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Anglophone WATCH series: The Herald newspaper
THE HERALD, 16.02.2003 05:16
Anglo Watch : In 1961 Anglophones and Francophones agreed in Foumban to unite and form one big strong and modern nation.
The Foumban accords provided for a bilingual, bicultural federation in which Anglophones and Francophones would develop and prosper in harmony and mutual trust.
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CRY, SOUTHERN CAMEROONS/AMBAZONIA. (2)
Esimoyamboka,/ Justice M.Mbuh , 13.02.2003 14:14
1. The mail below could not have been more timely--coming just in time to counter the claims of some recruits by Cameroun to attempt countering the tides of this
peaceful struggle; coming just at a time when the desks of Cameroun's Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Secretary General at the Cameroun Presidency
at Etudi, Yaounde is full of international legal suits demanding reparations and followed by swift withdrawal from Ambazonia (Southern Cameroons), (or the monthly bill for continuous illegal occupation and continuous aggression to every Ambazonian national mounts!) should not wonder why these attacks are coming in their distorted picture and intent.
2. It is true that colonialism in a sense; deprived the colonized of both their past and their future. They are brainwashed to believe that they have had no past worth bothering about. Whereas they have no hope for a better tomorrow in their colonized country; especially when a country like France, which has no moral fabric, is concern. Systematical brainwashing is obvious with the French. They do all to make you believe that their language and values are the best. You have to speak and behave like them.
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SCNC HAS NO MANDATE TO FIGHT FOR ANGLOPHONES?
Justice M.Mbuh/ Edwin Nngang/ "Amos Banda", 12.02.2003 20:59
1.Firstly, I would start by demanding that if anyone knows the fake AMOS BANDA who was foolish enough to sign his name on two different mails as JOEL KANGA
and as EKONDEM JULUIS, please kindly hand over his names to us via e-mail or if you have any Youth League Official nearest you, please give them the name
of the individual....
2.THIS IS WHAT AMBAZONIANS CALL -- confusion! SOMETHING
WHICH IS ALWAYS THERE AND WOULD NEVER GO ALWAYS SINCE
IT IS EMBEDDED IN THE SCNC SYSTEM!..which is WHY the
SCNC-based organization will always be so vulnerable!
3.The SCNC’s so-called leadership is mainly a group of
> mostly retired Cameroonians who have taken it upon
> themselves to become troublemakers as a new and
> romantic profession. These mostly retired
> individuals who call themselves members of the SCNC are mostly
> Anglophones who..........
4.MOST ANGLOPHONES SUPPORT THE UNITY OF CAMEROON
> It is this common will and collective spirit that in 1961 caused the overwhelming majority of Anglophone Cameroonians to vote massively in favour of a united Cameroon by a score of 233,571 for unity as against 97,741.
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Psychoanalyses of Bin Laden/ TAPED MESSAGE
Justice M. Mbuh/Richard H. Reid, 12.02.2003 17:09
1. A political Psychoanalysis of Bin Laden would reveal amongst others the following qualities and threats:
Qualities:
Very Calm, Very charming personality (physically, he is charming,handsome), Gentle walker, commanding appearance, Holy--almost Christ -like appearance, a ....
2. TAPED MESSAGE URGES SUICIDE BOMBS
By Richard H. Reid, The Associated Press.
DOHA, Qatar (Feb. 12) - The purported voice of Osama bin Laden tells his followers to help Saddam Hussein fight Americans even though his government is of ''infidels,'' words U.S. officials said showed the Iraqi leader's ties to the al-Qaida terror network.
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Resentment Still Deep in Igboland
NIGERIA TODAY ONLINE MONDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2003 , 10.02.2003 13:41
Resentment Still Deep in Igboland
Nigeria's break-away republic of Biafra has long been a political corpse, but the vultures that circle the skies over its commercial center of Aba are drawn by carrion of another kind..........
The 30-month Biafran war, which killed up to 1 million people as secessionists sought to carve an independent republic from Nigeria's oil-rich southeast, ended in 1970. But resentment still runs deep in this bustling city, the heart of the former rebel enclave. "There is no good road here, no water, no lights," said one young man......
Local people say they have seen little benefit from the oil dollars that flow from the adjoining Niger Delta region into the coffers of Nigeria, a major OPEC producer. "You can see the state of our roads and the dilapidated infrastructure and the high level of poverty here. We are not seeing the oil money," said U.J. Ama Mba, who works for a local poverty reduction program. Major oil companies such as Shell point to a number of community and other projects they sponsor, ranging from immunization drives to AIDS awareness programs.
