President Paul Biya threatened Ambazonia forces and Boko Haram militants and urged them to drop their weapons or face unforgettable treatment when caught.

‘The situation in the North West and South West regions have ameliorated because the civilians have been collaborating with government forces.’- Paul Biya said during a televised end-of-year message on December 31, 2023.

Things are calm but the situation is not over because a few bandits have decided to continue disturbing the population, he added.

He condemned November 6, 2023, attack in Egbekaw in Mamfe and called on fighters to drop their weapons and integrate DDR centres.

‘If they don’t join the DDR, what awaits them, they will not like.’

In other areas,

President Paul Biya announced that the government will reduce petroleum subsidies because they are a huge financial burden to the government. In 2022, Cameroon subsidized the sector with more than FCFA 1000 billion, in 2023, it was reduced to FCFA 640 billion.

The reduction may mean that prices
of fuel will increase. The government is yet to announce how much will be given as fuel subsidy in 2024.

Education

President Paul Biya, gave teachers an ultimatum to stop striking and engage in constructive dialogue because he will not tolerate such acts.

President Paul Biya said that more than 72 billion was disbursed to cover expenses in 2023, yet they have been striking and paralyzing school activities.

‘I will not accept that a handful of teachers should continue to hold education hostage…I am uncompromising about respect for the right of our young people to education.’

Source: Cameroon News Agency

The ‘Struggle’ Coordination, on Sunday, organised a protest in front of the US embassy in Tunisia, condemning the “American crimes against the Palestinian people in Gaza” and demanding the closure of the US embassy in Tunisia and the expulsion of the ambassador.

Mohamed Sallami, coordinator of the ‘Struggle’ coordination, told TAP that it was necessary for the Tunisian parliament to reopen the debate on the law criminalising normalisation in Tunisia.

He pointed out that a number of academics in Tunisia are engaged in cultural normalisation with the Zionist entity under the silence of the state.

He said the slogan “normalisation is a great betrayal” raised by President Kais Saied can only be translated through the enactment of a law that effectively criminalises normalisation and attempts at normalisation.

He added that protest in front of the US embassy in Tunisia aimed to pressure the American decision that contributes to the annihilation of the Palestinian people in Gaza and criticised what they called
the complicity of several Arab regimes with the Zionist entity.

Sallami pointed out that “the option of the gun is the choice of the peoples fighting for the liberation of their land, and the Palestinian people have proved that they will not compromise for the liberation of their land from the last Zionist soldier”.

He called on the Tunisian people not to normalise the scenes of blood and body parts strewn in Gaza, confirming that the coordination will continue to work to mobilise the streets and send messages of support to the Palestinians.

The protesters raised slogans calling for the expulsion of the US and French ambassadors, pointing out that France and the United States, in addition to Britain and the European Union, are complicit in the crime that has exceeded all humanitarian limits in Gaza.

Today’s protest is the second to be organised by the “Coordination of the Struggle” in December, with the participation of representatives of political parties such as the Democratic Patriots’ Unified Party, t
he Popular Current and the Echaab Movement, as well as other nationalist political currents in Tunisia.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse