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the company has 10 days to comply with the requirements of a formal notice The evaluation of the formal notice served several days ago to the ARMADA CAM SARL group, and ARMADA, in charge of the construction of the Palar bridge and its access to the Mayo Kalliao, proved inconclusive. A decision which justifies the holding, on Wednesday March 13, 2024, of an evaluation meeting chaired by the Minister of Public Works, Emmanuel Nganou Djoumessi. From the meeting chaired on March 13, 2024 by the MINTP, it emerged that the ARMADA CAM SARL and ARMADA group has 10 days to convince of its ability to bring this important project to completion. This period will be decisive in determining whether or not there is a failure likely to lead to the termination of this contract. Specifically, it is expected from the group during this period, the transmission of the corrected execution file of the metal framework of the work, that of the updated monthly, weekly and daily schedules, the finalization of the technical exchanges relating to the solution for setting up subcontracting companies for bolting or welding and the renewal of all risks construction site and civil liability insurance policies. Three months after the on-site assessment which was carried out by the Minister of Public Works, ARMADA CAM SARL and ARMADA are struggling to convince. The measures prescribed today will be evaluated during a mission which will take place on March 23, 2024. The project follows the collapse of a 60 linear meter structure in the town of Maroua, Diamaré department in the Far North region. For its reconstruction, a project in design/construction mode of a 70 ml single-span bridge, mixed steel-concrete twin-girder type resting on deep foundations (piles) and its access points was initiated. To date, the progress rate of the works is 7.08% or 4.47% for the works and 80.25% for the studies phase. Additional geotechnical studies have already been carried out, as well as the demolition of the old bridge and the development of platforms for the foundations. Currently, the group is mobilized for the pile workshop and to do so, it has committed to building the 24 piles for the foundation work in 50 days, or one pile every two days. The project aims to re-establish the link between Maroua and Kousseri, ensure the transit of traffic on National Highway No. 1 and that of the borders of Nigeria and Chad with Cameroon and to ensure the movement of goods and people. Its implementation is supported by a contract of 4,195,811,429 F CFA for the works and 309,896,645 F CFA for project management carried out by the Le CompetingSARL, Cameroun engineering/ William's Fru group. To date, two statements have been issued, notably the start-up advance which has already been paid for an amount of 839,162,286 FCFA and statement No. 1 for an amount of 226,288,800 FCFA, awaiting payment. Clément Noumsi

The related allocation, from the BIP-MINTP, will allow the municipal magistrates of the communes of Bafang, Bana, Bankou and Banka to carry out five projects in this department of the Western region. The municipality of Bafang benefits during the 2024 financial year from an envelope of 65,000,000 CFA francs to carry out the sanitation work on the municipal road: 800 M – Hotel paradis-entrance Bafang II- Maison duparty-carrefour Baboutcheu – heavy axis + galaxy ramp-District hospital. The municipality of Bana is registering two projects including: the rehabilitation of the section of the Foyer grand père-Catholic mission road and the opening of the Chizachuepo-Tounkor bridge communal road, corresponding respectively to 27,000,000 F CFA and 38,000,000 F CFA.​ The 65,000,000 CFA francs allocated to the municipality of Baku will be used for the rehabilitation of the Tamté – Chefferie Komako municipal road. The commune of Banka will benefit from 80,000,000 CFA francs for carrying out surface coating bitumen work on the Pouandeu-Carrefour Banfelouk section (phase 3). Clément Noumsi

The municipalities of Mbouda, Batcham, Galim and Babadjou in the Bamboutos department will benefit from this envelope for the rehabilitation, development and opening of municipal roads. The municipality of Mbouda benefits from 65,000,000 CFA francs for the rehabilitation of certain municipal roads in the Bamesso, Bamekombo, Babeté and Bamessingue groups. The four projects registered in the municipality of Batcham concern the rehabilitation of the Batsinla –Touolewouo-Telezintio section for 18,000,000 CFA francs, the rehabilitation of the Batoumbi I chiefdom entrance section-Tchelepi-Nzintia crossroads for a cost of 10,000,000, the rehabilitation of the sections Menapna- Bazimbap-Balena and EP Nzinmegoung-Tsolekeng- Chefferie Sopmela​ for 17,000,000 F CFA and the construction of the Sop Kiampi culvert in Bamougong with development of access roads for 20,000,000 F CFA. The commune of Galim benefits from 35,000 CFA francs for the opening of the CAPLABAM municipal road - Galim technical high school, 35,000,000 CFA francs for the rehabilitation of the market road section - Bati market and 30,000,000 CFA francs, for the rehabilitation of the Bamenyam Market – Bamenyam Bilingual High School road section. The projects to be carried out in 2024 in the commune of Babadjou concern the rehabilitation of the FIDO road going towards Mount Bamboutos for an amount of 25,000,000 F CFA and the rehabilitation of the municipal road in Toumaka (Zavion) corresponding to 40,000,000 F CFA F CFA. Clément Noumsi

