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Coutersy IFEJ News Drogba, Eto’o, and Pienaar Join Heads of State, CAF and Football Players Across Africa to Unite Against Malaria in a New Health Campaign for the 2013 Orange Africa Cup of Nations Campaign Will Deliver Malaria Prevention and Treatment Messages Across the Continent Johannesburg, South Africa, 30 November, 2012 – African football stars and heads of state will join the Roll Back Malaria Partnership’s United Against Malaria (UAM) campaign and pledge to distribute life-saving malaria prevention and treatment messages throughout the 2013 Orange Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament.  Football icons including Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto’o, and Steven Pienaar, along with African Heads of State including President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso, President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire and President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, will lend their voices to the cause, appearing in tel...

Invasive Species , Waste, and Extreme Weather Events among Key Challenges Doha (Qatar), 30 November 2012 – Island communities in the Pacific Ocean are facing unprecedented challenges to their economies and environment from the impacts of climate change, according to a new report released at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar. Sea level rise, tropical cyclones, floods and drought, combined with pressures from unsustainable fishing practices and coastal development, and consumption and production trends, are rendering the livelihoods of some 10 million people increasingly vulnerable, says the study. Low-lying islands in particular could face projected losses of up to 18 per cent of GDP due to climate change. The report recommends actions to enforce legislation, improve the availability of environmental data, and strengthen environmental institutions to help meet the major climate change challenges facing the Pacific region. The study highlights su...

Billions Diverted at Kribi Deep Sea Port & Lom-Pangar Network on Money Laundering Uncovered 40 Cases Deposited for Judiciary Action The Anti-corruption Commission-CONAC has published a 300 pages document exposing the channels of misappropriation of public funds in Cameroon. The report which was presented to the general public by its President Dieudonee Massagam indicates that corruption in the country has reached it peak. The report was presented in four parts highlighted the strategies adopted in 2011 by the commission to check on corrupt practices.   According to the report, CONAC investigation focused mainly on four major axes, which are mining, forestry, social sector, electronic governance and public contracts. In the domain of controls, systematic controls were carried out on the execution of the Public Investment Budget, forestry and wildlife as well as the implementation of HIPC Projects in communities. CONAC control mission also visited the Kribi Deep Seapor...

Maternity Section burnt down Mafor Achidi Achu Judith has extended a hand of fellowship to fire victims at the Ndu District Hospital.    The fire guts Ndu District hospital in the night of Sunday 26, December 2012 leaving breastfeeding mothers and hospital staff helpless. Being the first elite to come to the assistance of the desperate victims, she brought along with her 10 mattresses, 12 bed sheets, 19 pair of shoes, 70 complete sets of dresses and 02 cartons of soap to support victims and hospital administration. Before handing over her donation to hospital administration, Mafor Achidi Achu Judith said she was touched when she learnt of the fire incident and as an elite, she could not stay unconcerned. She also visited the maternity section and the pharmacy which were completely destroyed by fire. Drugs and hospital equipment worth several millions have been consumed by fire while the women who were at the maternity lost all their belongings. Reacting to her timely g...

 By Fai Cassian Ndi Nwa Council in Donga Mantung Division is purportedly suspected under a nonconventional epithet petition writer’s claim. CONAC we gathered is actually working on a petition from Nwa which has kick-started another debate. The petition signed by some four concerned citizens of that municipality (which we got hold of a copy), they are suspecting and questioning some expenditures in the council. “In effect, it is suspected that something may be getting wrong with the council finances in the said council: councilors are not allowed to deliberate on the extra-budgetary income before it is spent and the Finance Committee of Nwa Council has been completely marginalized” the petition reads. This state of affairs they say has urged them to solicit for an audit expressed in the forwarding stating that “a sum of eleven million FCFA cash surplus in the 2011 administrative account of Nwa Council is mysteriously not accounted for”. More so they are also questioning the whe...