Search for People Search by Department Santa Barbara is a leading research institution that also provides a comprehensive liberal arts learning experience and staff is characterized by a culture of interdisciplinary collaboration that is responsive to the needs of our multicultural and global society All of this takes place within a living and learning environment like no other as we draw inspiration from the beauty and resources of our extraordinary location at the edge of the Pacific Ocean Author Ross Gay caps off UCSB Reads 2025 with appearance on campus James B. Milliken named 22nd president of the University of California Professor Irene Beyerlein elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences ‘Coralations’ Q&A with author Melody Jue Privacy | Terms of UseAccessibility | Webmaster You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed Cameroon (AP) - Authorities in Cameroon rushed more than 600 injured people to hospitals in the country's two main cities Saturday in an effort to save lives a day after an overcrowded train derailed Bodies remained strewn along the tracks as rescue workers searched for more injured or dead The injured were being taken to hospitals in the capital and the port city where the train was heading as the president declared Monday to be a national day of mourning "My sincere condolences to the families of the victims of the derailment" of the Camrail train," President Paul Biya said on his official Facebook page and the cause of the crash was being investigated said transport minister Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo'o "I am calling on everyone to double efforts to save the lives of the injured," Ngo'o said Eseka is about 125 kilometers (75 miles) west of Yaounde Rescue workers and medical staff at hospitals put the death toll at 73 speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not permitted to speak to the press about the issue The train had been carrying about 1,300 passengers The passenger load was higher because a road had collapsed due to landslides following heavy rains between Yaounde and Douala The 30-year-old railway line and train could not carry the load One of those injured died as he arrived in Douala and "we are doing everything possible to save the lives of the close to 200 victims sent to Douala," said Governor Ivaha Diboua Dieudonne of the western Littoral region Associated Press writer Carley Petesch in Dakar Moniepoint has announced its partnership with the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) to improve access to healthcare in urban and rural areas The partnership announcement was made on Wednesday at the launch of a research titled ‘Inside Nigeria’s Community Pharmacies: How Moniepoint Drives Healthcare Access with Payments and Funding’ which mirrors the challenges pharmacists and patients face in need of drugs the health industry is important to the company Collaborating with ACPN would allow for seamless transactions and financial support for pharmacists who want to expand their businesses any pharmaceutical business would collapse if suppliers began to lose trust in the pharmacists when it comes to paying for the supplied goods Eseka noted that with Moniepoint’s technology which enhances seamless transactions with no downtime the likelihood of businesses collapsing is impossible someone whose life is on the line and has come to your business facility is only concerned about how he is going to get the medications and administer them so it’s not the best time to hear about network downtime what we have done is to ensure our transactions are seamless Whether you are doing card transactions or you are even doing a transfer you should be able to have that liberty as a pharmacist you may be too busy to even attend to calls from your cashier in the office to confirm a transaction on your commercial bank account and you may have an aggravated customer in your office who wants to buy a drug urgently.” a Pharmacist and National Chairman of ACPN highlighted the critical role played by community pharmacies in Nigeria’s healthcare system over the years THISDAY is published by THISDAY NEWSPAPERS LTD. Nigeria with offices in 36 states of Nigeria the Federal Capital Territory and around the world It is Nigeria’s most authoritative news media available on all platforms for the political professional and diplomatic elite and broader middle classes while serving as the meeting point of new ideas culture and technology for the aspirationals and millennials The newspaper is a public trust dedicated to the pursuit of truth and reason covering a range of issues from breaking news to politics sports and community to the crossroads of people and society You can email us at: hello@thisdaylive.com or visit our contact us page Rescue workers are searching for more injured or dead after accident on line between capital Yaoundé and economic hub of Douala Authorities in Cameroon rushed more than 600 injured people to hospitals in the country’s two main cities on Saturday a day after an overcrowded train derailed Bodies remained strewn along the tracks at Eseka as rescue workers searched for more injured or dead “My sincere condolences to the families of the victims of the derailment of the Camrail train,” President