The municipalities of Dschang and Sancthou, beneficiaries of this allocation for transfers of resources to decentralized local authorities, will be used to carry out six projects. Thanks to the 70,000,000 CFA francs allocated to the municipality of Dschang, it is planned to rehabilitate the road sections: Central police station Pont Regie roundabout – Tsinfem market entrance and ENEO entrance – Dschang festival square. The remaining amount will be used for the following projects located in the commune of Santchou and concern: the payment of payment for the installation of six (6) culverts as well as the rehabilitation of the Etamba section, for an amount of 20,000,000 CFA F . The rehabilitation of certain sections of road in the commune for 20,000,000 F CFA, the construction of a culvert on the Megni Fondonera road, for 10,000,000 F CFA, the rehabilitation of a rural road in Fombap, for amount of 10,000,000 CFA francs and the rehabilitation of the Ndem-Efougou-Echioc road section, to the tune of 10,000,000 FCFA. Clément Noumsi

460 million CFA francs allocated by the MINTP to the municipalities. The resources from the BIP-MINTP and allocated to these four departments will make it possible to implement road maintenance projects in six municipalities. The commune of Bafoussam III, in the department of Mifi, benefits from 70,000,000 CFA francs for the rehabilitation of the municipal road Inter RN6-Pont Djukou-Place des Fêtes of the upper chiefdom of Bamoungoum including the construction of three (3) culverts of 2x2x7 linear meters (phase 2) (4km). The commune of Bangangte in the Ndé department, benefits from 100,000,000 CFA francs for the three-layer surface asphalting of the Bamena road (Inter R0602 asphalt road)-Bamena chiefdom-SOCAVB poultry farm (3,800 km) - phase 1. The municipalities of Malentouen, Koutaba and Bangourain located in the Noun department, benefit respectively from 65,000,000 F CFA, 65,000,000 F CFA and 80,0000 F CFA for the realization of the following projects: rehabilitation of the municipal road District Hospital- Town Hall (Boulevard) with construction of a culvert on the Mekouet and rehabilitation of the various arteries of the city, rehabilitation of the section of municipal road Carrefour Sultanat-Kouyieyé Kouchankap (Inter R631) including the construction of a double culvert on the Kouonké river in the locality as well as the construction of the Maroumgouo-Ngwenfon road. The commune of Demding in the district of Djebem, department of Koung-Khi, benefits from 40,328,506 F CFA and 39,671,494 F CFA, for the rehabilitation of the notable entrance road Famwouo - CSI Famwou-Demkam-Dembon with Fonefom d ramp a length of 4.5 km and the rehabilitation of the Bar-Ndeng-Famwouo marsh road with Djebem bilingual public school ramp (2.6 km). Clément Noumsi

Reverend Jean H. TATY MAVOUNGOU speaks about the reasons for his participation. Afrique en éveil :what are the reasons for your participation in Siily? Jean H. MAVOUNGOU : I am the author of two books, the first, spiritual combat, the second is the church and wealth, I came to attend this great international book fair, firstly to participate in the sharing of knowledge, but also participate in this environment which allows people to build links, relationships, because it is the first time that I have come to participate in a show, but it allowed me to discover that there are several countries participating in it and through this show I can establish business relationships. Afrique en éveil : How is the Gabonese pen doing? Jean H. MAVOUNGOU : It is doing well like all the feathers of Central Africa. We know that Africans do not have this culture of reading, it is up to those who produce and write, because the book is a product, that we must adapt to the taste of the consumer and we know that this This is where the real difficulty of the African pen lies. More and more young people are totally detached from our culture and most of the books that we sometimes write translate our traditional realities, while our young people are no longer interested in traditional realities, it will be a question for us of ensuring that it has this mixture between tradition and the taste of youth that the book becomes more interesting and to encourage young people to read. Afrique en éveil : Does your writing have a certain diversity or is it only focused on questions of spirituality? Jean H. MAVOUNGOU : I am diverse and I would like to clarify that the management of spirituality is the basis of existence. We must know that knowledge itself is spiritual and that he who neglects the management of spirituality also neglects the management of the normalization of the city, and that is why we went to the base to explain to the men present in spiritual combat, that every human being, life itself only has meaning in spiritual combat, he who refuses to fight refuses to succeed. Propos recueillis par Bertin BIDJA

