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Cameroon: Feudjio Diffo Carlos, 'My 16 Year Old Cellmate Died And No One Came to Collect the Corpse'

allafrica.com     13-May-2008   3 related          

Posted to the web 13 May 2008 Douala Carlos Feudjio Diffo, now 22, spent a year of his life in Douala's notorious central prison when he was 15. He recounted his experience to IRIN. "I was arrested at my house for stealing money. Basically, my best friend had given me 850,000 CFA francs...                    

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Angola: Angolan Airlines Opens Luanda-Dubai Route Today

allafrica.com     12-May-2008   1 related          

The Angolan airlines (TAAG) will officially open this Monday the Luanda-Dubai route, in light of its international flights expansion policy. ... The company, which very recently opened the route to Douala (Cameroon), will fly twice a week on the Luanda-Dubai route, on...                    

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Cameroon: Forjindam Accused of Embezzling FCFA 970 Million

allafrica.com     12-May-2008   1 related          

Former General Manager of the Cameroon Shipyard and Industrial Engineering Ltd, CNIC, Zachaeus Forjindam, who was arrested and detained by the Judicial Police in Douala on May 7, was in the evening of May 8 moved to the section for high profile detainees at the Douala New Prison.                    

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Kenya Airways Crash - Uncertainty Persists Over Cause of Crash, Compensation

allafrica.com     09-May-2008   3 related          

One year after Kenya Airways Boeing 737- 800 crashed at Mbanga Pongo in the outskirt of Douala, uncertainty and controversies continue to ensue as to the cause of the crash, and the payment of compensation to families of the victims. ... Meanwhile, the General Manager of...                    

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Cameroon: Business Men Urge Gov't to Promote Local Production

allafrica.com     09-May-2008   1 related          

Business operators in Douala who were on May 6 invited to a meeting to examine ways of enabling them to effectively respect the Presidential Ordinance of March 7 on the reduction on the prices of basic commodities, have told government to promote local production.                    

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Cameroon: Need for More Kiosks for Petit-Traders

allafrica.com     09-May-2008   1 related          

The Government Delegate to the Douala City Council, Fritz Ntone Ntone, in a bid to clear off petit traders from the road side in Douala created kiosks in collaboration with certain companies. ... These kiosks were offered free of charge to some petit traders in town....                    

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Cameroon: New Site Insufficient for Traders in Medication

allafrica.com     08-May-2008   1 related          

A new site has been previewed for traders in medication who formerly occupied a section of the Douala Central market. The initial site where the traders were at the Central market was too small. ... But the new location that has been chosen is still being arranged by the...                    

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Cameroon: Douala II and City Council Disagree

allafrica.com     07-May-2008   1 related          

The area where the council had forced trucks out for construction has a controversy and the trucks are back again. ... In October 2007, the Mayor of Douala II Council, Denise Fampou, issued a communiqué asking all owners of trucks parked around public places to take them...                    

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Lawyer Misses Death By Dain Gun

allafrica.com     05-May-2008   1 related          

A Kumbo-based lawyer, Ayori Cyril, narrowly escaped death recently when a den gun he fired during a funeral rite exploded and injured him on the hand and lower limbs. ... Barrister Ayori told The Post that the incident took place at Ndzevru Mbam Valley in Nkum...                    

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British High Commissioner Condemns Ban On Equinoxe TV

allafrica.com     05-May-2008   1 related          

The British High Commissioner to Cameroon, H.E. Syd Maddicott, has vehemently condemned the ban government slammed on the Equinoxe Radio and Television in Douala and Magic FM radio in Yaounde. ... "The cancelling of licenses of three broadcasting stations is an unwelcome...                    

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