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Mbingo hospital marks 50th anniversary
THE HERALD: 24/01/03 - News, 26.01.2003 17:01
Being the landlord of the hospital that has remained a pioneer in rendering humanitarian services to the people over the past 50 years, fon Yuh II was supposed to be at the forefront of the anniversary celebrations to give his royal blessings to the institution as it enters a new century. Unfortunately, he was conspicuously absent at the august event.
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IMF and World Bank-sponsored sordid fraud
Lyombe Eko-called it African version of ENRON, 20.01.2003 17:26
CDC Privatization Fraud: A View from the Ground.
(it is worth noting that this privatization is taking place within the framework of IMF and World initiated policy for Cameroon)
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
Rita Weinstein, 13.01.2003 21:02
In the film of the same name, an alien being delivers a stern warning to the people of the Earth: disarm or perish. He displays his power by stopping the transmission of all energy throughout the globe. We, the working people who make the corporatists' machinery run by our energy, can do the same. We can deliver our message through a global strike to coincide with the European peace demonstrations in February.
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"The road to hell is unpaved"
Th ECONOMIST -eprint edition 12-19-02, 28.12.2002 21:33
Quote---1
"In all, bad infrastructure adds about 15% to costs, reckons Mr Johnson. But labour costs are low, Cameroonians drink a lot of beer, and Guinness's main competitor, Société Anonyme des Brasseries de
Cameroun, faces similar hurdles. Despite the unusual management challenges, Guinness runs a healthy business in Cameroon, its fifth-biggest market by volume after Britain, Ireland, Nigeria and America.
Its return on capital in Cameroon is around 16%, and sales of its main brands have grown by 14% a year over the past five years. The big losers from lousy infrastructure are ordinary Cameroonians.
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Quote----2
"In short, the governments of poor countries ought to pay more attention to their roads. A good first step in Cameroon would be to lift those road-blocks and put the police to work repairing potholes."
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Spirit of Self-reliance: The side of FREEDOM
"Ben Fokum" , 14.12.2002 21:46
The public stand
pipe is managed by a president, a secretary and a
treasurer. According to the president of one of the
public stand pipes, Pa Mbiybe Joseph, the tap
management makes their own laws and ensure their
strict respect. "We made our laws which are equally
used by the KWA to enforce its decisions", he said.
Bills paid to the KWA by groups range from CFA 600 to
CFA 25,000. A cubic metre costs CFA 100 for public
stand pipes, CFA 150 for primary and secondary schools
and CFA 175 for households. Authorities of KWA have
already announced an increase of CFA 25 come 2003. The
Kumbo Water Scheme presently has 54 functional public
stand taps of the 72 existing ones. About 2,300
private consumers have subscribed to the scheme which
is now referred to as a model for the country.
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The consequence of over 40 yrs of Lawlessness
heraldnewspaper.net, 11.12.2002 17:30
"With the introduction of badges and uniforms for motor park workers you can’t see feymen around the parks. We have made it a serious matter that at anytime any case of feymanism is brought to us in any motor park, those managing that park will be removed. With the introduction of badges in the parks I can tell you all motor parks in Fako are safe from feymen".
"They (feymen) target mostly ladies in the cabs and often start by saying how their bags in the taxi contain big sums of money and tell the driver not to stop at any police or gendarmerie control or check point in exchange for huge sums of money. This is just a cooked up way to bring the ladies’ interest into the story".
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World Bank grades Cameroon econ. prog. poorly
By Ntiamba Obi Ntui , 01.12.2002 14:46
The slow process of doing government business is
likely to cost Cameroon a whopping 1400 billion FCFA
in the new year.This is because the country is not likely to reach the decision point to enable it benefit from additional debt relief from the Highly Indebted Poor Countries - HIPC initiative.
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The nightmare of driving in Bamenda
Atabong Jinya Joseph, 21.11.2002 03:41
Driving through Bamenda from one end of the city to
the other for those who have lived or driven in this
town is a light-mare, 1 should say a day-mare.
In fact when you take off either in a taxi or your own
car say from Foncha Street Junction, Finance Junction
or City Chemist Round about the story is the same . At
peak periods 7-8:30am, when most workers go to work or
3:30-6pm.
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Limbe public: Taxi drivers dissatisfied over
Samba Julius, 19.11.2002 22:12
Following a leadership tussle that has rocked Limbe Taxi Drivers Association (LITTADRA) for the past five years, interim president Mr. Teku Mathias after a meeting with the executive branch, decided to increase taxi fare from 100frs per drop to 150 frs per drop and this has met with stiff resistance from the customers who argue, Limbe has got good roads and shorter distances as compared to other towns.
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Bakassi Again
email from WANAKU, 06.10.2002 01:24
The implications of this happenings as it seems will be a very heavy blow for our struggle technically
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