A map of Cameroon and Nigeria, locating Bakassi Peninsula. Ten oil workers, seven of them French, one Tunisian and two Cameroonian, who were kidnapped and threatened with death by rebels in Cameroon have been released safe and sound after being held for 12 days. (AFP/Graphic/Er / Gil)From AFP:
YAOUNDE (AFP) – Ten mainly French oil workers who were kidnapped and threatened with death by rebels in Cameroon were released safe and sound late Tuesday after being held for 12 days.
The seven French nationals, one Tunisian and two Cameroonians, workers for French shipping company Bourbon, were seized by gunmen who stormed aboard their ship off the coast of Cameroon's Bakassi Peninsula on October 31.
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Barack Obama withdrew U.S. visa to some corrupt camerounian politicians
ReplyDeleteU.S. President believes that some officials are corrupt and that their bank accounts in the United States are disproportionately' ' furnished '' compared to the level of living in Cameroon.
In a note signed and sent to the Head of the Cameroonian State through the U.S. embassy in Yaounde, the Obama administration is the listing of the Cameroonian politicians banned from the USA Saturday. America justifies this decision by the results of investigations by their agents on the accounts of some Cameroonians abroad and on U.S. territory. FBI agents and CIA have found that certain politicians in Yaoundé had too many accounts ''furnished' ' in contrast with the general standard of living of the average Cameroonian. They have thus reached the conclusion it is the taxpayer's money diverted. Hence decide not to issue visas for the United States for these per sons, their wives and children. Anyone already in possession of a U.S. visa and whose names appear on this list will have these visas simply suspended.
It should be recalled that the former USA ambassador to Cameroon, Niels Marquardt had repeatedly said that the United States prohibit the entry of any person whose property in the United States are considered suspicious or ill-gotten . He had at one time, pleaded with members of Cameroon for the respect of Article 66 of the Constitution which requires any person who accesses a political office to declare their property. This law has never been applied starting with the first of Cameroonian, President Biya.
The threat has been implemented . Most recently, the current ambassador of USA in Yaounde, Janet Garvet, affirmed her support to the Cameroonian authorities in appropriate cases where they wished to repatriate assets held by some Cameroonians pinned under the operation hawk . She then stated that the U.S. secret services will provide full support.
Please find below, the list of 44 billionaires submitted by the Americans to Mr. Biya to continue the EPERVIER operation he started last March 2006. The list was published by a local newspaper called the Le Jeune Observateur and listed the billionaires in order of importance:
1. Polycarpe Abah Abah
2. Alphonse Siyam Siwe
3. Emmanuel Gerard Ondo Ndong
4. Gervais Mendo Ze
5. Remy Ze Meka
6. Pierre Desire Engo
7. Akame Mfou mou
8. E.N. Etonde Ekoto
9. Atangana Mebara
10. Marafa Hamidou Yaya
11. Zacheus Mungwe Forjindam
12. Njankou Lamare
13. Charles Metouck
14. Peter Akumchi Awa
15. E.E.Etoundi Oyono
16. Talba Malla Oumate
17. Aristide M. Okouda
18. Yves Michel Fotso
19. Jean B. Bokam
20. O. Olanguena Awono
21. Iya Mohamed
22. Josep Edou
23. G. Roger Belinga
24. Louis P. Motaze
25. Meva Eboutou
26. Roger Melingui
27. Pierre Titi
28. S. Mounchipou
29. Gregoire Owona
30. Patricia Enam
31. E. Mongori
32. Nyamsi Mongue
33. Charles Tawamba
34. Laurent Nkodo
35. P. Ngamo Hamani
36. A. Manga Massina
37. Rebecca Ndedi
38. Alain Edgar Mebe Ngoa
39. Perrial Nyodog
40. Lucien Meva
41. J. Njomatchoua
42. Caroline Abah Abah
43. Foumane Akame
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