tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80163622024-10-08T18:50:29.952+00:00In Other NewsWhat didn't make it to the wireBate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-89230324333436841592013-01-26T14:25:00.003+00:002013-01-26T15:08:17.801+00:00Photos of French troops in Mali
French troops at Bamako air base, Mali Photo: Bate Felix
An Antonov Plane taxi for takeoff after delivering French Bate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-91056598086393913622012-07-01T00:38:00.001+00:002012-07-01T00:40:39.263+00:00
Niamey meat market
Bate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-40087035940174905092011-10-22T14:13:00.000+00:002011-10-22T14:15:26.355+00:00France's not so enthusiastic acknowledgement of Biya's win
MINISTÈRE DES AFFAIRES ÉTRANGÈRES ET
EUROPÉENNES
___________________________________________________________
Paris, 22 octobre 2011
DECLARATION DU PORTE-PAROLE
DU MINISTERE
DES AFFAIRES ETRANGERES ET EUROPEENNES
CAMEROUN –
ELECTIONS PRESIDENTIELLES
La France prend acte du résultat proclamé par la Cour
suprême du Cameroun.
Le 11 octobre, deux jours Bate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-5836893024155792062011-10-12T11:49:00.000+00:002011-10-12T11:49:45.351+00:00Commonwealth statement on Cameroon Election
COMMONWEALTH EXPERT TEAM
CAMEROON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
9th October 2011
PRESS
RELEASE
by
Mr.
Frederick A. Mitchell MP
Chair
of the Commonwealth Expert Team
A peaceful election: some benchmarks
for democratic elections have been met, although the playing field needs to be leveled
to increase confidence in the electoral process
The
Commonwealth was invited by the Ministry of Bate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-42628209520409941432011-09-04T16:41:00.000+00:002011-09-04T16:51:11.641+00:00Wikileaks explosive cables could spice Cameroon Oct. 9 election
Wikileaks release last week of never before seen unredacted cache of explosive U.S diplomatic cables on Cameroon and Biya's regime could potentially spice Cameroon's October 9 presidential election.
The cables confirms some suspicions Cameroonians have been having on how the country has been governed for nearly three decades by Biya. They provide an Bate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com1Autoroute, Dakar Region, Senegal14.75 -17.333333314.627157 -17.4912618 14.872843 -17.1754048tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-37836982019249030902011-08-08T19:15:00.000+00:002011-08-08T19:15:52.225+00:00Missing president notice: where the hell is Paul Biya?On July 17, Cameroon's president Paul Biya, left the country for three-day state visit to China. While there, China promised more money, Biya promised more resources and contracts were signed. Then Biya disappeared.
Missing President. Photo. Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters
It should be said that this is not Biya's first or last fugue. Among African or one could dare say world leaders, Biya isBate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-67569386986115540392011-08-04T19:09:00.000+00:002011-08-04T19:09:16.306+00:00Senegal Holiday in pix - Dakar - St. Louis - DakarOn the road. The drive from Dakar to St. Louis was pretty easy on a very good road. The landscape is breathtaking if you have the time to stop and admire the baobab trees that dot the semi-Sahel vegetation.
Baobab dotted landscape en route to St. Louis photo. BF
Semi-Sahel vegetation
Passengers perch atop a bus
Sometimes you do have some ghastly accidents
St. Louis:Bate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com0Dakar Region, Senegal14.75 -17.33333330000004914.660957 -17.478428800000049 14.839043 -17.188237800000049tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-52726900277195276442011-06-28T19:11:00.000+00:002011-06-28T19:11:25.605+00:00Cameroon, Senegal: Miserable old buggers won't quitIts not ageism. It is just that I have had it with some of these miserable old farts at the helm of some African countries. Merde!. Why do we have to suffer these old fools who continue to cling to power despite decades of spectacular failures as leaders.
