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►PM inaugurates Dangote Cement Plant
The Dangote Cement Plant Cameroon SA in Douala has been inaugurated today August 27, 2015. The Prime Minister, Philemon Yang represented the Head of State at the commissioning ceremony.
Construction works at the cement plant began in 2011. The plant aims to produce 950,000 tons of cement this year and 2,000,000 tons in 2016, in a bid to meet local demand that usually exceeds supply.
►House Speaker grants audience to Japanese Ambassador
The Japanese Ambassador to Cameroon says his country will continue to support Cameroon in the fight against Boko Haram. Speaking today in Yaoundé after an audience granted him by the Speaker of Cameroon’s National Assembly, H.E Kunio Okamura said the Japanese government is working with other international organizations to provide assistance to refugees in Cameroon and to local councils affected by the Boko Haram fight. The meeting between the speaker and the diplomat is the first since the Japanese Ambassador arrived in Cameroon in June 2015.
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►Drug shortage hits Cameroon
Several pharmaceutical and medical institutions in Cameroon have been hit by a shortage of medicines, including anti-retroviral and vaccines over the past few days. The shortage is also felt by people with kidney failures requiring dialysis. This situation has caused discontent among sick people who have threatened to take to the streets despite assurances from the authorities at the Douala Referral Hospital that things will return to normal by next week.
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►260 clandestine schools to be closed down
The Minister for Basic Education has signed a decision to close down 263 clandestine nursery and primary schools nationwide. This decision comes at a time when stakeholders in the private educational sector have continuously disrespected the rules as outlined by the various stakeholders in the sector. This situation has led to the upsurge of clandestine schools all over the country that do not meet the standards either in the quality of teachers, the buildings or the location.
►85 elephant tusks seized in Limbe
Customs officials in the South West region have seized 85 elephant tusks and a truck transporting non-biodegradable plastic bags in Limbe. The elephant tusks were seized on August 25, 2015 from a boat en route to Nigeria. According to the Chief of Customs at Idenau, they had sufficient information on the crime and waited till when the boat left the port before intercepting the traffickers. The seizure of the elephant tusks also coincided with the interception of a truck transporting non-biodegradable plastic bags.
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►Two American journalists killed
On Wednesday morning, Alison Parker and Adam Ward, both employees of Roanoke, Virginia, TV station WDBJ, were shot to death while doing a live report from a shopping district near Moneta, Virginia. Mr Vicki Gardner, executive director of the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce who was been interviewed was shot in the back and underwent surgery. Authorities identified the suspect as a fellow journalist (Bryce Williams) of WDBJ-TV.
Bryce Williams was fired from the TV station after working there for a year. After he shot the journalists, he killed himself.
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►South Sudan President signs peace deal
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has signed a peace deal with rebels after a threat of sanctions from the UN. He told those gathered for the signing ceremony in the capital, Juba, that he had reservations about the mediation and some of the clauses in the compromise deal. Rebel leader Riek Machar signed the deal last week but Mr Kiir refused. It is meant to end months of brutal civil war that will see Mr Machar return as vice-president.
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