A suspect has been apprehended by the forces of law and order over the muder of Dr. Ymke Warren a British expatriate and gorilla expert whom until her death, was working with the US Wildlife Conservation Society in Limbe.

The suspect whose names Eden got as Etienne Ngwa, supposedly from the North West Region is in his mid 30’s.

The arrest and detention of Etienne Ngwa waters down allegations that the assassin was a hired international killer.

About half the village population of Wone Bakundu, along the Kumba-Mamfe road is currently helping Gendarmes in Konye sub division to determine what triggered the barbaric act of burying alive of one Martin Njumbe Ikose, father of a Pentecostal pastor based in Yaounde.

This gruesome incident of Friday 2 July 2010 has been described by judicial authorities in Kumba and environs as “the worst manslaughter in modern times.” 

A number of projects initiated within the Framework of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, NEPAD in the central African sub region are under evaluation.

Members of the executive bureau for the coordination of NEPAD in the sub region are meeting in Yaounde to examine projects that are in the domain of energy, transport, agriculture, environment and telecommunication.

The stakeholders in the decentralization process in Cameroon are taking part in a training course on the management of competences and resources transferred to local councils by the state.
The course which involved representatives from the three northern regions was being organised in Garoua, capital of the North Region.

The training programme was initiated by the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation and presided over by the Minister, Marafa Hamidou Yaya.

A two-day workshop on the implimentation of the Indigenous People Development Plan of the Forestry and Environment Sector Programme has been organised in Kribi, South Region.

Participants are brainstorming on how to implement the programme which is designed to ensure the sustainable management of forest resources while protecting the indigenous populations. The workshop was coordinated by the Secretary General in the Ministry of Social Affairs, Zoua Houli Abraham.