According to a Cameroonian newspaper, the visit of the French president to Cameroon would be closer the dictator Biya after the discovery by the Cameroonian authorities of links between France and Boko Haram and a French coup d ' état attempt against Biya.A military source in the service of the Cameroonian regiment fighting against Boko Haram in Northern told the Journal of Cameroon (Cameroon Journal) how January 15 this year, the Cameroonian army interrupted what would degenerate into a violent overthrow of president Biya in a coup d'etat.
The source who opted for anonymity for obvious reasons said that the coup was a joint project of the french government and a former Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, Marafa Hamidou Yaya, who was to be a leading figure in this. Marafa is currently serving a prison sentence for alleged corruption and embezzlement. Our source said that the French had gained his trust to help him become president after the departure of Biya.
The French, said, had taken advantage of the destabilizing presence of Boko Haram in the North
and had entered into collusion with the insurgents, with french soldiers infiltrated within the ranks of the terrorists.
Strategy was to completely drop the regions of the North in the hands of insurgents and declare their secession of Yaoundé and then use their advantage to demand the release of all northerners currently in prison, among them, Marafa and Iya Mohammed, who are serving sentences in prison in Kondengui. But this was only the first phase.
The second phase would consist of a frontal attack on Yaoundé in collaboration with a rebel group in the East of the Seleka of the Central African Republic rebels near Cameroon. A scheme modelled on the rebellion in Central African Republic. The plot would lead either to the arrest, or the assassination or the flight of president Biya.
He said that the French saw Marafa a trustworthy confidant they thought install after the overthrow of Biya (itself implemented by the French army more than 30 years ago, NdT).
On 12 January this year, Boko Haram launched a fierce attack against a military base of Cameroon in the Kolofata city, Extreme North region. The Cameroon army retaliated and dealt a severe blow to the insurgents - the heavier the Group has seen in its history.
The victims in the terrorist group Boko Haram have been estimated, according to the Government of Cameroon, between 200 and 400 dead. However, it seems that there were from victims of the French forces within the terrorists. Three french soldiers were killed in the attack by the Cameroonian forces in the confrontation.
Three soldiers, according to the Journal of Cameroon, were killed in a fight with a knife. "The majority of the insurgents of Boko Haram are not trained. When you see a soldier trained among them, it is easy to locate on the basis of its movements and its tactics, this is how we have targeted some of them", said our informant.
The source said that white french nationals is were themselves disguised by painting their bodies in black. He added that it is only when they examined the corpses they have done much to their surprise, that some of the corpses were those of whites.
Later, they were examined in more detail other attackers captured, they also found that nine of them were also white and their bodies were painted black to not be identified. They were interrogated and they revealed their French nationality with links to top Cameroonian placed currently working for the Government.
The french government, according to the newspaper, was very embarrassed and very uncomfortable and then immediately took his distances with the nine French, but did not go up to ask the Government of Cameroon to release them so that they are dragged before the courts in France.
Many Nigerian newspapers have actually reported the incident. The newspaper This Day, quoting sources in Cameroon who have criticized Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius for calling on Cameroon to immediately release nine terrorists to the French authorities. The Cameroonian official whose name was not mentioned, then told the French that Cameroon is a sovereign country and not a vassal of the France. And Cameroon has since kept the nine in prison in Yaounde until this day.
Chris Olukolade, nigerian major-general and Director of the Defense information addressed the media on this subject, and has in fact confirmed that the French were captured in Cameroon in fighting alongside Boko Haram, but said management should be deliberate between french and Cameroonian Governments.
Our military informant said that more than the question of french soldiers held; There was also a secret diplomatic feud involving the French Embassy in Yaoundé when Cameroon security forces learned of a secret military logistics movement with weapons in two containers. He said that the shipment of arms to the North was probably intended for Boko Haram and foreign fighters to attack the northern regions and make them switch completely in the hands of the insurgents. Our source said that one of the containers is found in the French Embassy in Yaounde which is contiguous with the military headquarters, and about 500 meters from the National Assembly. Difficult to know why the truck had stopped at the French Embassy, he said that it is possible that the plan was to use it in building the plan of coup planned in Yaoundé.
We note that Minister of Communication Issa Tchiroma took under fire from the media question during a press conference about the illegal presence of these containers loaded with arms and he stated that he did not know that the truck with the license plate number, LT TR724, had left the port of Douala on 23 December 2014, with bombs, grenades, missiles, mines and other weapons of war supposedly from Sri Lanka and who disappeared somewhere in Cameroon. The truck was allegedly destined for the Central African Republic. "If I had such information, I wouldn't the give to the press; I think that it is the military secret"Tchiroma then said.
Despite the denials of Tchiroma, Joseph Otto Wilson, Governor of the central region, in a statement, February 6 this year, appealed to all ten divisional officers under its jurisdiction to deal with the issue with the greatest urgency, urging them to cooperate with the forces of law and order searching trucks. The Governors and eastern coastal regions were later made a similar appeal which was also relayed by the Governors of the other regions.