Paul Biya said on his official Facebook page Carriages of the derailed train. Photograph: ReutersThe local hospital, with only about 60 beds, had been overwhelmed, said transport minister Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo’o. “I am calling on everyone to double efforts to save the lives of the injured,” he said. Read moreRescue workers and medical staff at hospitals put the death toll at 73, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not permitted to speak to the press about the issue. State radio reported more than 75 dead. The train had been carrying about 1,300 passengers, instead of its capacity of 600. The passenger load was higher because a road had collapsed because of landslides following heavy rains between Yaoundé and Douala. The 30-year-old railway line and train could not carry the load, officials told state radio. One of those injured died as he arrived in Douala. “We are doing everything possible to save the lives of the close to 200 victims sent to Douala”, said Governor Ivaha Diboua Dieudonné of the western Littoral region. 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Very large hail and isolated tornadoes possible RADARCameroon train crash kills more than 70 Cameroon (AP) — Authorities in Cameroon rushed more than 600 injured people to hospitals in the country's two main cities Saturday in an effort to save lives a day after an overcrowded train derailed "My sincere condolences to the families of the victims of the derailment" of the Camrail train," President Paul Biya said on his official Facebook page said transport minister Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo'o "I am calling on everyone to double efforts to save the lives of the injured," Ngo'o said and "we are doing everything possible to save the lives of the close to 200 victims sent to Douala," said Governor Ivaha Diboua Dieudonne of the western Littoral region (Business in Cameroon) - Yesterday September 26 the Court of First Instance of Eséka (Cameroon’s central region) issued a verdict condemning Camrail accidental injuries and dangerous activities” the town was the scene of a deadly rail accident which killed 79 persons and injured 600 others this local subsidiary of Bolloré group “rejected” the court's decision denouncing “the absence of any qualified and competent expertise which should help identify and definitively limit them in order to make the Cameroonian railway more secure” its total misunderstanding in the face of a decision clearly based solely on the assessment of a few former non-specialist employees and also in legal proceedings for personal reasons against Camrail during a correctional hearing last March 14 revealed that in the aftermath of the Eséka disaster the company had set up a commission of inquiry to identify the causes the experts committed to this task concluded that the overspeed of the train without being able to explain the reasons why the train suddenly took an abnormal speed Jean Pierre Morel had suggested an “independent international expertise” the government issued a statement on the results of investigation conducted by the national committee of injury set for this purpose “The investigation report concluded that the main cause of the overturning of the train was an excessive speed of 96 km per hour in a section of track where the speed is severely limited to 40 km/h,” the document said use of passenger coaches several of which had failed braking devices use of a power unit whose braking was out of service lack of serious verification of the continuity of the train's braking before leaving Yaoundé refusal by the Camrail hierarchy to take into consideration the suggestions expressed by the train driver due to the above-mentioned anomalies” Camrail gives no detail on whether it will appeal this court decision which the company said “does not provide a clear explanation of the real causes of the derailment of train 152” It may be awaiting the court to specify the sanctions resulting from the verdict Kribi Bitumen Plant Set to Start Construction in 2025 with Government Backing CEMAC Bond Market Hits CFA 8.45 Trillion in March 2025, Interest Rates Drop Cameroon’s Timber Output Projected to Rise in 2025 Despite Higher Export Taxes Central Africa Stock Exchange Sees 98% Drop in Trading Value in Q1 2025 Every week the economy and investment news from Cameroon Mboa Paris Trains 30 Young Cameroonians to Boost Tech and Entrepreneurship Cameroon Audit Targets Former Officials for Mismanagement in Agricultural Project Camwater Seeks Global Bids to Launch Bottled Water Lines in Five Cities Bafoussam Workshop Highlights Benefits of Cameroon-EU Trade Agreement Cameroon Could Reach 350,100 Tons of Cotton in 2025 (Beac) Paul Biya Appoints Johnny Razack as Chair of Cameroon’s National Investment Company Cameroon Refuses Work Visa Renewal for Casino and Super U Boss Over Toxic Workplace Claims Cameroon Joins Global Charter to Fight Illegal Fishing their extraordinary service to the university and the community and their personal courage and persistence three graduating seniors at UC Santa Barbara have been named winners of the university’s top awards • Ebelechukwu Veronica Eseka is the recipient of the Thomas More Storke Award for Excellence for