Cintia A. , Lebledparle.com
The Guardian Post leads today’s edition with Cavaye who urges Vatican to summon Bishop who invoked ‘devil’ to succeed Biya! The recent declarations by some Bishops of the Catholic Church for President Paul Biya, 92, not to seek re-election in the October 2025 presidential election, have continued to attract mixed reactions from some regime song-birds. While public debate on the outing of the Bishops is gradually dying down, regime bigwigs are rather engaging moves to get the church hierarchy call the prelates to order. The latest outing is that of the Speaker of the National Assembly, the Rt Hon Cavaye Yeguie Djibril. The veteran politician and CPDM party bigwig has voiced his discontent with the recent outburst of particularly the Bishop of the Diocese of Yagoua, in the Far North Region, His Lordship Barthelemy Yaouda Hourgo. Page 3 for more details
Double Identity, cards on the table is the lead title of Mutation. The newspaper reports on How the operation organized by the General Delegation of National Security to resolve the problems of lineage for the issuance of the national identity card proceeding? The DGSN reports 3.5 million cases of double identity registered. Get details on Page 5
Mutation also reports on Evictions in Yaounde, following the release made by the Mayor banning roadside vending. According to Mutation merchants are resisting. Get the full information on page 4.
Cameroun Tribune equally titles on the information, but it reports that vendors illegally occupying roadsides in the nation’s political capital started liberating them yesterday following a January 10 decision by the City Mayor to do so or face the heavy arm of the law. Read pages 14-15 for more.
Le Jour focuses this morning on the security challenges of the year 2025. The Minister Delegate to the Presidency of the Republic in charge of Defense, Joseph Beti Assomo, mentioned them during the ceremony of presentation of vows. P.3
Le Jour equally reports on some fifty suicide prevention agents who have been trained. With the help of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Soul Shop USA, the Compassion association organized 5 days of exclusive training to address the shortcomings in the care of people in distress. Details on page 2.
The minister of finance launches the international day of tax in Garoua, is the title on L’oeil du Sahel‘s frontpage. Get the details on page 3.
The daily health newspaper Echo Santé informs on Douala, Yaoundé, under the threat of the plague. According to the paper, the alert was launched by certain experts on issues related to the environment and the ecosystem who are calling on the health authorities to improve the living environment of the populations to avoid the worst. Douala and Yaoundé, like most cities in Cameroon, are overrun by rats. Wild dumps, wastewater, and poor hygiene conditions create an environment conducive to the multiplication of these animals. This critical situation favors the spread of serious diseases like the plague. The health consequences could be much more dramatic. The health authorities are called to act quickly.
Réalité titles on the launch of the Cameroonian Youth Dialogue Platform and the National Youth Camp, the National Youth Council of Cameroon gets ready. On the sidelines of the two events that will first take place from January 28 to 30, 2025, and from February 5 to 8, 2025, for the second, the National Youth Council of Cameroon gave a press briefing on January 20, 2025, at the institution’s headquarters in Bastos. It was in the presence of the CNJC president, Fadimatou Iyawa, who was accompanied by the MINJEC representative, Alex Bitchoka, the president of the National Council for Popular Education (CONEP), Fidèle Djebba, and media professionals. Attached is the keynote speech by CNJC President, Fadimatou Iyawa.
We conclude today’s press review with The Post who questions on the whereabouts of the Senate President. The Post claims, the whereabouts of the Cameroon Senate President, Hon. Marcel Niat Njifenjii, is not known to millions of Cameroonians, except for his colleagues of the Upper House and Ministers in President Paul Biya’s cabinet, who have also maintained sealed lips. Last week, during the ceremony to wish President Paul Biya a happy New Year at the Unity Palace, Senate President, Marcel Niat Njifenji was absent, from the occasion attended by state dignitaries and diplomats. Read more about it on page 2.
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