ATTACK: SUICIDE BOMBER HITS FIELD HOSPITAL NEAR LIBYA'S SIRTE

A suicide bomber has killed three people at a field hospital for forces fighting Islamic State in the Libyan coastal stronghold of Sirte on Sunday.

A security source said medical staff have appealed for help in treating the wounded.

The bomber also wounded seven others and caused extensive damage to the hospital, about 50km from the front line.

HUMANITARIAN AID: UNICEF GOODWILL AMBASSADOR DAVID BECKHAM TOOK A TRIP TO SWAZILAND THIS WEEK.

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham travelled to Swaziland this week to inspect works on the David Beckham UNICEF ’7 Fund’ which is supporting and protecting HIV-positive children.

During his visit, Beckham also saw how a severe drought is threatening to wreak havoc on the lives of children and families.

“ I feel very proud to be in Swaziland to see how the money raised through the 7 Fund is helping to keep vulnerable children affected by HIV and AIDS healthy and safe. Many of the children I met, some of whom were the same age as my own children, had lost one or both parents to AIDS and are themselves now living with HIV. As a father of four, it was hard to hear their stories about the daily challenges they face, which are now being made so much worse by this devastating drought,” David Beckham said.

Beckham continued: “Children who are already incredibly vulnerable because of HIVare now at risk from a new crisis that could have a devastating impact on their lives. Across Eastern and Southern Africa millions of children are at risk from hunger, water shortages and disease. I am speaking out for these children to make sure they are not forgotten at a time when they so desperately need our help. I am urging the global community to do all it can to help UNICEFdeliver the life-saving food, medicine and clean water that these children so desperately need,”

CHILDREN: HAPPY WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR

Over 160 million children are at risk or enslaved in forced labour- ILO

Child labour around the world has reduced by about one third in the last decade, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has said.

These revelations were made ahead of the World Day against Child Labour which is observed today June 12.

According to reports, over 160 million children are at risk or enslaved in forced labour. This has been heightened by crisis and conflict around the world.

this week the ILO said that international standards now in place have reduced child labour by about one third in the last decade, and that now, employers and businesses commonly expect to eliminate child labour from their supply chains.

“From enterprises, we need a clear message of zero tolerance of child labour; they need to know what is happening in their supply chains and to back that up with action in their business practices and dealings with suppliers,” said Guy Rider, the Director General of ILO.

TOUBOURIES ARE BETTER SECURITY GUARDS THAN G4S SECURITY...

CAMEROON G4S staff shortages is resulting to serious overworked and inexperienced workers falling asleep while in charge of providing security against dangerous criminals.

Inadiquate recruitment procedures, inadiquate or no training provided, low salaries as compared the risk involved, workers are left on sites for more than 24hrs against their wish during weekends due to shortage of effectives. with all these falures in their HR management system, an you believe this year the that the TOP EMPLOYERS INSTITUTE awarded G4S Cameroon as the Top Employers Cameroon 2016 and Top Employers Africa 2016 certification? According to their comprehensive independent research, G4S Cameroon provides exceptional employee conditions, nurtures and develops talent throughout all levels of the organisation and has demonstrated its leadership status in the HR environment, always striving to optimise its employment practices and to develop its employees. GOD! I aske myself which methodological process did they use in getting to this absolutly false conclusion.

An average G4S security guard in Cameroon is on 47 000Francs CFA a month. no sick pay, no over time paid either and no insurance coverage.

While on the other hand, supervisors and directors sit in their offices and gain a salary of 800 000 Francs CFA monthly.

You know how much it will cost you to get G4S security service ? (which is one guard at night and the other during the day) 327 000 Francs monthly. untill last year this could be paid in cash but due to changes in accounting law in Cameroon cash is no longer accepted (cheques or bank transfers only now accepted)

I therefore I strongly advice a TOUBOURI is better trained and equiped in guarding your home or company than a guard from G4S Cameroon.

PAPA WEMBA TAKES THEIR FURY TO THE GRAVE

NOW KOFFI'S everlasting enemy? How do you reconcile with this?

Papa Wemba dies as Koffi's enemy. He vowed while still alive never to speak to Koffi Olomide who was once a member of Viva la Musica group , Wemba's orchestra. Wemba publicly disclosed his deep hatred for his onetime "protégé", even called him names and recently created an association of Congolese artist and excluded Koffi's membership. Both men where at daggers drawn. However it is clear today Koffi has learned a bitter lesson with this sudden death of his one time mentor...let us love and reconcile with each other while still alive because no one knows the day, the time or the hour. Thanks to my close source for this.

