the money Cameroon state radio said Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions football team contributed for the injured and families of those killed in the Olembe stadium crush. Modji said his relatives and well-wishers donated money to help his family prepare for his sister's burial.

Veronique Djilo was a person living with disabilities. She had no lower limbs and was teaching in Mbalmayo.

Emmanuelle Tchotchom, executive president of the nongovernmental organization Inclusive Society for Persons Living with Disabilities said at least 60 people with disabilities traveled to Mbalmayo, ready to accompany Djilo’s body to Bandjoun for burial. Tchotchom said the government did not transport neither Djilo’s body nor the people with disabilities accompanying the casket to Bandjoun, as her association had requested.

Tchotchom said only 12 of the 60 people who wanted to make the trip could afford the fares to and from Bandjoun, where Djilo was buried Saturday.

Three other crush victims have been buried in Yaounde. Their families also say they did not receive any assistance from the government or the Confederation of African Football, CAF, which organized the tournament.

CAF Secretary General Patrice Motsepe visited injured victims at the hospital on January 25 and said it was the duty of host nations to take care of the security and safety of football players, fans and match officials. Motsepe said it is the host country that takes care of injured persons and families of the bereaved.

Cameroon's team said it donated $85,000 to injured victims of the stampede and family members of those who died.

The injured victims and family members of the dead said they do not know where the money is.

Sports and Physical Education Minister Narcisse Mouelle Kombi would not comment this week when asked about the promised assistance to crush victims. He said, though, the injured were treated free of charge as instructed by Cameroonian President Paul Biya.

Cameroon Football Federation officials did not answer reporters’ questions on the whereabouts of the money the Indomitable Lions said they donated.

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21.Feb.2022

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