The day of March 8, 2024 was the choice of the managerial team of the artist Locko to celebrate his 10 years of career at the multipurpose sports palace in Yaoundé. The meeting displays a great success in its orchestration and in its communication approach which did not leave aside such a spectacle rich in colors and emotions, in full celebration of International Women's Rights Day, 2024 edition, but on the contrary, comes out with some beautiful photos. On one side a warm and massively present audience sharing the star's rich repertoire and on the other, one of the most beautiful warmth of a woman, the maternal warmth of Locko's mother, who also chose this day to address him with words full of maternal affection: “I would like to tell my son today what he never knew. During the most difficult times, during the times of annoyance, what do I do? I put on his music. I am proud of you my son”. Deep words that reminded this woman of the first day she discovered that her son was singing and that he was letting emotions escape through his vocal cords. Emotions that remained clinging to her mother's smile towards her son. It was an equally spectacular atmosphere, with the imperial entry of the artist Locko onto the stage which took place under the footsteps of Ngondo, illustrating his origins as a Sawa son, who saw the participation of a collective of young professional dancers from several cities in Cameroon (Yaoundé, Douala, Buea, Bafoussam). A production of which he is the author assisted by Adah Akenji who also covered the concert. An organization brilliantly carried out by the locomotive team with the support of the Yaoundé multipurpose sports center and the Easy Group label. In this success, the pre-event was especially remarkable with the support of several artists and media who contributed to the production of the live show of the 10-year career of the artist Locko; numerous tickets, all categories combined, were purchased by several stars of 237. We note the unconditional support of Aloch 237, Moustik Karismatik, Janéa, Salatiel, Koppo, Lady Ponce, Taphis, Asaba, Lil Jay Bingerack, Steve Fah, Rinyu , Ulrich Takam, Jas B, Soul Bova, Krys m, Willy Mba and many others... A whole who's who of show and biz to write the story of Arthur Locko's 10-year career. In front of an audience proud of his talent and his immense work, he covered his rich repertoire between albums and singles without forgetting numerous collaborations included in his career, committed for already 10 years today and which allowed him to win prizes. numerous awards: 5 Canal d'Or awards (Best male urban music artist or group, Best musical revelation, Best videogram of the title Ndutu during the year 2017, Best male artist in 2019, Best male artist in 2021), 01 awards AFRIMA as Best Male Artist from Central Africa in 2017, 07 prizes at the Balafon Music Awards (Best song divine inspiration with the song thankyou lord and Best Collaboration on the title supporter with Mr Léo in 2017, Male voice of the year and Album of of the year with the album cloud 9 in 2019, Male voice of the year and Album of the year with the album Locked up in 2020, Best artist of the decade in 2022). He is also known as being the first to reach one million listeners on Spotify, the first sold out live performance new generation, the 2nd representative of Cameroon at Coke Studio in 2017 after the group X-Maléya and among other coaches the Voice Africa. the most brilliant moment of this live show of his 10-year career was his performance on stage which overall was top notch. Note that his love for cinema and comedy combines with his musical artist dimension. After these 10 years of celebration splendidly lived on March 8, 2024 at the Yaoundé sports palace, a new page opens for Locko to face new challenges and remain among the best for the next 10 years where we will be able to the opportunity to celebrate his 20 years of career. Bertin BIDJA

