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Troops Brutalise, Injure Fru Ndi In Coalition Demo

By Clovis Atatah & Kini Nsom

Anti-riot police and gendarmes, Tuesday, in Yaounde, brutalised and injured principal opposition leader, John Fru Ndi, and two Bureau Members of the National Assembly, during a planned demonstration to press government to computerise voters’ registers.

Fru Ndi was bloodied when troops descended on him with batons and rubber truncheons as he led the demonstration together with other members of the National Coalition for Reconciliation and Reconstruction, NCRR, members of the opposition bench in parliament as well as the leader of the Front for Alternative Forces, FAF, Jean-Jacques Ekindi.

MPs Question Ministers On Indecent Dressing

By Kini Nsom

The issue of indecent dressing among women in Cameroon, dominated discussions in Parliament last week as MPs quizzed members of government in a Question and Answer session. The MP for the Sangmalima constituency in the South Province, Hon. Francois Esama, said “it seems that the rights women are clamouring for is to go about nude and drink heavily.” He expressed worries that female students dress in a sexy manner which exposes them to sexual harassment.

Crying Unity

It is a befitting sign of the times that the so-called Reunification Bridge over the River Mungo, standing tall and proud one day, is reduced to smithereens in the twinkle of an eye. The Mungo Bridge, as it is said, is a symbol of the troubled marriage between the ex-British Southern Cameroons and the independent ex-French Cameroun. There are often clarion messages in words, deeds and incidents that we are often as indifferent to as rocks are to us. Mind you that the English and French versions of the second stanza of the so-called national anthem have nothing in common safe for melody. If you doubt it, verify. It is amazing how we often gloss over these things. Here goes the second stanza of the English version: