Brenda Biya hospitalised for drugs overdose?

I doubt if this is true...There is a rumour making runs on social media platforms and some news outlets that First daughter of Cameroon, Brenda Biya has been hospitalized in Los Angeles for drugs overdose. Sources including PATRICE Nouma reported that her mother,  Chantal Biya arrived in the USA some 48 hours ago to look after her daughter at the hospital. 

Cameroon’s PM Yang arrives Kampala to represent President Biya

Prime Minister of Cameroon, Philemon Yang arriving kampala photo source newsvission

Cameroonian Prime Minister, Yang Philemon,just arrived Kampala-Uganda this Wednesday to represent the head of state, President Paul Biya at the inauguration ceremony of President-elect Yoweri Musseveni, of Uganda.

Yoweri Museveni, won the presidential the disputed presidential election on February 18 in Uganda whch has led the main opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) to announce it will hold an alternative inauguration of opposition candidate Kizza Besigye on Thursday, the same day that President Yoweri Museveni, in office since 1986, will be sworn in for another term.

The electoral commission in Uganda says that President Museveni won the election with 61 percent of the vote but Besigye, the FDC candidate, insists he won the election with 52 percent of the vote. Besigye has been on a campaign of defiance aimed at invalidating what he calls President Museveni’s “illegal presidency.”

The Ugandan government has banned the local media from covering “live activities” of the FDC party.

Brenda Biya mock critics by releasing another smoking video (video)

Cameroon's first daughter, Brenda Biya was under fire earlier in April, 2016 when a video of her smoking made headlines in the Cameroonian communities around the globe. She was criticised by many for openly smoking despite the fact that she is the first daughter and many young girls look up to her as a role model. Some critics went as far as comparing her to Obama's daughters, whom they quoted as kids with modest behaviour. 

To me, Brenda Biya and her entire family don't have respect for Cameroonians because if they did, they would keep her "dirty" habit a secret. What a mess!

Watch the video below...

Buhari and Biya's at a press conference in Abuja (photos)

President Buhari and Cameroonian president, Paul Biya pictured at a Communique Signing /Press Conference at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja today May 4th. According to reports, Buhari's regime has promise to abide by the International Court of Justice(IJC) judgment on Bakassi peninsula. More photos after the cut...

 

Biya Consulted Buhari Against Biafra, Southern Cameroons Resolve to Fight Together – Says Biafra Leader

 President of Biafra Nation Youth League, Prince Chimezie Obuka, has condemned President Biya’s visit to Nigeria, alleging that the secret behind the meeting was to foment a cooperation pact with Nigeria’s Buhari aimed at destabilizing the cooperation that exist between Biafra Youth League and Southern Cameroons.

“On our own side, Biya’s visit to Buhari is to break our link with our people of former British Southern Cameroons. They have resolved to gang up against us”

“Paul Biya, a dictator, has been molesting and intimidating the people of former British Southern Cameroons, I’m not surprised that he is supporting the Buhari’s led administration and we are not bothered, we are only concerned about their failure to consider the condition of the internally displaced people of Bakassi Peninsula.” Obuka wrote in a letter to The Cameroon Journal.

He is further calling for intensified cooperation between Biafra youth and the youth of Ambazonia extraction so they can move like one force.

“There are many ways we can catch a rat, first Biafra youth in Nigeria and the youth of Ambazonia extraction must maintain unity for us to move like a force.” He wrote.

source: Cameroon Journal

President Buhari holds State dinner for President Paul Biya and his wife (photos)

Nigerian President Buhari held a state dinner in honour of the President of Cameroon, Paul Biya and his wife at the Presidential villa in Aso Rock, Abuja. The two Presidents used this occasion to once more announce their determination to eradicate the Boko Haram insurgency while expressing their deep felt sympathy to the families that have fallen victim to Boko Haram attacks. Biya and his wife are currently on a 2-day state visit to Nigeria.

See more photos below. 

Chantal Biya to partner with Nigeria’s First Lady on women development (photos)

Cameroon's first couple is current in Nigeria for a 2-day state visit which started yesterday. The Wife of Nigerian President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, revealed in a meeting with Cameroon's first lady, Chantal Biya that she would collaborate with Mrs. Biya, in the areas of women and children development.

Mrs. Buhari said this when she received Mrs. Biya, who is on a two-day official visit to Nigeria with her husband, President Paul Biya.

“We can also discuss on how we can partner to enhance the activities of our foundations (pet projects).
“As wives of leaders, our humanitarian service is like bridging the gap between the government and the people of the country,” she said.

Mrs. Buhari's pet project, “Future Assured” with the help of governors’ wives and associates and that the pet project was aimed at improving the health of women and children in the country.
Chantal Biya's Foundation would work with "Future Assured" to better the lives of women and children in both countries.

“I am very pleased to meet you, Mrs. Buhari. It is like a family matter,” she said.

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Bello bestows Abuja citizenship on Cameroonian President

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Musa Bello, yesterday conferred honorary citizenship of Abuja on the President of Cameroon, Mr. Paul Biya, and presented him with the key to the City of Abuja.

Bello said that the key to the City of Abuja confers on him (Mr. Biya) the Honorary Citizenship of Abuja, with all the rights and privileges.

The Nigerian Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbanjo, received the visiting Cameroonian President, at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja.
Professor Osibanjo led a high-powered Nigerian team to welcome the visiting Cameroonian President whose aircraft touched down at exactly 11:15am.

Meanwhile, the Minister, who welcomed the Cameroonian visiting President to the City, described Abuja as the symbol of national unity of the country.

He emphasized that the honour has been bestowed on the visiting President as mark of respect for the strong friendship and cordial relationship between the people of Nigeria and Cameroon.
Responding, the Cameroonian President, Mr. Paul Biya, who led a strong delegation of Cameroonian Government and people to have audience with President Muhammadu Buhari, appreciated the honour done to him.

Biya reiterated that Nigeria and Cameroon have long standing historical and diplomatic relationship that ought to be strengthened for the mutual benefit of the two countries.
According to him, he and his entourage are in Nigeria for a two-day visit to have audience with the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari.

The First Lady of Cameroon as well as ten cabinet Ministers were on the entourage of the Cameroonian President that arrived Abuja.

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Presidents Biya, Buhari Merge Ambitions

The two leaders expressed their determination at a State banquet in Abuja organised in honour of Cameroon’s Presidential couple.

It took well over two hours for Cameroonian and Nigerian leaders, President Paul Biya and Muhammadu Buhari respectively to go through the items programmed for the State banquet organised in the Nigerian capital, Abuja yesterday evening.

Accompanied by their wives, Mrs Chantal Biya and Mrs Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, the evening’s ceremony which took place in the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, witnessed a medley of activities epitomised by the speeches of the two Presidents. It was equally spiced by five different dance groups, one of which came all the way from Cameroon.

As one would have expected, the two Presidents used this occasion to once more announce their determination to eradicate the Boko Haram insurgency while expressing their deep felt sympathy to the families that have fallen victim to Boko Haram attacks.

They equally renewed their commitment to identify the diverse areas through which they can hinge cooperation between the two nations and enhance economic development. This will among others take the form of regular economic forums organised in both countries with the aim of strengthening and formalising trade between the two countries.

Cameroon Tribune 

Photos: Pres. Buhari & wife, Aisha, welcome visiting President Paul Biya and his wife Chantal of Cameroon

President Buhari and his wife, Aisha welcomed visiting  President paul Biya and his beautiful wife, Chantal, to the state house Abuja this afternoon. Biya is in Nigeria on a 2-day state visit. More photos after the cut...

Osinbajo and his wife also welcomed him

Paul Biya to begin two-day state visit to Nigeria

President Paul Biya of Cameroun, will at the invitation of President Muhammadu Buhari, begin a two-day state visit to Nigeria on Tuesday.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, President Biya, who will be accompanied by his wife, Chantal and senior Cameroonian government officials, will be received at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, by President Buhari.

It stated that both leaders and their officials would confer on issues of common interest to Nigeria and Cameroon, including ongoing bilateral and regional cooperation against terrorism, violent extremism and cross-border crimes.
“It is expected that new agreements to strengthen existing ties, as well as trade and economic relations between Nigeria and Cameroon, will be concluded and signed before the end of President Biya’s visit.

“A joint communiqué on the visit and the talks between the two presidents and their officials will be issued before President Biya’s departure from Abuja on Wednesday,” the statement said.

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Paul Biya pays glowing tribute to Papa Wemba

         

President Paul Biya of Cameroon Thursday paid a glowing tribute to the late Congolese musician, Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba, better known as Papa Wemba, describing the late musician as “one of the greatest ambassadors of African music.

”In a condolence message to his DR Congolese counterpart, Joseph Kabila, President Biya expressed his profound grief upon hearing news of Wemba’s sudden death after collapsing in the middle of a concert in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday.

A talented, world renowned artiste Papa Wemba, was in Cote d’Ivoire to take part in the Festival of Urban Music Anoumabo (FEMUA).

Addressing his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family of the music maestro and to the distraught Congolese people, the Cameroonian leader rued the departure of the musician as a huge loss to African culture especially that of DR Congo.

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A group of Cameroonian journalists demand 50 million in bribes from Paul Biya

A group of Cameroonian journalist headed by Serge Sabouang wrote to Biya and his government demanding 50 million as "financial support for them to organise a round table and a match in favor of the candidacy of President Paul Biya in 2018"

The journalists presented themselves as a "coordination of Cameroon Editors" who want to maintain peace and stability in Cameroon by making sure Biya wins the elections.

The round table on the theme: "Paul Biya: The Challenge of Freedom of Information" will be followed by a march the group estimates about 10 000 participants will take part. Serge Sabouang and his group have considered printing 20 000 t-shirts at cost of 20 million CFA francs. While 20 million CFA will be set aside for refreshments and the rest of money will be used for advertising and banners.

In Cameroon, You Will Soon Be Able to Change Phone Company But Keep Your Number

The government of Cameroon Tuesday April 19, destroyed by burning, some 2000 elephant tusks as well as 1753 finished ivory products as if to send a message that Cameroon’s second war after that against Boko Haram, is against poaching.

The pyre set to destroy the 3.5 tons of items seized from poachers and traffickers was lit at the Yaounde Conference Centre, in the presence Samantha Power, visiting US Ambassador to the United Nations, Ngole Philip Ngwese, Cameroon’s Minister of Forestry and Wildlife, as well as other government dignitaries.

The destruction of the seized ivory items, ordered by 83-year old President Paul Biya, is the first ever to be carried out by the Cameroon government and is seen as one of the spectacular destruction of poached endangered species items in Africa.

During the burning ceremony, Power said the move is an indication that “the only place ivory belongs and the only value ivory has is on elephants.”

Ngole Ngwese regretted the number of guides and park rangers who have been killed in recent time during anti-poaching campaigns. He was confident that the confiscated items had been destroyed beyond reach, reiterating government’s decision not to preserve them in the National Museum.

Much earlier, Ngole told reporters the move is in respect to the Convention on Illegal Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna, CITES, and the ratification of various global and sub-regional agreements.

“We shall continue combating organised poaching in concert with neighbouring countries and our partners,” Ngole is quoted in the national bilingual daily, Cameroon Tribune as saying, adding that by ordering that elephant tusks be burned, Biya seeks to ensure efforts are not frustrated and that seized ivory does not find its way to the black market.

Cameroon’s colony of elephants has considerably reduced over time. In 2010, the elephant population in Cameroon was estimated at 21,000 (National Strategy for Elephant Management, 10-year duration). The rise of poaching, especially the mass slaughter of 2012 in the Bouba Ndjida National Park in north Cameroon, drastically reduced the elephant population.