Sunday, March 3, 2024, 5th day of Foraly 2024, marked the literary escapade in memory of the illustrious Cameroonian writer, MONGO BÉTI, in Akometam, his native village, lived between libation and address to this great soul of African literary pantheon. The 5th edition of Foraly in Nyong and So’o concluded with a note of literary eco-tourism. The organizing committee gave the opportunity to all its participants, especially participants from foreign countries, to visit the Ekombitié villages and Akometam (native village of the writer Mongo Béti). The people of Foral went to discover the deep Nyong and So’o and salute the memory of this monument of African literature. First stopover, Ékombitié chiefdom where the delegation is welcomed by Her Majesty NdiOkalla Marie Madelaine, brave woman of the OkallaAhanda family, in an imperial atmosphere which, concomitantly, let rise a song of happy birthday wishes to the celebrated and celebrant of the day . A word of welcome from His Majesty was delivered to the Foraly delegation. A guided tour of the chiefdom was taken. The visit to the court and the museum where the remains were presented to the entire delegation, including an ancient tom-tom more than 80 years old belonging to Her Majesty's father. The diocesan bishop of Mbalmayo, son of the chiefdom, also shone with his presence. The rest took place through discussions with the AMBARA matriarch Thérèse Epse OKALLA (aged 96), around a meal blessed by the bishop. A well-set table, with traditional flavors (mboam kpem, palm wine, exotic wine, etc.). A dignified reception, worthy of a foreign delegation, honoring Foraly. Rich moments, in the presence of many children from the chiefdom, who showed a lot of love to the Foraly team. An overall warm welcome testifying to the hospitality of the people from the Fang Béti cultural area, qualified leaders. The fifteenth milestone of the day will take the delegation to the village Akomètretam, a few kilometers from Ékombitié. For a visit to the tomb of the famous writer Mongo Béti. The welcome was also warm from the writer's family. Papa Yacob will serve as guide and speaker for the occasion after briefly narrating the life of Mongo Béti, highlighting the etymology, reasons and motives of the pseudonym Mongo Béti, which had led Alexandre BIWIDI AWALA to maintain it in the name of the African literature. The floor will be given to the delegation for a bit of reading, testimonies about the person, libation and addresses to this great literary spirit. A short ceremony which was closed with a message from the deputy president of Foraly, Ondoa Kalara. The escapade to Akomètretam marked an extension following the closing ceremony held on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at the esplanade of the departmental delegation of Nyong and So'o in the presence of the prison authorities who represented the competitors, winners of the main prison of Mbalmayo, foreign delegations and participants, punctuated by the awarding of prizes for the various competitions in act 5 of Foraly. Café Kalara LS dictation competition in French and English in the primary and secondary categories, the reading aloud prizes in the adult category, won by an inmate of the Mbalmayo penitentiary, the prize for the best enunciation of the family tree in the The Fang Béti cultural area, in the Ewondo language, won by an inmate of the main prison of Mbalmayo, prize for the best statement of the family tree in the Duala language, Sawa community, by a prisoner. Pleasant moments, full of emotions and joys. Most of the students received their prizes and the opportunity was given to each winner to speak and give their feelings about this great sharing. The young Cameroonian artist Alexandra SEPPO, godmother of the competition for the best statement of the family tree in the Duala language, was present accompanied by her management team (Maxim TIWO and Pearl LOUMA). She congratulated the winner of the Duala language and all the students who were present for the dictation competition, inviting them to take their studies seriously and speak more of their ancestral languages commonly called mother tongues. Minsili Zanga Mbarga, a cultural engineer established in France, spoke in the Ewondo language to demonstrate the importance of her language in a world of giving and receiving. NGONA ONANA Albert, winner of the Family Tree competition in Fang Beti. He will have achieved the feat of listing his paternal and maternal descendants up to the 4th generation. The winner of the Duala language will manage to push the envelope, up to the 6th generation, of his paternal descendants. The sequence of awarding the prizes to the various winners was mainly the highlight of the closing ceremony. We also note the FORALY PRIZE for diligent participation won by Ulrich Ettien, Ivorian writer, among others head of the Ivorian delegation who unfortunately could not make the trip for professional reasons. For this mathematics teacher, it was his 3rd consecutive time in Cameroon as part of Foraly. Black Yaye Fall, head of the Senegalese delegation won BAGLA PRIZE - Wolof, best statement of his family tree up to the 7th generation, listing his paternal and maternal ancestors. Reading aloud was won by ONDOUA Gaël from Mbalmayo main prison. For the dictation competition, MBIAKOLO Jérôme took first place with a score of 17/20; followed by MAMA Romaric in second position with a score of 15/20 and MBATSOGO ESSAMA in third position for 14/20. Honorary diplomas were awarded to all foreign participants, to journalists who took an active part in relaying the information from Foraly and to local participants. Dr Attie Djouid Djar-Alnabi from Chad, AkossiChristelle from Ivory Coast, Emmanuel Mabondo from DRC, Alvie Mouzita and Raitel Yengo from Congo Brazzaville, Minsili Zanga Mbarga from France, were honored. All's well that ends well, see you at the 6th edition of Foraly with the guest country of honor, Chad. Bertin BIDJA

Started a few months ago, the work on this important axis is completed by March 11, 2024 at 12.34%. On the site, the company MAG SARL in charge of the construction of this 31 km section carried out the work of felling trees, cleaning and stripping from PK 57+100 to PK 64+600. Concerning the earthworks already carried out, this concerns excavated deposited for a volume of 59,372 m³, rock excavated 16,479.85 m³ and backfill from excavated 110,924.43 m³. We also note that the company's equipment is gradually transported to the site and the crushing plant is installed at the quarry. Construction work on the weighbridge is nearing completion and the aggregate storage area is being developed. To launch the activities of this plant, cleaning of the firing front and drilling are underway, the materialization of the security perimeter has been carried out and the development of the bypass road is being completed. On a completely different level, we note that the key personnel of the company have been mobilized and are made up of Cameroonian engineers and experts. On a daily basis, several young local residents are also involved in carrying out the work. The company was strongly recommended to ensure that staff wore PPE, to provide approach signage to the right of active workshops and to implement its waste management plan. Clément Noumsi

Mobilized on March 13, 2024 between Bandjoun and Bafang, this company is currently carrying out work to treat potholes and install bituminous concrete on the sections already treated. Started in November 2023, this maintenance work, the aim of which is to treat critical areas of the Bandjoun-Pont du Nkam section, is already starting to have an effect on the traffic of this axis, the reconstruction of which is scheduled. We note that on March 13, 2024, the company carried out intense activities at the level of PK 65+800. This work, the cost of which includes tax, is 2,192,443,128 F CFA and includes several services including clearing; repairing potholes along the route with crushed gravel and bituminous concrete, repairing the base layer with gravel bitumen, thickness 7 cm; sanded impregnation (on the shoulder); the implementation of two-layer surface coating on the shoulders; the execution of a bonding layer and the covering in bituminous concrete with a thickness of 7 cm or in cold-cast emulsion coating with a thickness of 7 cm. In addition to these services, the cleaning and/or repair of concreted or masonry earth ditches and gutters, the cleaning and/or repair of rectangular concreted ditches with slabs and the construction of a section box culvert are also planned. 1x1m including the work of heads and the arrangement of deviations. Clément Noumsi