CAMEROON DEMONSTRATES LACK OF MULTIPARTISM

CAMEROON'S LACK OF MULTIPARTISM IS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED AT THE EMBASSY OF CAMEROON IN FRANCE.

Dear friends please forgive for saying this, but I trongly believe Cameroon has sold its shame and bought an evalasting disgrace.

This photo here is a banner hosted in the living room of the 4th floor in the Cameroon Embassy in France . It clearly states that, the CPDM militants should say yes to another nomination of Paul Biya in the 2018 presidential election.


I beg I am shamed and appaled...

King of Congolese Rumba:Papa Wemba died of a heart attack.

According to LCI news yesterday afternoon, the king of Congolese rumba:Papa Wemba died of a heart attack. He collapsed on stage during his concert at the Urban Music festival in Abidjan Cote D' Ivore. His death was actually pronounced yesterday late afternoon. He was 66 years old. RIP

ACCESS TO MORDEN FORM OF CONCEPTION STILL A HUGE CHALLENGE IN CAMEROON

Despite modern innovation, numerous international funding and aids in making contraception  widely available and free of charge in Cameroon, it is catastrophically astonishing that approximately 63 percent of sexually active Cameroonian women who want to avoid pregnancy do not have access to a modern form of contraception, according to a recently report by the Guttmacher Institute and the French Institut de Formation et de Recherche Démographiques (IFORD).

Effective, Around 6,000 Cameroonian women die each year from complications of pregnancy and childbirth. A tragic figure, representing the reality of living in a country with one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world, with 782 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. But, according to the report, “Benefits of Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Cameroonian Women,” nearly 30 percent of these women did not want to become pregnant in the first place.

Women cite several reasons for not using contraception, including the lack of adequately trained health care providers, frequent unavailability of contraceptive supplies, and limited choice of methods. As a result, they are at risk for unintended or mistimed pregnancies. The poorest women are especially at risk, with 90 percent of them at risk of an unwanted pregnancy. On average, the poorest women in Cameroon have two more children than they report wanting. These women are also the least likely to have access to quality obstetric care.

About 36 percent of unintended pregnancies in Cameroon end in abortion, but restrictions on the procedure force women to resort to clandestine, potentially lethal methods of abortion. However, according to the report, if the need for contraceptives for all women were met, there would be a 75 percent decrease in unplanned births, abortions and miscarriages. The lives of 1,300 women who die in pregnancy and childbirth would be saved each year, and there would be 13,000 fewer infant deaths annually. Additionally, each dollar spent on contraceptive services would save the Cameroon health system $1.23 on maternal and newborn care.

FEMINISM should it be embedded in our Cameroon society?

I have realized many Cameroonians, particularly young illiterates [and literates] have never come across that word. Each time I mention the word to people I am not familiar with, their actions make me understand that they are either hearing the word for the first time or have heard it in passing and have not stored it in their minds because it does not have any meaning to them.

When they are told about the basics of feminism, they waste no time to criticize the feminist ideology of women and men being equal undergrounds – that it is against the will of God. We must acknowledge the fact that our society is a little bit behind in terms of knowledge and understanding of feminism, women's rights and human rights.

Most men will agree women are important, but will argue they are important for "the purpose of men".

Men feel like women already have what they need to have; most of them go to school, work and earn some money to support their families. However, some men feel like women do not deserve to achieve anything that will instill in them a feeling of fulfillment and importance because they believe women will not dance to their tune. Other men neglect or do not understand the aspect of psychological oppression and its impact.

Now let's ask ourselves this question: "Is the problem of female marginalization a thing of the body or the mind?"

It is through this question that we will successfully trace the problem, address it, change minds and social attitudes. It is through this question that we will know how to go about telling men feminism is important and be able to explain how important it is to empower women.

Our people should be informed about the benefits of women taking part in decision-making, choosing what they are good at and be allowed the opportunity to do it, etc.

Vodafone Ghana has a new HR Director

Vodafone Ghana has a new HR Director: Hannah Ashiokai Akrong. She was appointed  effective April 1, 2016.

Previously from Honeywell in the United States, a Fortune 100 company where she had global HR management responsibility for teams in the United States, Europe and the Middle East.

Hannah is taking from Stella Agyenim-Boateng, who  voluntarily left the company March 31, 2016, after 8 years with Vodafone and 20 years with the erstwhile Ghana Telecom company.

But who is Hangar Ashioka Akrong?