Cameroon's Constitution to be revised in view of the holding of early Presidential election

Romour has been making rounds on the streets that President Paul Biya and his government are planing to call for early elections. The Emergence daily newspaper claims that there is more to the rumour as parliamentarians will soon be called to address the issue.

“According to a very influential member of the government who received us in his office around midnight last Friday, provisions have been made for the revision of the Constitution to happen in the month of May, unless last minute changes,” the newspaper said. About the day, “the exact date has not been clearly stated by our source who is very close to President Biya. This indicates that they are in the oven and the mill for this deadline to be held in “peace”. Also, it is assumed from our exchange with our source that “it will be in a special session that will be called by the President of the Republic Paul Biya“, Emergence daily newspaper reported on their in April 2016 edition.

 According to Emergence Daily, 

“funds are being mobilized to organize the election. “The parliamentary session of March should give rise to a deposit of the bill amending the Constitution of which opposition parties did not riposte, since the text itself is already completed. We now reflect on how this review should happen, “ we learn

Kah Walla says she is not okay...this is why

The president of Cameroon's People's Party, Kah Walla has never been one to shy away from sharing her thought. The 51-year-old posted the following statement on her official Website. 

No, I Am Not OKAY!

 Since our release on Friday, April 8th whenever somebody has asked me how I am, I have responded “fine, I am okay”.  However, after having a little time to think about it beyond that response meant to reassure those who are asking, I am definitely and most certainly not okay.  What happened in my country to me and other political actors, is not okay.

My arrest and that of eleven other political activists begins with the mere fact that we are amongst those who stand up daily to say NO!  Cameroon should not and cannot continue to be governed in a manner that is unjust and unfair to the majority of the people, denying them basic services such as water, electricity, healthcare, etc. while a handful live in extraordinary opulence.  Taking this stand, consistently and determinedly in Cameroon will eventually get you water-hosed, jailed or worse.

For this particular incident though, let us start the story at the beginning of 2016.  At the CPP, our political analysis was that this year would determine the prospects for political transition in Cameroon.  Our New Year video (Watch Here) called on Cameroonians to take a stand for their country in order to ensure a peaceful political transition in favor of the Cameroonian people. 

By February 2016, it became clear our analysis was correct.  The ruling CPDM party began putting out calls for the candidacy of 83-year old Paul Biya at the next presidential elections.  They then proceeded to calling for early elections and finally called for a modification to the constitution to make these early elections possible.

Every observer of the Cameroonian political scene knows this scenario.  The CPDM was setting us up to once again accept the manipulation of the constitution in order t9 maintain itself in power.  We had an inkling this was coming.  With our friends of the UPC, we set in motion the strategy we had been working on for over a year.  It was time to begin mass communication and mobilization to get Cameroonians to stand up for their rights and say NO to an umpteenth constitutional manipulation and to institutionalized electoral fraud. We began reaching out to other political parties and civil society organizations.  We began communicating to other Cameroonian activists of all types.  By the beginning of March, we had agreement to come together to launch an initiative.

Four political parties, CPP, MRC, UPC the Faithful and UNIVERS, decided to launch the “Stand Up for Cameroon” initiative.  We would be asking Cameroonians to do 3 things:

1. Wear black every Friday to say:
   • YES – We want water, electricity, healthcare, roads, jobs and other basic services
   • NO – We refuse a clandestine change in our constitution to benefit the ruling party

          2. Pray for the future of Cameroon whatever your religion may be

1. • Pray for a peaceful political transition
   • Pray for the safety of those who are standing up for justice and democracy
   • Pray that the regime in power should not destroy the peace that Cameroon has enjoyed for decades.

         3. Come out for massive public demonstrations.  Stand Up for Cameroon will provide further information on when and where.