several works carried out on municipal roads thanks to the transferred resources. The resources transferred by the Ministry of Public Works, via the Road Fund, made it possible to carry out works in two municipalities of Mefou and Afamba. Three works have been carried out on the municipal roads of Awae, just as a double culvert is under construction in the commune of Edzendouan. These works were developed at the request of the municipalities concerned who transmitted their needs to the Ministry of Public Works. In the commune of Awae, resources amounting to 59,978,794 CFA francs were therefore transferred through the Road Fund, to ensure the construction of three permanent bridges in this commune in the department of Mefou and Afamba. To date, the work is almost complete and has made it possible to build a bridge over the Afamba River, Carrefour Nguinda-Messak section, an 8 ml bridge over the Meki River, Biviang-Entrée Kat section and a 6 ml bridge over the Zui river, Odoudouma I-Odoudouma II section. Technical control of the works was carried out by the Departmental Delegate of Public Works of Mefou and Afamba. This work follows the execution of contract No. 001/M/CIPM/CAWAE/2023 of June 23, 2023, awarded after a national call for tenders. In the commune of Edzendouan, a market made it possible to begin the construction of a double culvert on the Befere river, municipal road at the Olinga Mongo-Carrefour Mvondoumba crossroads. These projects make it possible to improve the daily lives of the populations of this department, a real agricultural breeding ground.. Clément Noumsi

The Hilton Hotel in Yaoundé served as the setting on Wednesday March 13, 2024 for the official launch of the project “System to end the burden of Malaria through significant engagement in the Far North” (SEMBE I) by the Minister of Health public. A US Presidential Malaria Initiative (PMI) funded by the United States Agency for Development (USAID) for a period of five years and implemented by the Cameroonian Association for Social Marketing (ACMS). Cameroon is one of 11 countries that represents approximately 70% of the malaria burden and implements the “High Burden to High impact” approach ». A launching ceremony which took place in the presence of the president of the Far North regional council, the head of the PMI, the president of the board of directors of the ACMS and many other personalities who came to support this initiative. It must be said that this comes only a few days after the Yaoundé agreement resulting from the work of the international forum on malaria which has just hosted the Cameroonian capital where Cameroon's experience on the malaria vaccine for children from zero to 2 years was shared in the Soa health district. Reaction Dr Malachie Manaouda, Minsanté « We have experienced a drop of around 40% in the incidence rate of deaths due to malaria for the period 2022/2023. throughout the national territory. This still hides some disparities because there are regions which continue to be impacted such as the Far North region. For us, SEMBE I which arrives today offers the advantage to identify and put in place new means to strengthen the current capacity of actors to better do their work in the fight against malaria. It would also be to identify, determine and implement new initiatives but embed in the community In complementarity with the other means put in place by the government and the latest vaccine solution which is arriving to join the efforts already made. It is therefore a question with SEMBE I of seeing how the different actors will together monitor the implementation of all this, I believe this should give us better coordination of the activity to fight against malaria on the ground and more support from the populations from this part of the country. Overall we expect a drop in malaria in the Far North and even across the country ». Clément Noumsi

A two-day workshop (March 13 and 14) was held at the La Falaise Hotel in Yaoundé as part of the European Union's Sustainable Cocoa initiative implemented by FAO in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture. forests and several other stakeholders. Today Cameroon is positioned 5th in the world among cocoa producers, in 2021 it joined the dialogue spaces as an observer before starting discussions between May 2022 and March 2023 having created its sustainable cocoa committee in November 2022 by joint decision of Minader and Mincommerce. In consultation with the private sector and public partners involved in the Cocoa value chain, Cameroon has made commitments aligned with the three pillars of the EU Sustainable Cocoa initiative which are consistent with SND30 with the axis priority production at least 6% of the world market. This project will provide reliable and up-to-date information on the situation of the cocoa orchard and its impact on forests for the monitoring and evaluation of public policies and private initiatives regarding the sustainability of the cocoa sector. It will strengthen the capacities of national actors to use remote sensing and geomatics tools for Cameroon's compliance with EU regulation on deforestation which will come into force by the end of 2024. Reactions Dr Aurelie C. Shapiro, national forest Monitoring/forestry division de la FAO « You know with the new European regulations, we must determine that cocoa plantations are not in deforested areas after 2020, so we will send the necessary tools to work with data, experts and partners to help us determine legality and the illegality of plantations. We have this very difficult aspect which is agroforestry which is a cocoa plantation mixed with trees. This is a big challenge that we hope to achieve with new artificial intelligence methods, new satellite data to allow us to map where this Cocoa orchard is and its entry into the legal framework of the European Union. We must use slightly more innovative methods which have never been tested on this scale, we will use machine learning algorithms and technical resources to try to map Cameroonian Cocoa ». Dr Narcisse Ghislain Olinga, deputy director of commercial exchanges at Mincommerce « As you know, the European Union has published a number of processes on deforestation which aim to only allow cocoa that enters the European Union market not to come from deforested areas after 2020. For this we comes down to putting certain devices in place to demonstrate that our Cocoa complies with the required provisions. Today's workshop allows us to develop a map of Cameroonian orchards and forests which will allow us to demonstrate to our European partners that our Cocoa does not come from deforested areas and which has environmental virtues, this requires an ecological practice bonus ». Philippe MAYAUX, Minister Advisor Team Leader Environment, Agriculture, Climate Change and EU Energy Cooperation « It is to have good quality cocoa that can integrate into the European commercial market because it is in our interest. The European Union wants good relations with Cameroonian cocoa. This workshop is very important because it will allow us to know exactly where it is grown. For us the key message is to show that cocoa cultivation and biodiversity are compatible. We need the state of play, where good practices are located ». Clément Noumsi

