ELIE SMITH

@eliesmith

I am a black West African journalist living and working in Paris, France. I specialised in Central and West African Politics and Economy.

Bonneuil sur Marne, France
mncom-congo.info
Joined October 2009

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  1. 9 minutes ago

    Buea Update Gun shuts reported around UB Junction right now. Exclusive video of pple living mile 16 & going to upstation believed to be safe.

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  2. 35 minutes ago

    Latest news from Buea. Regional capital of SWR of Cameroon hit by chaos again, as Anglophone nationalists declares what they call: "Victory day Ghost town." Shop owners are closing their shops. Live video coming soon.

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  3. 15 hours ago

    New video shot this morning at mile 17 hill, Buea, SWR at the height of confrontation btw Cameroonian security forces & armed Anglophone militants genetically referred to as Amba boys.

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  4. 16 hours ago

    All males btw age of 11& above in NW & SW regions, avoid putting on black T-shirts or u risk being mistaken for an Amba fighter & arrested or killed by Cameroonian security forces. 2 boys were arrested by security forces yesterday at down hill Mbonge rd in Kumba bc of B T-shirt

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  5. 18 hours ago

    Theresa May , British Prime minister has lost 2 ministers in under 24 hours. I think it is time for the British Prime minister to think of resigning her position. It is an atrocious moment for her with Boris Johnson gone.

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  6. 18 hours ago

    Exclusive video of Armed Anglophone militant groups, generically referred to as "Amba boys" in daring operation today at mile16 ,Buea, regional capital of SWR.

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  7. 19 hours ago

    Group of boys now moving in & around Buea targeting shop owners & asking them to give as much as FCFA 500 thousand being revolutionary tax to support Ambazonian war efforts. Those who refused are threatened they will either be killed or kidnapped.

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  8. 19 hours ago

    Meanwhile, unconfirmed srories from NWR ,precisely Kombo claims Ambazonian National flag was hoisted at multiple points. Same sources claim, Bambui, a locality near Bamenda, the regional capital of NWR was a theatre of confrontation.

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  9. 20 hours ago

    Buea Update Happening now. 3 soldiers just brought in at emergency ward Buea with life-threatening injuries. 2 police officers killed in Buea & Kumba. Meanwhile 3 buses have been set ablaze for attempting to violate ghost town & a shop set ablaze at mile 16.

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  10. 20 hours ago

    Bloody Monday in Anglophone Cameroon as security forces are killed and buses set ablaze Chaos spreads to Mile 1 Kumba, Mbonge road going towards Kake. A Kumba resident: "I am just home but can hear sounds of exchange of gunfire".

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  11. 20 hours ago

    Message from a Buea resident:"Who are the ones advising Mayor Ekema? Someone should ask him keep his mouth shut. He is provoking Amba boys & attracting the thuggish BIR soldiers here in Buea. He lives in Douala and now this Cameroonian soldiers will us all here. We fear them"

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  12. 22 hours ago

    Chaos hits Buea Images from Mile 17 as smoke billowing behind CNPS building. Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports has it that active shooting now going on in Molyko Buea where 2 police officers reportedly killed & a third, a female officer missing.

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    Jul 8

    La "Briquette du Kivu" : un étudiant congolais développe son charbon écologique via

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  14. 22 hours ago

    Buea Update Locals says there is on going exchange of gun fire near GCE board btw Cam security forces and unidentified armed militant Anglophone groups. According a resident, recent defiant utterances from Lord mayor of Buea,forced anglo nationalists attack town.

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  15. Jul 9

    Lifeless body of a Tombel based police officer, allegedly kidnapped 2 days ago by men locals claimed had trappings of armed groups, generically referred to as Amba boys was found yesterday around 6:30pm near the Dangote Quarry,located btw Tombel & Loum.

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  16. Jul 8

    affair Robert Bougji

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  17. Jul 8

    I liked a video Grande Interview - Affaire Bourgi partie 12

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    Jul 8

    Gunshots heard in Muea this evening, a local tells CNA, but added that, "The shots have stopped minutes ago."

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  19. Jul 8

    The current crisis in Cameroon has exposed pretentious persons: politicians & other elite working for the state. The second: media houses & journalists paid by the state to play. Before the crisis, they pretended to be with the people.

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  20. Jul 8

    Ugandan soldier killed in 'unprovoked attack' via

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