outstanding scholarship and extraordinary service to the university • Adalis Yamilet Rojas is the recipient of the Jeremy D superior scholarship and contributions to undergraduate life on campus May is the recipient of the Alyce Marita Whitted Memorial Award which recognizes a nontraditional student’s endurance persistence and courage in the face of extraordinary challenges while pursuing an academic degree These and other student award winners were honored Sunday, June 6, at a virtual awards ceremony. A recording of the ceremony is available online which recognizes the student who earned the highest cumulative GPA of the graduating class He has completed a bachelor of arts degree in economics Wynter received the Yonie Harris Award for Civility in Public Discourse which is presented to graduates who best exemplify the principles of free speech and respectful dialogue and who fosters a campus climate of civility and open-mindedness Eric Xavier Palacios received the Michael D named for the vice chancellor for student affairs emeritus which is awarded to students who have skillfully integrated their scholarly knowledge and/or values into action Other awards included the University Service Award the University Award of Distinction and the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Scholarship came to UC Santa Barbara as a freshman member of the Promise Scholars Program which provides funding and resources to income-eligible students who demonstrate exceptional potential she graduates with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology with minors in history and professional writing She will begin working toward a juris doctor this fall and plans to become an immigration attorney broad campus involvement and significant local and statewide achievements embody the character celebrated by the Storke Award Over the course of her studies as a Promise Scholar and a College of Letters and Science Honors Program student Eseka received numerous grants and created timely participated in the prestigious UCLA Law Fellowship and under the mentorship of Associate Professor Mhoze Chikowero conducted a grant-funded independent research project Eseka serves as leadership development director for the Black Student Union; a notetaker and proctor for the Disabled Student Program; undergraduate student representative on the MultiCultural Center director search committee; a two-year resident assistant in Residential & Community Living; and a peer mentor for the College of Letters and Science Honors Program the Black Scholars’ Hall and the Promise Scholar Program Young Intern in Student Affairs Academic Initiatives Eseka contributed significantly to software modernization efforts that impact course planning research-based practices to further increase graduation rates for low-income first-generation and underrepresented students She also serves as an intern for the assistant vice chancellor for enrollment services she supervised a team of student staff working on the groundbreaking Scholar Retention Program which supports re-entry students who had been academically disqualified or otherwise dropped out complete their degrees Eseka worked as a summer legislative intern for U.S served as the chairperson for the Coalition for a Better UC and organized campaigns in support of administrative and state bills experience and insights through various speaking engagements including as a panelist for the UC-wide Financial Aid Leadership Institute and as a presenter at Parents and Family Weekend and at the 139th meeting of the UC Santa Barbara Foundation Board of Trustees Completing a double major in political science and English in just two and a half years Friedman Award recipient Adalis Yamilet Rojas also devoted her time at UC Santa Barbara to serving her fellow students making extraordinary and sustainable contributions in the areas of student mental health and wellbeing Rojas distributed self-care packages to students produced videos with Health and Wellness to address anxiety and body positivity allocated $10,000 to a COVID-19 task force for emergency student funding and produced content for the campus’s new Wellbeing website she leveraged her role as an Associated Students Senator to create and direct a Student Mental Health Task Force and a Well-Being Peer Program to support incoming students and make all students aware of mental health resources available to them The pandemic presented new challenges for Rojas but also provided opportunities for her to pivot from on-campus projects to virtual ones she represented the university to prospective students during virtual recruitment events and she participated in undergraduate research with the Department of Political Science Rojas “has taken the energy that already existed among student leaders added to it and coalesced it into a sustainable structure that will remain after she graduates With deep humility and without need for recognition May served students in recovery throughout her time at UC Santa Barbara she dedicated herself both as a member of the Alcohol and Drug Program and on her own schedule offering an ear to students in need and to creating more inclusive spaces to support students in all stages and choices around recovery from substance use May’s