The project is part of the work undertaken as part of the economic asphalting of municipal roads. Today, it ensures the connection between Bazou, Tongo and Milombe, thus making the transport of people and goods easy. To date, the work has been completed and the MINTP teams are preparing their reception. The surface coating bitumen project and the treatment of steep slopes on the Bazou-Tongo-Milombe road are part of the rehabilitation and asphalting works on certain sections of the Bazou-Tongo-Milombe road (34.8 km) and Bretelles vers the Nkondjock village (3Km) and the Fanda village (4Km) in the West and Littoral regions. To date, the work has been completed and the teams are preparing their provisional acceptance. The work carried out on this 34.8 km route by the CAS-BUN'S group has now been completed, including on the ramps. In its consistency, the project included general earthworks on the existing platform with the aim of obtaining a width of 6 and 8 meters, the shaping of the platform, the rehabilitation and re-profile of the cut embankments, the restoration to the profile of ditches and outlets, the implementation of the base layer of lateritic gravel, the execution of a wearing course of stone paving, the supply and installation of culverts, the construction of culvert heads, the construction masonry and concrete ditches, the reconstruction or reinforcement of certain crossing structures, impregnation, the implementation of a two-layer surface coating and the implementation of a rubble masonry covering among others, for a cost total of 3,380,257,602 CFA francs including tax. Clément Noumsi

The draw for the quarter-finals of the CAF Champions League took place on March 12, 2024 in Cairo, Egypt. Among the competing clubs, 04 will qualify for the semi-finals. The quarter-finals of the Confederation of African Football Champions League promise sparks. Eight clubs will compete in this phase of the competition. They are Young Africans from Tanzania, Mamelodi Sundowns from the South African Republic, Mimosas from the Ivory Coast, Espérance sportive from Tunis, Atletico Petroleos from Angola and the Almighty Mazembé from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Quarter-final draw Former African football legends Siaka Tiene of Ivory Coast and Ahmed Hassan of Egypt led  the CAF Champions League quarter-final draw ceremony in Cairo, Egypt. The first matches of the first leg will be played from March 29 to 30, 2024. First leg of the quarter-finals: March 29 to 30, 2024. Simba FC of Tanzania will face Al Ahly SC of Egypt, the competition's winningest record holder. Almighty Mazembe of the DRC in search of continental glory since their last success in the CAF Champions League in 2015 prepares to welcome Athletico Petroleos of Angola in Lubumbashi. It will be in the first leg, before going to Luanda for the return match. The Angolans have a better experience in 2021 and 2022, where they reached the semi-final stage against Wydad Casablanca, then winner of the event. Esperance of Tunis, four times Tunisian champions, will cross swords with Asec Mimosas of Ivory Coast. The last quarter-final will pit Young Africans, finalist of the Confederations Cup of the previous season, against Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa, winner of the 2016 edition. Quarter-final return: April 5 to 6, 2024 Al Ahly SC VS Simba FC Athletico Petroleos VS TP Mazembé Asec Mimosas VS Esperance Sportive de Tunis Mamelodi Sundowns VS Young Africans J. Patrick DJON

The conference room of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security served as the setting this Tuesday, March 12, 2024, for the signing of the company collective agreement between the employer group, staff representatives accompanied by the national president of senior and executive employees banks and financial establishments of Cameroon Isaac Bissala and the government represented by the Ministry of Labor. It is a happy outcome of 16 months of struggle in a spirit of tolerance and patience without the need for strike action or the sound of boots. This is proof of the parties' desire to reach a consensus after so much effort and self-sacrifice. For a 1st category public company, it is a question of adhering to the law in order to allow its staff to better enjoy their rights governed by the law. “I congratulate the president of the joint commission for the work done during these 16 months of negotiations” indicated the general director of Feicom in his speech, specifying that “Feicom is the goose that lays the golden eggs which must be respected the rhythm of the laying, hence our patience and our high sense of respect for institutions”. He specifies that this is the 5th revaluation in 18 years overall is the following, office workers increase of more than 33%, supervisors 31% and executives 19%, general management is committed to maintaining dialogue social, to take into account its human capital and remain a transmission belt between the organization and the government. For the Minister of Labor and Social Security Grégoire Owona, this is proof that social dialogue is a reality in our country even if the pace is slow, “it is long-term work and it is necessary that the appetites employees do not exceed what can be granted to them, it is not an easy task but oh so exciting” indicated the minister. Reaction Philippe Camille Akoa, DG du Feicom « In 2012, Feicom concluded a company agreement between general management and its staff which provides a certain number of benefits improving the living conditions of staff. As soon as it is signed, a review is planned every 3 years, today we are at the 3rd revision of this collective agreement which has also improved the living conditions of employees, it must also be said that this brings an improvement of 5% and many other advantages taking into account the increase in fuel costs for transport. There are also allowances for the staff of the general management and those of the agencies, what the DG would like to say precisely is that Feicom has staff who are competent, it constitutes, as we call it, the human capital of our company and it is thanks to it that the general management has the results that we know there. The government regularly congratulates us and the CTDs have this recognition. For us, this revision certainly does not resolve everything as the minister indicated, there are always demands, for the general management and all the staff, this new commitment is still a recognition at the level of the state so we promise after the signing of this document to continue working as the minister said, there was no strike, no marches and we will continue negotiations for other benefits with the aim to always recognize the efforts of each other. The gate will now be closed at 7:20 a.m. so that work can begin at 7:30 a.m., that’s also discipline». Clément Noumsi

A delegation from this Asian country has just been received at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to discuss the initiatives to be put in place to boost its production of this cereal. In Cameroon, rice and frozen fish are the main imported food products. According to the National Institute of Statistics, national rice production is estimated at around 220,000 tonnes against a demand of around 757,000 tonnes. That is a gap to be filled by imports of more than 500,000 tonnes per year. This situation, far from improving, is on the contrary getting worse over time to such an extent that we remember that during a meeting in July 2023, the Minister of Commerce Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana called on importers to import 150,000 tonnes of rice to meet demand for the second half of the above-mentioned year. However, the situation is not desperate because the country can count on its Korean friends. It is therefore at this level that the audience that the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Gabriel Mbairobe, has just granted to a delegation from the Korea Rural Community Corporation led by its president Lee Byung-Ho in the presence of the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Cameroon Jonghan Kim finds its relevance. With rice production on the agenda. The Korean partner intends to support Cameroon in the implementation of mechanisms enabling it to boost its rice production and in turn reduce imports and fight against food insecurity. For this, a project was set up with around ten other countries on the black continent. This initiative, according to the operational staff, is part of the third phase of the irrigated rice pilot farm project. “South Korea forty years ago was a country lacking rice. But through seed improvement, mechanization and training of professionals, we were able to increase rice production to become a self-reliant country,” said Lee Byung-Ho. “Cameroon wants to learn from their experience since we are in cooperation with Korea to be able to boost rice production. As part of this African rice belt project, we have benefited from the increase in the Avangane production farm in upper Sanaga which will allow us to produce not only 2,000 tonnes of seeds each year, but also carry out training. of personnel in terms of mastery of irrigation techniques and mechanization in production", will indicate for its part Minader Julien Efila

road and related works progress With an overall progress level of 85%, work on the two sections connecting the first phase of the highway, on the Yaoundé side via Nkolbisson (11.14 km) and on the Nationale 3 side through Boumnyebel over a length of 13.50 km are almost complete. , and the company is busy carrying out the related work of the project. At the beginning of March 2024, the overall progress on track 1 connecting phase 1 of the highway to the urban network of the city of Yaoundé by Nkolbisson, was estimated at 98% and on section 2, which connects this infrastructure on the N3 via Boumnyebel is 97%. Only vertical and horizontal signaling work is in progress on section 1 with 70% progress. On section 2 going from PK 59+300 to PK 60+500 (P10 roundabout) over a length of less than one kilometer, the remaining work concerns the construction of the lateritic gravel foundation layer, the construction of the layer of untreated gravel base, concrete road work and construction of the wearing course. At PK 1+240 to PK 3+440 (Makai village) - P10, the remaining work concerns the implementation of the lateritic gravel foundation layer is 97% complete, the roadway work is 97% complete. Between PK 3+440 and PK 13+460, 5800 ml of ditches are made out of the 6175 ml planned, the work on the GNT foundation layer is completed from PK3+550 to PK13+527, the work on the layer bearing in EME are also completed, only the beginnings of PK 6+300 to PK 11+500 remain. The implementation of the double layer on the shoulders is 60% complete and the construction work of the hydraulic structure of PK 9+045 is completed, all that remains is to carry out the protection and recalibration work. The second part of this project, that linked to related works, concerns the development of access to the lake road at PK 5 section 1 (1,850 km), the development of the missionaries road section 1 (2.70 km), the rehabilitation of the Makai-Ngog-Mapubi road on section 2 (6,071km), the construction of a girder bridge over the POUGUE river. Regarding the development of access to the lake road at PK 5, it is indicated that 80% of the earthworks and 90% of the sanitation works have been carried out. Rehabilitation works on the Makai-Ngog-Mapubi road have been completed. Construction of guardrails and road joints is underway on the Pougue River. Clément Noumsi