To date, no official statement has been made with regard to the fate of two containers. But our source revealed that the truck with a portion of the cargo is gone from the inside of the French Embassy in Yaounde. Not surprisingly, it was also in February, precisely the 28, that, in the wake of allegations of arms trafficking, Christine Robichon, French Cameroon Ambassador, has been hooting and heckled when she showed her sympathy for the Cameroonians in their war against Boko Haram, a meeting.
The eastern border of Cameroon between the Central African Republic, our source also revealed that the Cameroonian Government officials believe that the french government is behind a Cameroonian armed group posing as the Seleka rebels in the Central African Republic, while they are in fact Cameroon whose aim is to overthrow the regime of Biya.
The group, which has kidnapped a Cameroonian major, Mama Bakai, and some 15 citizens while they were returning from a funeral March 19 this year demanded a ransom for their release.
However, this month, negotiations with the rebels showed their Cameroonian connections when, instead of asking the ransom for the released captives, they changed their demands and instead requested that a famous man of the region from the North, Abdoulaye Cherelle is released. Cherelle, it should be noted, was legal adviser to Marafa Hamidou Yaya. He was arrested and placed in detention early September 2014, following allegations of conspiracy relating to his presumed wishes to launch a civil war in Cameroon from the Central African Republic through the eastern region.
Marafa is considered by the France and other Western countries as a prisoner policy. Before being arrested and thrown into prison on charges of embezzlement, Marafa drew to start the rebellion against the Government...
His arrest came at a time where sources said that the French were laying the groundwork to take power to president Biya. Reports indicate that it became very popular among french politicians and business class French. Capitalizing on the massive youth unemployment in the North, whereas it's a marginalization of the North, the French support to motivate the region dismiss the Biya regime it knowing that a son of the northern region could take over in the event of coup d ' état.
To this end, leaflets have been printed and distributed in the northern regions detailing the arrest of their parents - the Marafas, Iya Mohammed, etc. It is written that this amounts to a declaration of war against their area. According to our source, the French attempted to foment an insurrection in the North to seize the opportunity to overthrow Biya.
Last Friday, the french Ambassador to Cameroon, Christine Robichon, said to the media after an audience with president Biya, president Holland comes to Cameroon to discuss safety issues currently faced by the countries of the subregion of Central Africa. However, sources told the Journal of Cameroon that the visit is intended to improve relations between the two leaders and negotiate the release and repatriation of the nine french nationals who are still in detention in Cameroonian prisons.
The France would be forced to improve the image of Biya with a presidential visit to Holland?
The last visit of a head of french State in Cameroon dates back 15 years. The last french president to be visited in Cameroon was Jacques Chirac, in 1999. Former president Nicolas Sarkozy visited the neighbouring countries of Cameroon such as Gabon and Chad without setting foot on the territory of the Cameroons. Holland also visited several countries in the subregion of Central Africa since he took power in 2012 without setting foot in Cameroon.
A french media indicated that Biya with the France relations began to deteriorate after Biya has directed that the France intended to push it out of power. An online publication said that in 2011 of many french officials gave to support Biya in the presidential elections. A french Minister of Foreign Affairs spokesperson is quoted as declaring that many shortcomings and irregularities have been recorded during this election and warned that the France would not see a repeat of this kind.
The divorce of Paul Biya with Paris
Observers have said that the France wanted that Biya parte due to its economic and military alliance growing with China and the Russia.
Press reports have said that the visit of four hours (from 18 hours to 22 hours on 3 July) the president Holland in Cameroon was negotiated by french businessmen who think that Biya no longer protects their interests, perhaps in retaliation for taking of distance towards the France which allegedly criticized his mandate during the past 15 years.
A source told the newspaper that the french Government was taken aback when Biya has terminated a contract between the Cameroon and Thales Security Systems, a French company that was responsible for the printing of the national identity cards to Cameroon.
Although the Government of Cameroon has declared that the breach of contract was linked to non-compliant activities and unscrupulous carried out by Thales Security Systems, the French company protested and claimed 3.5 billion CFA francs from the Government of Cameroon in compensation; a debt that according to a source at the police headquarters said that it was a pure production of the firm.
The company would have lodged a complaint with the French and Cameroonian authorities to seek redress.
Our source also indicated that Cameroon was a blow hard to the France when the french consortium led by Bolloré has failed to be on the final list of companies vying to manage the new container terminal in the newly constructed port of Kribi.
The commission for the selection of a company's terminal container had chosen the ICTSI company based in the Philippines and port operators APM Terminals, as well as the AP Moller-Maersk conglomerate, stating that their offer was better for Cameroon and the Central African subregion than that proposed by the consortium Bolloré.
The rejected consortium includes CMA CGM from France, the third largest carrier of containers in the world, and the group failure of China, which built the Kribi deep water port. The Bolloré group manages the main terminal container from Douala, and had been approached as a favorite among the companies vying for the management of the port of Kribi. However, the Government of Cameroon may refused the contract to the French firm because of the ammunition container that entered the port of Douala and then disappeared.
Unlike what happened in the past, Cameroon turned more to China from France for the financing of major infrastructure projects. China is involved in the majority of infrastructure projects financing.
The Russia was among the first countries to promise to deliver humanitarian and military aid to Cameroon in the treatment of refugees from the Central African Republic and following the war against Boko Haram.
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