Day: May 9, 2023

Two students of Government High school (GHS) Bangante have died and one is seriously injured following an accident that occurred on Monday May 8th, 2023 at descente Lycée in Bangante in the Nde division of the West Region.

The students were all in the class of Première D according to reports.

We learn that during sports exams taking place on the school campus, the three students decided to use their free time for a ride. Eyewitnesses say the speeding bike carrying all three students, lost control and hit an electric poll during their ride as a result of recklessness and over-speeding.

“They were three of them on the bike and were joking while accelerating it. That is how they went and hit the poll there. The two who were in front hit their heads on the poll and passed away on the spot while the one who was behind survived,” a witness testified.

“As I was riding pass, I saw three bodies lying on the ground, and the passenger I had on my bike decided that we should carry the one who was injured,” a bike rider explained.

The bodies were taken to the Bangante district hospital mortuary while the injured whose condition was critical, was evacuated to the Bafoussam Regional Hospital for medical attention.

As a result of this accident, youths of the Sagnam neighborhood where the tragic incident occurred, decided to take immediate actions against overloading and over speeding which they say are the main causes of accidents on the road.

“We have decided to spot out stubborn bike riders who overload and who ride on high speed, especially those who overtake at wrong moments. A bike should have two persons and not more,” declared a youth.

Informed of the situation, elements of Bangangte Police Station descended to the site to open investigations. This incident comes in just days after another fatal accident occurred in Bangwa along the national number 4 road. The accident was the result of a collision between a bike and an inter-urban transport vehicle that led to two deaths.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

The draft general labour law, under discussion in the specialty in National Assembly, and which provides for teleworking contracts, topped the debate of MPs this Tuesday.

Speaking to ANGOP, MP Elizandra Coelho said that this type of contract will be extended to all professional classes.

According to her, the teleworker benefits, with the necessary adaptations, from the rights and duties available to ordinary workers.

Thus, she said, a worker will be able to carry out his activity from his home or from another office.

Elizandra Coelho noted that within the framework of contractual freedom, the worker can decide to work in this modality in agreement with the employer.

As for the control, she added, the parties must work out the method, but the law establishes that the official can be summoned for specific meetings. According to her, production will be the main method of control.

For example, she mentioned that in the event of maternity leave, the worker continues to be entitled to three months, plus one without pay, and the possibility of being able to stay another three months teleworking.

She said that the draft general labour law deserved an in-depth study by parliamentarians who introduce changes in content and form in certain standards.

With 326 articles and 11 chapters, the draft general labour law repeals that of 7/15 of June 15.

The document strengthens harmony in labour relations between workers and employers and essentially aims to resume a set of rules that were repealed with Law No. 2/2000, of February 11, in order to create a better balance in defending the interests of workers and employers.

As a general rule, it reintroduces the employment contract of indefinite duration, and assumes, unequivocally, the employment contract as the only form of constitution of legal and labour relations

Source: Angola Press News Agency (APNA)

The coordinator of the Commission for Revision of the Statutes of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) for the African region, Florbela Rocha Araújo, presented last Monday in Vienna, Austria, proposals to change some articles of the organisation.

These are the articles 10 on the loss of membership and the article 7 on the procedures related to the application for membership in the organisation.

The information is contained in a press release sent to ANGOP, on

the first day of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the International Institute of Ombudsmen.

Florbela Rocha Araújo, who is also the Angolan Ombudswoman, held contacts with her counterparts to approach the parties, exchange experience institutional cooperation.

The day was marked by several meetings, such as the Executive Commission, the United Nations (UN) Working Group, the Commission for the Reform of the Statutes and the Commission of the Statutory Reform.

Also meetings with regional directors, during which, the African region met with four African directors, namely the Ombudswomen from Angola, Florbela Rocha Araújo; Kenya, Florence Kajuju; Zambia Caroline Sokoni and the acting Ombudswoman of South Africa, Kholeka Gcaleka, marked the day.

Source: Angola Press News Agency (APNA)

Fifty-eight citizens from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were repatriated on Monday by the Migration and Foreigners Service (SME) in the northern province of Zaire, for illegal entry and stay in the national territory.

The repatriation took place at the Luvo border post, 60 kilometers north of the town of Mbanza Kongo, capital of the province of Zaire.

According to the local police spokesperson, of this number, 30 are men and 28 are women.

The source added that these illegal immigrants were intercepted in the Luvo commune, as part of the control and inspection actions of foreign nationals in an irregular migratory situation.

Source: Angola Press News Agency (APNA)