Dame Tsemo dismissed and sentenced to court Ruling on the matter of summary proceedings from hour to hour this March 12 on the request for discontinuance of the disciplinary procedure then underway against her within the Commission of Human Rights of Cameroon (CDHC), the Court of First Instance of Yaoundé administrative center has just rejected his request by declaring itself "incompetent for serious challenge". In addition, the judge “ordered the plaintiff to pay the costs”. This is the second failure of Ms. Tsemo in the senseless standoff that she freely chose to undertake to try to impose her mode of operation on the national human rights institution of Cameroon, after the rejection of the notification of his summary procedure by the disciplinary council which immediately recommended his dismissal. A dismissal recorded on February 28, 2024 by President James Mouangue Kobila. Refusing to take responsibility for her escapades before the disciplinary council where she never showed up despite three summons and advised by Sunday lawyers, Ms. Espérance Tsemo Kouobou hoped to paralyze the disciplinary council of the CDHC and continue to receive her salary without work until the outcome of the criminal case improperly brought against the president of the CDHC, on the basis of low-level slander. Indeed, during its session of February 27, 2024, unanimously on each of the five charges brought against her, the disciplinary council of the CDHC recommended to the president of this INDH to dismiss Ms. Tsemo Kouobou. An outcome that she wanted to avoid at all costs by scouring the courts of Yaoundé in all directions for two months. After this second bitter failure, Ms. Tsemo Kouobouboum is certainly already meditating on the meaning of the adverbial phrase never two without three. Clément Noumsi

Buoyant international context and sustained and recognized recovery in the quality of Cameroonian brown gold. These are among other reasons for the improvement observed recently with a record price per kilogram of beans at 4,225 CFA francs. Cameroonian cocoa “now on the roof of the world”. During a group sale organized by the Minister of Commerce, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana, in Abong-Mbang in the production basin of the Eastern region of Cameroon, on March 5, 2024, the kilogram of beans reached the price record of 4225 CFA francs. A price never equaled at the national and global level which, according to a press release from the head of Commerce dated March 6, 2024, is justified not only by the buoyant international context. But also by the sustained and recognized recovery in the quality of the Cameroonian bean throughout the 2023-2024 campaign. Indeed, apart from the quality of the Cameroonian bean which continues to improve thanks to the awareness-raising work among producers carried out by the Ministry of Commerce in favor of good farming practices, it must also be recognized that the improvement observed on the Cameroonian market is justified by the international context marked by forecasts of a drop in production in Ivory Coast and Ghana, the two leading world producers. This is due to the aging of plantations and climate change. These forecasts according to ICCO should result in an 11% drop in global production in 2023-2024 to 4.45 million tonnes. Which should lead according to “Investing in Cameroon” to a market deficit of 374,000 tonnes by September 2024, compared to only 74,000 tonnes recorded during the 2022-2023 cocoa season.. Records broken at international level It is therefore clear that it is this unfavorable international context which then contributed to the explosion in prices which results in producing countries like Cameroon in better remuneration of producers like what has just happened in Abong-Mbang. Indeed, explains the “Ecofin” agency, “since the start of 2024, cocoa is the raw material that has performed the best on the markets, gaining 56.4%. Or more than $2,300 per ton year-on-year. This, after breaking at the beginning of February the record of 5,379 dating back to July 197. The prices of the reference cocoa contract for delivery in March to the Intecontinental Exchange in New York crossed the 6,000 dollar mark and reached a daily high of $6,929. On February 26, 2024, prices closed at $6,884 per ton. Overall, this is a breakthrough for brown gold, which only a year earlier was trading at $2,668 per tonne. However, beyond the quality of the bean and a favorable context, the Cameroonian producer benefits from the group sales strategy initiated by the Ministry of Commerce. A strategy which allows producers to set their minimum prices and buyers to compete to offer the best in order to grab all the available stock. Ultimately, the improvement observed on the national market can also be explained by strong demand. Indeed, for some time, apart from exporters, the Cameroonian market has seen the arrival in less than three years of new local processors like Neo-industry, Africa Processing and Atlantic Cocoa. Julien Efila