On the 29th of March the four parties called a press conference to launch the initiative and inform the media about this campaign.  On the pretext that that press conference was not declared to administrative authorities, the following happened on the instruction of said administrative authorities:

• Police sequestered party members and journalists inside the headquarters of the MRC where the press conference was to be held.
• Police restricted the right to circulate freely of other party members who were arriving to attend the press conference.
• Police water-hosed party leaders as they sat on the ground in peaceful protest
• Police arrested 62 members of the four parties that had launched the initiative. 41 of them were CPP party members who had not attended the press conference or had anything to do with the confrontation with the police.  They were arrested 8 km away from the site where confrontation with the police had taken place.
• These 62 persons were kept 9 hours in a police station, the majority of them sitting on the ground.  To this date no reason has been provided for their arrest and none has been provided for their release.

I wish to mention here that as President of the Cameroon People’s Party for the last 5 years, I have held over 50 press conferences.  Never have we declared a press conference. Never have we declared an event that was taking place within our party headquarters. All of these to date had been held without interference from the administrative authorities. I wonder what got them so frightened about this particular press conference.

Since what was given to us as a reason for the brutality and arbitrary arrest we were subjected to on March 29th was that we had not declared the press conference, we decided to declare all the public meetings we intended to hold on April 8th to protest against the modification of our constitution.

We declared 6 meetings in the Wouri (Douala) and 4 in the Mfoundi (Yaoundé). Two sub-divisional offices in Yaounde and one in Douala actually refused to receive the declaration.  This is, of course illegal.  In the Wouri every single declaration received a public meeting ban from the sub-divisional officer, stating that these meetings were going to create “public disorder”. In the Mfoundi, Yaounde I banned the meeting, Yaounde IV did not deliver a receipt as required by law.

On April 6th, the Stand Up for Cameroon Initiative held a meeting and decided it was putting our party members in too much risk to go against the bans.  We decided to go out for information and education instead.  Our plan was to wear black and go out to distribute flyers in Yaounde and Douala to inform Cameroonians about the Fridays in Black campaign as well as the political stakes of the moment. No declaration is required by law for the distribution of flyers!

On the night of April 7th, we received a call from the Senior Divisional Officer of Yaounde, Mr. Tsila at 9:00 p.m. requesting to see the political parties that had declared public meetings.  CPP, Univers and MRC arrived at his office at 10:00 p.m.  He was there with the Sub-Divisional Officers of Yaoundé I and Yaoundé IV. They offered to lift the ban for the Yaoundé I meeting and deliver the receipt for the Yaoundé IV meeting.  The Senior Divisional Officer explained that what had occurred on March 29th was a disgrace to the image of Cameroon and they did not want a repeat performance.

The Stand Up for Cameroon Initiative informed him that it was impossible for us at midnight to start reconvening meetings.  We told him we would hold no public meetings.  We also informed him that we would be out doing our normal job as political parties, distributing flyers to inform and educate Cameroonians. He said he saw no problem with this and we parted company at 1:00 a.m.

On April 8th the distribution of flyers went on in Douala as planned.  In Yaoundé, the following happened:

