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President Biya and wife, Chantal Biya will
be in Buea, today February 18, 2014, contrary to a communique announcing
the visit for February 20, 2014. A second communiqué of the Civil Cabinet
clearly states that the Presidential couple begins the official visit to the
South West Region today. This is so because President Biya preferred to
personally preside over the Reunification march in Buea, a Presidential insider hinted. However, those who were preparing to storm Buea by February 19 to receive the Presidential couple have been hooked. Notwithstanding, the local organizing committee according to what we gathered had a sleepless night yesterday trying to cut the Ts for a hitch-free celebration. It should be recalled
that reunification celebrations started yesterday February 18 in the historic town of Buea with a symposium
which brought on a table intellectuals who discussed on the 50 years of
reunification. The symposium which took place at the University of Buea on the theme “From
Reunification to Integration: 50 Years of Nation Building” was presided over by Yang Philemon, Prime Minister and Head of Government. Answering a
question on whether the Cameroon Government had any intention to dialogue
with SCNC, Prime Minister Philemon Yang ruled out any such dialogue until SCNC
had been registered as a political party. He described the Southern Cameroons’
liberation movement as people seeking to destroy the country. “If you want to be a political party, you
must let go the idea of secession”, Yang told the press.
Philemon
Yang’s critics say he (Yang) failed to understand is that force has never
resolved any issue as much as any quarrel ends up in a peace settlement. Another
school of thought holds that no real statesman refuses to give peace a chance.
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. Minute by Minute Report on Cameroon and Africa
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