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Angolan head of State João Lourenço Monday appointed Manuel André da Costa Canguezeze as Secretary of State for Urbanism and Housing, according to a note published on the Presidency’s Facebook page.
Prior to the appointment, the source said, the President João Lourenço sacked Adérito Adelino João Carlos Mohamed from the position of Secretary of State for Urbanism and Housing.
Adérito Mohamed was appointed in September 2022.
Source: Angola Press News Agency (APNA)
The bodybuilder Aquiles Epolua won Sunday in Johannesburg (South Africa), the international bodybuilding tournament “Arnold Classic”, in the category Elite Pro Bodybuilding up to 95 kg.
Aquiles, vice-world champion in the amateur category, beat the competition in his debut in the professional category.
In individual women, Helena Gonçalves won the “wellness fitness” category, after the last stage of the competition called “Overall”, where the winners of all classes compete.
Maria Faria, in the amateur class, “Bodybuilding” category, won the trophy, performing the same feat as her colleague Aquiles Epolua.
Angola national teams, amateur and professional versions, were also champions in the continental competition.
In this international competition, disputed in honour of the world icon of the bodybuilding sport “Arnold Schwarzenegger”, Angola was represented with a delegation that included ten athletes.
Source: Angola Press News Agency (APNA)
The 76th World Health Assembly is taking place in Switzerland between May 21-30, with delegations from WHO member states including Cameroon, meeting in Geneva to brainstorm on major health concerns the world is currently faced with.
Participants will deliberate on ways to “create a future where every person has access to the health services they need” World Health Organization (WHO) Director General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, adding that “it means strengthening the global architecture for health emergency preparedness, response and resilience, and supporting countries on the road to universal health coverage.”
Minister Manaouda Malachie, representing Cameroonian at the event, also remarked that “universal health coverage, so dear to the Head of State, H.E. Paul Biya, is one of the key topics.”
The activities which started on Sunday under the theme: “WHO at 75: Saving lives, driving health for all”, will feature discussions on current and future priorities for public health issues of global importance.
It will also focus on strategies and global action on areas such as women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health rehabilitation, traditional medicine, infection prevention and control, health of refugees and migrants, mental health, nutrition and disabilities.
This year’s edition will equally mark the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization.
Source: Cameroon News Agency
Some health workers of the Yaounde Emergency Unit took to the streets on May 22nd, 2023 to protest against poor working conditions amongst other issues they face.
The health workers demand an increase salaries as well as increase in medical resources. They stated that they are fed up with the “contractualization of all temporary public health training, which is 27,000 staff representing 60% of the workforce who are working without wages and affiliation to CNPS,”.
Carrying messages on placards stating “A nurse in distress is more dangerous than a soldier at the war front,” they also express their dissatisfaction due to the limited resources allocated which can not meet the needs of patients.
“ we are not able to work properly due to limited equipments. Some times we have critical emergency cases but we can’t handle them,” a nurse stated.
The Nurses demand an increase in salaries of staff from the 1st to the 6th category to be put at 75000F and 95,000 for those from the 7th to the 12th category.
They also denounce the nonpayment of CNPS benefits to staff and say they have gone for over 5 years without those benefits.
After their strike action ,Some health workers reportedly stormed the Ministry of Public Health office to lay their complaints.
They stated that the strike action will last for 5 hours everyday (from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) till a solution is provided to their 17 complaints listed.
Source: Cameroon News Agency
Petit, spiteful little man Dana White has not yet gotten over Francis Nganou’s transition from UFC to PFL.
In an interview, Dana White said the Cameroonian was “afraid” to take risks, reasons why he fought only three fights in three years.
Dana continued, that the deal with PFL is senseless and will not yield any fruits.
“I know how the story ends…he is not even fighting their champions right now. He wants the box and from what I am hearing he is not going to fight for another year…based on what I know about the deal which is not much. It makes no sense when you pay a guy not to fight for a whole year. The day that we released him, I knew exactly what was going to happen”
He laughed over a close to 300 million deal between the PFL and some businessmen from the middle east, “Who is gonna give them 280 to 300 thousand dollars from the middle east,” he questioned.
The former UFC heavyweight champion, Francis Nganou in a series of tweets, asked Dana White to leave him alone because he completed his contract and was never released as claimed.
Nganou whose new contract with PFL will see him as the PFL African Chairman, said he is happy that he is finally being recognised and respected and that is all that matters.
On May 19, Mr Nganou tweeted that Dana White should contact PFL if he wants his fighter, Jon Jones to face the former UFC heavyweight champion.
Source: Cameroon News Agency
The dust is yet to settle as a Nigerian chef, Hilda Bassey broke World cooking records previously held by an Indian Lata Tondon.
In 2019, Lata cooked for 87 hours 45 minutes to hold the highest record ever attempted by a woman. But on Monday, May 15, 2023, Hilda Effiong Bassey cooked for 100 hours, beating her Indian counterpart in the Guinness World Record of longest cooking hours.
Nigerians trooped to her cooking site in Lekki, Lagos, to give their support to the sensational cook, who had become the star of the moment.
The meals from her kitchen fed thousands who took turns to have a taste of her cuisine.
Short;y after the feat, the Guinness Book of Records, said they were still verifying claims of her records. Days later, Hilda informed her fans that before she is officially proclaimed the record holder, she will need to upload proofs “and they are heavy to do so” she said, while asking fuming Nigerians to be calm.
But this is not all, a Liberian Chef, made things worst when he announced that he will be challenging Hilda to break her records. This is just a day after she hit 100 hours of non-stop cooking.
I find this appalling that some Africans who are supposed to support their own and celebrate the grace of Hilda, are instead throwing themselves into unhealthy competition.
When Indian-born, Lata Tondon, broke the records, there was no Indian, nor Asian who came up to brake the records. They all supported her, in her newfound fame.
The same Chef, Wonyean Aloycious, never came up to challenge the Indian but was quick to jump up and challenge Hilda.
When rumors broke out that he was about to make a challenge even before Hilda’s certification, I thought it was a joke until I made some research and found him confirming.
He said he was doing it for the culture.
In his own words, “GWR doesn’t have a time duration for one to break another person’s record! In so doing I don’t need anybody’s approval to make attempts in breaking a week-old record ????It’s not a hate or jealousy as you’ll see it”
I see a lazy chef who lacks initiative and can only get such when his fellow African Chef attempts a feat.
The Liberian Chef, Aloysius said, “I’m officially expressing my interest in sitting 120hrs new record for me and my country, breaking previous records holders.”
But this will have to wait until the GWR approves his challenge to start.
My question is why did he wait until Hilda breaks the record? I she out for publicity and clout chasing?
One thing is certain, the Liberian people and their media, have been pouring unflinching support and Aloysius is bent on seeing this happen.
Source: Cameroon News Agency