• Ten party members from CPP and MRC were eating breakfast as they waited for party leaders to arrive to go out for distribution of flyers. They were of course, all wearing black.
• At about 9:00 a.m. they were arrested while eating breakfast.  No one had distributed a single flyer!
• They called me and Bergeline Domou, Deputy Secretary General of the CPP to inform us.
• We followed them to the police station of GMI Tsinga to find out why they had been arrested.
• At about 10:00 a.m. we arrived at GMI Tsinga and both Bergeline and myself were immediately arrested on arrival.  We naturally resisted trying to explain we had come to inquire about our colleagues.  We were pushed and shoved and arrested.
• At 11:20 The Regional Director for the Center Commissioner Fossoua arrived in person and directed that we be transferred to the Regional Directorate of the Judicial Police (DRPJ in French).
• On arrival at the DRPJ, we were received by Commissioner Evina.  He informed us that we were charged with “rebellion, inciting insurrection and inciting revolt”.  He told us these crimes were punishable with sentences of 10 to 20 years.  He also informed us we were going to all be detained for 48 hours.
• We breathed a collective sigh.  To our questions of why who had ordered our arrest and why Bergeline and I who had not been on the field were arrested, he responded “we are here to do the inquiry”.  Save all your statements for inquiry.
• We informed him all of us would be waiting for legal assistance before giving statements.
• At about 1:00 p.m., Commissioner Evina came and told me he had a more comfortable space for me to wait.  He asked me to move from the very rickety chair I was sitting on to an office in which there was a couch. It was the office of Deputy Principal Commissioner Messina.
• A few minutes later a young man was brought in by a police officer and asked to sit on a chair opposite me. He had a camera around his neck.  I wondered what this poor photographer had done to be arrested as well. Commissioner Messina was sitting at her desk, but said nothing to him.
• A few minutes later, the young man lifted his camera and attempted to take my picture. In seconds I leapt from the couch and grabbed at his camera, yelling and asking what the hell they thought they were doing.  Commissioner looked at the floor.  The young man trembling walked out.
• This was my first indicator that outside pressure was mounting.  Clearly someone powerful had asked whether I was all right.  Hence the move to a spacious office and more “comfortable” seat.  (As an aside, the couch had mites and I have horrible bites from them).
• At about 3:00 p.m. my lawyer, Maitre Meli arrived.  I asked him to make the rounds and make sure everyone was OK.  He did so, came back and we could begin taking my statement.
• First interruption came as he asked for three things: the reasons for arrest, the plaintiff and the warrant for arrest.  The 1st had been cited, the last two did not exist.
• Commissioner Evina himself came in to interview me. He cited the plaintiff as the State, but said he had no warrant for arrest and the lawyer should obtain it from GMI Tsinga.  Despite this illegality, we decided to let him proceed with the interview.
• I will spare you the ridiculousness of the questions about how asking Cameroonians to wear black on Fridays is tantamount to “facilitating the gathering of insurgents”! Or the simple one “why are you wearing dark clothes?”
• At about 5:00 p.m. my statement has been taken and Mtr. Meli and I were rereading it.  All of a sudden Regional Director Fossoua was again on the premises.  With the same energy and rudeness that he had asked we be arrested in the morning, he was now ordering Commissioner Evina to release us immediately. 
• Before release however, we were taken to the basement and a police file opened on us.  Each of us was photographed, fingerprinted and the police guessed the weight of each person as they have no scale!
• We then were rushed into separate police cars whose drivers were directed to take us to our respective homes or whatever destination we desired.
• All of a sudden we were VIPs.

It is when we were released that we realized the level of mobilization that had gone on outside.

• National media had begun carrying the story since noon.
• International media had picked it up by afternoon.
• Journalists came down to the police station
• Over 50 people had begun gathering around the police station as the heard on radio and more were on the way
• The internet was wild with thousands of demands for our release
• Online petitions had been started.
• At least 3 governments round the world had been set into motion and brought diplomatic pressure to bear.
• Through our various networks thousands of Cameroonians and friends of Cameroon were at work informing the world
• WOMEN from every network we belong to were calling their governments, calling media, blasting the internet!

A huge thank you to our biological families, our political families, media both national and international, amazing friends and the powerful, powerful networks that went into motion.  You were the factor that ensured our safety and our release. 

We won this battle, but ultimate victory for justice, democracy and freedom in Cameroon is still ahead so, more than ever:

1. Wear Black Every Friday.  You do not have to attend meetings or marches yet.  Just wear black and go about your business.
2. Inform and educate Cameroonians wherever you are.
   • The freedom to express your political opinion is a basic human right.  No one can take it away from us.
   • It is inconceivable that while the CPDM is blocking roads and creating traffic jams to hold its rallies, other political parties are not free to hold a press conference or distribute flyers.  We cannot and will not accept this.
   • No people on the face of this earth has obtained liberty, democracy, justice without acting.  We must ACT to build the Cameroon we want.

The TIME IS NOW!