insights and ideas helped guide Gauchos for Recovery over the past two years as the program moved from a primarily 12-step abstinence-based group to an open recovery model which included students considering other recovery pathways May was able to pave the way for individuals of all identities and backgrounds to be welcomed into the recovery space and programs recognizing the unique challenges faced by certain identities she created a new women’s/non-binary recovery meeting that allowed attendees to explore their needs With staff at the Alcohol and Drug Program May recognized the need for an opioid prevention and response program and underwent training to educate others on the use of Naloxone She trained fellow students on implementing peer-to-peer distribution and education on appropriate use May’s passion for her work continued as she shifted to online meetings and events carefully navigating the issues of setting up supportive space where rules and agreements were met despite participants’ disparate physical locations May completed her bachelor’s degrees in history and sociology and plans to attend law school about the Eseka rail accident of October 21 that claimed 79 lives and injured 600 (official account) Pierre Cerutti reveals that at the end of an international call for tenders launched by Sani Mouhamadou his cabinet was selected to investigate the accident we made an oral report before the ministerial council presided by Philémon Yang then prime minister and head of the government we continued the instruction of this case which is of an exceptional gravity in view of the heavy human loss after collection of the required additional information we submitted a 70-page final report,” Pierre Cerutti writes The cabinet indicates that it was not informed of the progress of the legal proceedings has it learned about “irregularities” that marred the proceedings at Eseka court Among those “irregularities” are Camrail’s comments submitted on December 19 pointed out the similarities of Cerutti’s report with that submitted by Cameroonian expert Benoît Essiga Some paragraphs were "exactly the same," Camrail commented “ Camrail’s observations suspected lack of impartiality honesty and betraying my oath as a legal expert I found out that in its conclusions of September 12 of having submitted plagiarized report,” the letter continued the expert guilty of plagiarism is Cameroonian competitor Benoît Essiga; not the other way round The French expert explains that later on when his lawyer Joseph Youmsi stood before Eseka lower court to present the final report the district attorney and the presiding judge declared that they have never seen such a report before the presentation it was sent to the investigation committee Blockades at the presidency of the republic   “It thus appears that the Cerutti cabinet’s final report of February 14 has never been transmitted to magistrates and victims’ counsels Only the Cerutti cabinet’s progress report of November 21 2016 was produced in court while the 46 copies (23 in French and 23 in English) including the 2 refined luxury copies specially addressed to you which was sent to the presidency of Cameroon via DHL disappeared altogether,” the letter informs about the causes and circumstances of that accident has technical and scientific proofs of serious offenses and violations committed by Camrail from the general manager to the operating crew  “With such irregularities having likely affected the proper administration of justice in this serious case it is my duty to respectfully call your attention on the matter I am available to submit all the documents that back my statements,”  Pierre Cerutti wrote to Paul Biya Cerutti cabinet has conducted 180,000 investigations around the world 1,000 of them were conducted in Cameroon since the 1980s Among them are major cases like the construction of the Etoudi presidential palace the explosion of Cellulose du Cameroun (Cellucam) in Edéa the establishment of former Société Nationale d’électricité (Sonel) and the risks related to the exploitation of Cimencam’s plants (Business in Cameroon) - Cameroon’s national television announced that foreign and local gold miners have been storming Eséka a district in central Cameroon since three months This is due to the discovery of four gold mines in the locality.  Local sources estimated that one thousand artisanal miners invaded the mines local authorities took some measures to prohibit artisanal mining and encourage the public to form Common Initiative Groups for an efficient mining.  (Business in Cameroon) - On 26 September 2018 the Court of First Instance of Eséka ordered the Cameroonian railway company Camrail to pay CFA50 million as compensation to the beneficiaries of five victims of the Eséka train accident The region was the scene of a deadly train accident which killed 79 people on 21 October 2016 six claimants had brought an action before the court to obtain compensation following an unsuccessful amicable settlement with Camrail's insurers But the court has finally ruled on only five cases “The civil party's lawyers estimate that the amounts of about CFA50 million validated by the court are derisory whereas they have only presented six compensation cases to the court The other cases have in fact already been the subject of agreements with the families The court finally granted five requests,” explained a source close to the matter According to the information provided by Camrail as at 31 August 2018 82% of the compensation cases has been approved and settled settlement and finalization processes continue for the remaining cases; out of 745 injured 92% of the compensation for bodily injury has been definitively settled while all medical and pharmaceutical expenses incurred by the victims have been reimbursed” (Business in Cameroon) - A few days after Cameroon released the last tranche of its financial support to victims of the Eseka rail accident Camrail published a report on the status of compensation claims by July 31 the railway company reveals that at least 91% of the compensations for people deceased during that accident have either been settled awaiting memorandum of understanding or approval by the court Three of those injured who required medical evacuation are still being taken care of 100% of those who sustained material losses and whose applications were authenticated have been compensated  “All those compensations were provided based on claims submitted by victims or their right holders at information desks in Yaoundé and Douala-Bessengue terminals (…) The compensation claims were investigated and discussed based on elements submitted legal provisions and valorisation done by Camrail and its insurers The memorandums of understanding agreed with victims and their right holders have been approved by competent judicial authorities,” the report informs Let’s note that the Eseka railway accident occurred on October 21 79 people died during the accident and 600 were injured according to official sources Eseka lower court charged Camrail for “homicide unintentional injuries and hazardous activities” in the framework of legal actions opened because of this accident This sentence was contested by the railway company that decided to appeal It denounced the lack of “competent and qualified expertise that could have objectively determined the real causes of this tragic accident.” The charge was “clearly based only on the assessment of some former lay employees who were not sworn and who have also been in a judicial battle against Camrail for personal reasons for about 10 years now,” Camrail wrote in an official statement The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Resources Authority (NMDPRA) has expressed concern over the proliferation of illegal Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) outlets vowing to shutdown unregistered operators in the ongoing clampdown across Akwa Ibom State stated this when the state commandant of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) paid him a courtesy visit in his Eket local government area office “We have started enforcement of LPG retailers that embark on illegal decanting of LPG LPG refilling plants and other downstream operations in the state “We are currently working on the illegal proliferation of decanting of LPG in the state; gas is very volatile some of them are using gas that is not meant for the purpose,” Eseka said The coordinator directed that gas plants owners should not load gas to people who don’t have licenses of NMDPRA in the state explaining that “decanting of gas from cylinder to cylinder is an illegal activity which is punishable.” called on marketers to register or renew their licenses before operating LPG businesses in the state “We used the opportunity to talk on the aspects of the downstream which has to do with our enforcement sealing of filling stations and those who are using diesel for industrial purposes that are yet to register with NMDPRA “We have also commenced engagement with individuals and organisations using storage tanks that are over 500 litres to come and register with the authority in the state,” he stressed Eseka thanked the NSCDC commandant for coming to re-strategise and collaborate with the authorities in the state for effective regulation of unwholesome practices by LPG operators the NSCDC state commandant explained that the purpose of his visit was for effective synergy with the NMDPRA on how to checkmate indiscriminate decanting of LPG in the state © 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved © 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved (Business in Cameroon) - During the hearing on April 11 at the Eséka tribunal (about the rail accident of October 21 an expert contracted by CAMRAIL revealed that the train’s overload could not be the cause of this accident if there was overload the main cause could be the bad condition of the brakes at the time of this accident This would have led to a breakdown of the braking system the manufacturer should be held responsible for the disaster; not CAMRAIL which took the security measures prescribed by the regulation Jean Louis Salviat also cleared the train driver’s responsibility in the incident because  He further explained that as CAMRAIL could not detect the hidden manufacturing defect when it bought the wagons only CSR Nanjing could be held accountable for the accident the said wagons were bought following an international call for tender launched in 2010 by Cameroon which should renew the railway