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Cameroon: Gov’t urged to redefine, control armed forces’ mission in NW,SW regions

Cameroon: Gov’t urged to redefine, control armed forces’ mission in NW,SW regions

Published on 20.09.2018

The government of Cameroon has been urged to redefine and control the mission of the armed forces in the two anglophone regions in crisis. The call was made by religious leaders of the Protestant Council, the Islamic Superior Council and the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon on Wednesday, September 19. In…

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Regina Leke has waged a war against plastics in Cameroon

Journalist Regina Leke commits to make Cameroon green through sustainable reporting
Published on 20.09.2018
In a country where the media previously tilted public opinion towards politics and football, other sustainable projects could easily slip under the radar despite their…
Institutional

Biya appoints new Batibo DO, sacks runaway administrators in Anglophone regions
Published on 20.09.2018
The Head of State Paul Biya on Wednesday evening appointed new administrators in the troubled North West and South West Regions as well as other…
politics

2018 Presidential election: Biya adviser declares support for Kamto
Published on 20.09.2018
A close aid of Cameroon's President Paul Biya has declared his support for the flag bearer of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement Maurice Kamto for the…
Political parties
Ndifor Afanwi Frankline is touring the Adamawa Region

2018 Presidential election: Ndifor Afanwi touring Adamawa to woo voters
Published on 20.09.2018
The National President and flag bearer of the Cameroon National citizens movement CNCM has embarked on a pr-campaign tour in the Adamawa Region to present his…

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Should Afcon hosting rights be taken from Cameroon?

Luc Perry
Student

Yes
There is no football infrastructure in Cameroon, how can they host an international tournament of this magnitude. Players will travel on which roads? Where will they be housed? There is a lack of stadiums and accommodations. Cameroon can not succeed in organizing AFCON 2019. We are eleven months from the beginning of the competition but nothing is ready. Not even the rehabilitation stadiums in Garoua and Bafoussam. Cameroon will never be ready in time.
Harsene Maton
Photographer

No
Cameroon is in a best position to organize AFCON 2019, so there is no reason to take the hosting rights away. It's not AFCON that will be above Cameroon. If we could already organize it in 1972, why not in 2019? There are already the necessary infrastructure. Hotels, roads, stadiums that are still under construction and will soon be ready and usable in a timely manner. The President of the Republic has urged site managers to meet deadlines for everything to be a success.

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