Take the case of Abdoulaye Wade in Senegal, legally about 84-years-old, but rumoured to be on the wrong side of 90. Yes he came to powerBate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com0Dakar Region, Senegal14.75 -17.33333330000004914.660957 -17.478428800000049 14.839043 -17.188237800000049tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-20534276427816683172011-06-12T19:41:00.004+00:002011-06-13T08:19:39.515+00:00Painful dune walkaboutSo, I went to check out the scenic Lac Rose. I decided not to book any of the guided tours on quad bike, camel or 4X4. The plan was take couple of pictures around the lake then walk the suppose less-than-800 meters across sand dunes separating the lake from the Atlantic seaboard.
Firstly don't believe guide books. When they said less-than-800 meters, they forgot to precise that that distance was Bate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com2Lac Rose, Senegal14.8387836 -17.23413240000002114.8317511 -17.25406240000002 14.845816099999999 -17.214202400000023tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-8848791068110434142011-06-04T11:29:00.001+00:002011-06-04T11:31:19.215+00:00Football: Could the Lions put an end to this Senegalese smugness
Senegal vs Cameroon AFCN Qualifier in Dakar
I have had it. Since Senegal manage to earn a die-minute 1-0 victory over Cameroon back in March, every Senegalese I come across put on an air of smugness whenever they find out that I am Cameroonian, like they won the World Cup or something.
The other day, it was a traffic cup. While doing a routine check I handed over my drivers licence, he Bate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-18145040734855814032011-06-03T20:52:00.000+00:002011-06-03T20:52:11.958+00:00Dakar scenes
Baobab tree on Île de Gorée - Pic BF
Baobab alley, Artists resting - Île de Gorée
Cliff on Île de Gorée
Grande Mosque on Ouakam beach
Beautiful sunset off Ouakam beach
My local beach - Ngor. Exactly 10mins from home
I found these walls on Ngor island facinating
Doorway to the sea - Ngor island
Unfortunately no waste disposal plan - Ngor Bate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-70347457673234862032011-05-31T08:51:00.000+00:002011-05-31T08:51:10.443+00:00We are back!
Transport to Ngor Island - Photo by Bate Felix
Finally. I've decided to start blogging again. I moved to Dakar, Senegal from Brussels at the end of February to start my new assignment as Reuters Correspondent for West & Central Africa.
The Reuters team of four Dakar-based text correspondents plus stringers in all the countries, cover news stories ranging from politics and economics to Bate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-7054387389182966122010-01-20T07:43:00.000+00:002010-01-20T07:43:56.681+00:00Coming soonThis blog will be revamped in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!.Bate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-1159014484970303632006-09-23T12:10:00.000+00:002006-09-23T12:28:04.983+00:00Eish!!! it's been longYeah! i know, it's about time, it's been a while since i last posted anything meaningful here. Not that i have not been writing anything worthwhile to share, it's just that i had to rethink what goes in here.This blog was created when the concept of blogging was in it's infancy. It started as a class project for the Online Journalism course. It became my Online portfolio where i published some Bate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-1134462852852525662005-12-13T08:16:00.000+00:002005-12-14T08:54:45.163+00:00Youths at the Service of YouthCity Year Volunteers in ActionBate FelixFirst Published on IPSJOHANNESBURG, Dec 7 (IPS) - They've spent the past year confronting many of South Africa's problems head on, from the high incidence of rape to the fact that many school children battle hunger. They expected nothing less. These are the young men and women from the first batch of City Year South Africa service leaders: a group of youth Bate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-1134032178754765052005-12-08T08:48:00.000+00:002005-12-08T09:00:58.730+00:00Storm over Zuma case secrecyBate FelixFirst published on the www.journalism.co.za websiteThe South African Editors Forum (Sanef) and the Freedom of Expression Institute have condemned the secrecy and exclusion of the media from the court appearance of former deputy president Jacob Zuma on rape charges.Zuma appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Tuesday morning. According to media reports, the media and the Bate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-1134031620928006072005-12-08T08:44:00.000+00:002005-12-08T08:47:00.933+00:00Did he or didn't