Cintia A. , Lebledparle.com
Let’s begin the press review from lebledparle.com with this news from Edéa in the Sanaga Maritime. According to the daily newspaper Mutations, four bodies, eleven human skeletons, and one survivor were discovered at the site of the automatic toll booth construction, sparking strong emotions. The first revelations can be found in the newspaper available at newsstands.
In his homily last Sunday, the Bishop of Yagoua, Mgr Barthélémy Yaouda, rejected the accusations of manipulation that followed his earlier remarks, denouncing the marginalisation of rural populations and the precarious condition of young people. Le Messager reports on his message in this morning’s edition.
The youths of Mayo Tsanaga mobilise themselves for the 2025 presidential election. Young people from this department of the Far North region gathered in Mokolo and Hina for the 59th Youth Festival. The event was marked by a political and sporting meeting organised with the support of local elites, notably El Hadj Boukar Abdourahim, Aminatou Ahidjo and economic operator Mohamadou Atikou Kalda. Read page 3 of La Voix des Jeunes to get full details.
Le Soir this morning features, the celebration of the Paki people on the enthronement of its new traditional chief, His Majesty Léon Honoré Toukoulou 1st. The former Secretary General of the Grand Chancellery of National Orders received his attributes on 15 February 2025 during a solemn ceremony presided over by the Sub-Prefect of Doumé, François BABA, guarantor of the authority of the State.
Electricity sector, those responsible for continuous light seizure. According to Voix des Consommateurs, since the end of December 2024, many neighbourhoods in the towns and cities of the Réseau Interconnecté Sud (RIS) have been without electricity day and night, despite the hundreds of billions invested in the construction of dams, thermal power stations and HV transmission lines. The heads of MINÉE, ENEO, EDC, SONATREL, ARSEL and GLOBELEC are in the dock and appear to be overwhelmed by the situation. The increasing number of power cuts, which is irritating households and businesses, is causing enormous damage to Cameroon’s already struggling economy.
Info Matin headlines the 2nd Meeting of UNESCO Chairs of the Maghreb. The UNESCO Chair of Central Africa “Access to ICT” Honored in Tunis. Presented by its holder, Armand Claude Abanda, on February 18 and 19 in the capital of Tunisia during the launch of the Campus Africa initiative, the presence of the Chair—which promotes digital inclusion and the empowerment of youth and women—is remarkable.
We conclude today’s exercise with Échos Santé that headlines neurological diseases: Douala General Hospital becomes a reference centre for treatment with botulinum toxin. As the first hospital in the region to the offer this revolutionary drug for dystonia and motor disorders, it is making treatment more accessible through a reduced pricing policy, allowing many Cameroonians to have access to this treatment, which was previously out of reach. Over the past two days, this first-class health facility has received over ten patients suffering from neurological diseases. Read page 4 of the newspaper for reports on relieved patients and from Professor Yacouba Mapouré, head of neurology at Douala General Hospital.
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