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 By Ikome Christie-Noella Eposi in Buea Rev Cletus Aka, Rev Lucian Mua Ebua, Rev Rodrick Yangsi Shim, Rev John Mark Pokwango Leong, Rev Martin Ngala Nlinwe, Rev Martin Njie Mayea Moka and Rev Dieudonne Moka Javea are the 7 newly ordained priests of the Diocese who have taken the commitment to be truthful I the discharge of their duties as servants of the most high God. The priestly ordination was presided over by the Bishop of the Diocese of Buea, Bishop Michael Bibi and took place at the Divine Mercy Co-Cathedral this Thursday April 13 2023 in Buea. In…

By Ikome Christie-Noella Eposi in Buea Over 20,000 children in the South West region have been granted access to education thanks to the ‘Radio Education program’ initiative implemented by the Mbonweh Women’s Development Association in Cameroon (MWDA), in partnership with the United Nation International Children Education Fund (UNICEF). Geared towards promoting education, inspiring hope to the local communities and encouraging the dreams and visions of the children, the Project ‘Radio Education program’ intervenes in reaching the unreached, boost the educational awareness and empowerment of the displaced and deprived school children as a consequence of the ongoing crisis. The program…

By Ikome Christie-Noella Eposi in Buea Accountants, treasurers, head of services, sub-treasurers, taxation revenue collectors and custom revenue collectors in the South West region have been enlightened on the innovations contained in the 2023 finance law. This was during a seminar on the nomenclature of treasury accounts for the 2023 financial year which took place recently in Buea. The Participants were also drilled on the budget execution circular for the 2023 financial year, innovations of the nomenclature of treasury accounts for the 2023 financial year, the state’s internal accounting control and how to process operations in the patrimony…

Cameroon, a country located in Central Africa, has been grappling with security challenges in recent years. The government has sought to bolster its military capabilities, including its air force, to address various security threats. As part of its efforts to modernize its air force, the Cameroonian government entered into a deal with AgustaWestland, an Italian aerospace and defense company, to purchase four AW109E helicopters in 2019 with have manufacturers Registration (CSX81933, CSX81934, CSX81935 and CSX81936). Since September 2018, four AgustaWestland AW109E Power helicopters have been undergoing flight tests at Varese-Venegono in Italy, wearing Cameroon Air Force markings, though no contract…

Cameroon says fighting between troops and rebels is slowing reconstruction of homes, schools, hospitals, and other public buildings in its troubled western regions. Authorities say in the three years since the launch of a reconstruction plan for thousands of homes and hundreds of public buildings damaged in the seven-year separatist conflict, less than 100 have been re-built. In a broadcast on Cameroon state media Tuesday, 50 children sang in their classroom at the Cameroon Baptist Convention Inclusive Primary School. The children sang that they love their school because without it they would not be able to count from one to…

At least 25 people were abducted during a week of attacks by armed men in western Cameroon, local officials said Thursday. The kidnappings by gang members took place in several villages in Ako district along the Nigerian border, Patrick Kernyuy Tah, the top official in Ako, said. “Several hundred people fled the attacks by unidentified gunmen in Abafum, Akwancha and Abutu villages,” he said. The government has deployed the military to rescue those abducted and help the injured, he said. Local residents have been calling on Cameroon authorities to increase security in the area, as armed gangs operate on both…

Only Japan has shown, so far with a contribution of FCFA 3 billion for the reconstruction of these two regions plagued by a security crisis since late 2016. The closure of the first phase of the Presidential Plan for the Reconstruction of the North-West and South-West Regions (PPRD), which focuses on recovery, is scheduled for the end of 2023. With eight months to go before the deadline, Cameroon is still hanging on the every word of many technical and financial partners who have made promises, especially since 2019, the year in which these two regions were declared economic disaster areas…

The National Anti-Corruption Commission has just launched the “anti-corruption clinic” in the West Region, Bafoussam. The president of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Conac), Dieudonné Massi Gams, made a presentation to the press on April 19. It was on the side of the town hall of Bafoussam. The discussions focused on the launch of “anti-corruption clinic”. This is a platform that aims to bring the services of the Conac to the population of the Western region. Through this initiative, Conac wants to encourage and increase denunciations but also solve the problems of corruption that are submitted to it. During the press conference, Conac underscored that it…

The center region has been experiencing an upsurge in the cholera cases for over four weeks now

After his release on July 29 2022, the former minister of water and energy, Basile Atangana Kouna, still seems to have an unfinished business with the justice of the state, after five years of detention for embezzlement of public funds. Biya’s minister who is well known for his taste for luxury, can’t maintain any silence as his property and bank accounts are still sealed. This is the reason why his lawyers seized the special criminal court in Yaoundé today,20th April 2023, in order to have details on certain aspects of the decision which had ordered his release. “When judges ordered…