he? Should the media have published or not?Compiled By Bate FelixFirst published on the www.Journalism.co.za Since the Jacob Zuma rape saga broke over the weekend, the media has been struggling to make sense of it. We present a compilation of the most important reports and comments.;@import url("./editor-adm/style.css");@import url("./editor-adm/style.css");The Sunday Times broke the story with a front page lead: “Zuma Rape Claim”, The Bate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-1134031394247357452005-12-08T08:39:00.000+00:002005-12-08T08:43:14.293+00:00Business maverick launches Bate FelixFirst published on the Journlaism.co.za websiteBranko Brkic’s desk is cluttered. Magazines, pictures, papers are strewn around. He works simultaneously on a laptop and desktop PC, with a packet of roast peanuts close at hand. A phone rings. He scrambles for it, finally retrieving it from under the mess on his table.“As you can see we are on deadline,” he says apologetically. As the Bate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-1128088958275799032005-09-30T13:57:00.000+00:002005-09-30T14:02:38.283+00:00From Blackboard to SMARTboardBate FelixPRETORIA, Sep 15 (IPS) - the electronic board in front of the class flickers, and a periodic table is projected onto the screen. "Do you all know what this is?" booms a voice from the loud speaker. "Yes!" the students’ chorus, as any typical class would. Except that this class is far from typical.While the students are seated in a computer laboratory at Gatang High School in Mamelodi, aBate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-1117809522185187472005-06-03T14:32:00.000+00:002005-06-03T14:38:42.193+00:00Blood In Your Semen? Do Not Panic !First Published in the City Press of May 29 2005Most men would rather deal with hematospermia in silence than announce it. Fortunately the condition is hardly life threatening. Blood in your semen need not dampen your sex lifeIt is one thing to worry about whether your sperm cells are good swimmers or not, but to find blood ·in your semen is something else. However experts say there is no need Bate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-1115579812608165632005-05-08T19:11:00.000+00:002005-05-08T19:16:52.616+00:00Pseudo freedom for Cameroonian studentsBate FelixEditorial Published in Vuvuzela on May 6, 2005.Last week Wits’ student community joined the nation in celebrating Freedom day. Freedom is one thing that student are said to enjoy, freedom as embodied in the bill of rights.Freedom to express themselves as Zingisani Nkamana did in our talkback column last week. Freedom to form associations like the SRC to look after their interests, even Bate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-1114545635610199612005-04-25T21:02:00.000+00:002005-04-26T20:00:35.616+00:00Safeguarding Institutional memoryBATE FELIX"In Africa, when an old person dies, it is a library that burns," once said Malian historian Ahmadou Hampate Bâ. Now, however, a new initiative aims to ensure that African leadership pass on their knowledge to future generations.“There's a lack of institutional memory when it comes to African heads of states,” says David Monyae of South Africa’s Wits University international relations Bate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-1113603161369848692005-04-15T22:12:00.000+00:002005-04-15T22:12:41.370+00:00Meeting President Jerry Rawlings at the African Presidential Roundtable Bate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-1113487997356695632005-04-14T14:04:00.001+00:002005-04-14T14:13:17.356+00:00Presidents on CampusesBate FelixIT IS February 2010, the beginning of the academic year. Politics 101 has been moved from the usual venue to the Great Hall in Senate House to accommodate the over 1000 students that have signed up for the course. Not that the course work has been made any easier, or that there’s an assured pass. It is just that the lecturer this semester is none other than former president Thabo Bate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016362.post-1113487626222152082005-04-14T14:04:00.000+00:002005-04-14T14:07:06.226+00:00MTHEMBU: AN INTELLECTUAL WITH A SOCIAL CONSCIENCEBate FelixThose who know him describe him as an intellectual with a social conscience; Professor Thandwa Zizwa Mthembu describes himself as “a simple man”. A mathematician by training, Mthembu does not hesitate to use unorthodox methods to find solutions. His childhood friend, Rhodes University professor of mathematics Sizwe Mabizela recalls Mthembu’s reaction to a Biblical story about 10 maidensBate Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255550954230091885noreply@blogger.com0