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Friday, February fourteenth, the   UN says at least 22 people have been killed in a village in the Northwest region of Cameroon. Over half of those killed were children. No one has claimed responsibility for Friday’s incident but the opposition parties blame the killing on the government.

Neighbours barge into home of Nigerian students In Noida, thinking they ate a young boy

http://www.indiatimes.com/news/neighbours-barge-into-home-of-nigerian-students-in-noida-thinking-they-ate-a-young-boy-274318.html

WhatsApp must not be 'place for terrorists to hide'

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Former Cameroon Captain Rigobert Song expected home soon

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After spending several months in a hospital in France, former Cameroon international Rigobert Song is expected to be discharged on Saturday 1st April. The Cameroonian and African legend is expected to touch down on Saturday evening at the Yaounde International Airport. The two time AFCON winning skipper was admitted at the La Pitie Salpertriere Hospital in Paris, France, after falling unconscious in what doctors at the hospital termed as a stroke in October last year. But following strenuous and relentless efforts by the doctors at the hospital, the legend is reported to be responding to treatment and will return home later this week. The former West Ham and Liverpool defender played 137 times for his country and won the AFCON with the Indomitable Lions. Before his sickness, he was working as a coach for Cameroon’s football federation following his departure as Chad coach.

Real Madrid prepares swap deal for Manchester United star

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Teddy Cutler, Newsweek Manchester United could be preparing itself for another summer of interest in goalkeeper David De Gea, according to reports. United has fended off Real Madrid’s pursuit of the Spain international for two summers running. In the final hours of the 2015 summer transfer window, only delays in paperwork prevented a deal for De Gea going through. Now Don Balon , the Spanish football website, claims a deal could finally go through if José Mourinho is willing to accept a swap deal for De Gea. sco and James Rodriguez have been offered to United, according to the report. But Mourinho wants one of Madrid’s top stars in return, one of Karim Benzema, Toni Kroos, Casemiro, Raphael Varane or Luka Modric. Any of those players would soften the negative image United might garner amongst its fans by selling De Gea. If Madrid is unwilling to part with them, then with no release clause (as reported by The Times in February), United would likely d

Cameroon gives mandate for mobile commodity exchange

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UWIN Corp, a company founded by MIT Media Lab entrepreneur in residence and former Wells Fargo technologist Julius Akinyemi, has been given a mandate by the Cameroon government to implement a mobile based commodity exchange. The MoComEx project, which will eventually enable rural primary producers to access market prices for their goods, as well as trade in futures contracts, has already been piloted in Senegal. Speaking at the FintechStage Inclusion Forum in Jakarta, Akinyemi explained the three main components of the project’s aims. First, it aims to encourage African citizens to register their productive assets such as land to free up this dormant capital and make it possible to leverage for further financial purposes - something that is taken for granted in developed nations. “But there is a valid concern among many Africans that if assets are documented it will lead to taxes,” he says. “So we have to make the situation win-win, so even if primary producers are taxed mor

President Paul Biya and wife visit pope

Paul Biya , a Catholic and the president of Cameroon for almost 35 years , visited Pope Francis at the Vatican for the second time.  According to a Vatican statement , they spoke of " the importance of promoting national cohesion, enhancing the richness of the various historic and cultural traditions of the country, with respect for human and minority rights .” The president was accompanied by his elegant wife Chantal , who greeted the Pope in Italian. "Good morning". "Good morning, madam, it's a pleasure to meet you." To serve as a remembrance of the meeting, Paul Biya gave him this sculpture of an elderly Cameroonian . "The memory of the elders". "The memory of the elders is the wisdom of a country." The Pope also gave him a sculpture that symbolized peace. "I wish for Cameroon to continue walking on the path of peace." "Thank you, dear Holy Father. Peace is our goal." The Fir

(rfi) Cameroon: Additional suspects added in terrorism case against Anglophone activists

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The state prosecutor in Cameroon asked a military tribunal in Yaoundé on Thursday to add a number of extra people to a terrorism case involving three Anglophone activists, a lawyer has told RFI. Human rights lawyer Felix Agbor Balla, university lecturer Fontem Neba and radio host Mancho Bibixy have pleaded not guilty to terrorism. They were involved in organising protests in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions over perceived marginalisation by the Francophone government. The prosecutor requested that the court add “about 25 people” to the case against the three activists, according to lawyer Evaristus Morfaw. The so-called Joinder of Parties process involves adding extra defendants to a case after a complaint has been filed. “The defence counsel objected to it - the parties were not the same, the dates of commission of the offences were not the same - some of these people were arrested when the others were already charged and arraigned before the court and they took their plea,” sa