material as it was specified in the concession agreement (Business in Cameroon) - Bolloré group staff presented donations to the populations of Eséka, a town in the central region of Cameroon for the commemoration of the rail accident which happened on October 21 2016. Indeed, the group’s subsidiary Camrail was held responsible for the rail accident which killed 76 people Camrail’s staff drilled a borehole at the Eséka hospital whose response teams were the first to assist the incident’s victims at the time it occurred A standpipe has also been built outside the institution to provide inhabitants drinking water according to the French group's subsidiary “are the result of an act of solidarity,  peace and sharing by Bolloré group’s staff in Cameroon They come in response to a need to improve the lives of the institution’s patients and manager of the hospital, “this initiative of Bolloré group is a positive response to our grievances. After the rail accident on October 21 we conducted a self-assessment of our capabilities to take care of patients in the event of a disaster We then set up a scheme aimed at upgrading our staff’s skills but also our equipment and infrastructures.  With this in mind water points within the hospital’s premises” (Business in Cameroon) - Upon the 2nd anniversary of the Eséka train disaster donations (vouchers) “in support of the current school year” to 88 orphans of victims are being held just 48 hours before the D-day of the anniversary the rail carrier was condemned for “manslaughter involuntary injuries and dangerous activities” by the Cameroonian courts this decision has been appealed by the company which claimed it was judged in the“absence of any qualified and competent expertise” Let’s recall that the accident which occurred on 21 October 2016 in Eséka (Business in Cameroon) - As a response to the memo from Camrail and criticising “the attitude and behaviours of some agents and groups of lawyers who acting with financial goals on their minds are blocking all discussions on compensation and engage in a misinformation campaign undermining the interests of the families” of victims of the railway catastrophe which occurred on 21 October 2016 in Eséka a “right of reply” to the accusations of Camrail of which Business in Cameroon received a copy Entitled “the transporter wants to impose a compensatory package representing 9.4% of the full compensation owed to the survivors and victims and attacks their lawyers” who claims to act on behalf of “160 injured 9 families of deceased and two families of missing persons” explains that immediately after the catastrophe it “attempted in vain to contact the then-management of Camrail SA to try to validate the procedure for processing the demands suggested to the group by doctors from the Medical Board and members of the Association of Insurance Companies in Cameroon (Asac)” Corporate outreach on 23 January 2017 in Rome to “the real insurer of the African operations of the majority shareholder of the transporter (Camrail this time to the “principal legal counsel of the majority shareholder” of Camrail; also ended in “flat refusal” writes the above-mentioned group of lawyers that “any information mentioning an eventual requirement being a deadline beyond which Camrail would refuse to compensate this group of lawyers says in its correspondence that “in compliance with the Commercial Law in which some provisions not modified by the Ohada Law remain in force the time limit in terms of railway compensation is one year who accuses Camrail of “now using any pretext to dismiss the topic of compensation as soon as possible” since “the communication from the Head of State on 23 May2017” says that it has demanded to Camrail “since 29 November 2016 in vain” to “waive this short deadline to enable the injured still going through heavy treatment to continue their medical care in serenity” the railway catastrophe which occurred on 21 October 2016 in Eséka officially left 79 dead and about 600 injured during the hearing at the correctional chamber of Eséka court the current managing director of CAMRAIL said that an international independent expertise was needed to determine the real causes of the 2016 Eséka train derailment CAMRAIL set an inquiry commission to determine what happened The experts then concluded that at some point of the journey That speed has been the cause of this accident they did not explain the reason why the train suddenly revved up even though there was no sign of anomaly since the train left Yaoundé He also explained that Cameroon’s government acquired the wagons involved in the accident following an international call for tender the country launched in 2010 He further added that according to the concession agreement the country was responsible for the replacement of the rolling stocks after the 40 wagons were constructed by CSR Nanjing the technical testing (in accordance with the international standards) was positive Jean Pierre Morel continued saying that security being a “constant concern” for CAMRAIL the railway company not only implemented the security measures set by the former operator REGIFERCAM but it also strengthened them based on Bolloré group’s experience in the management and operation of rail networks in Africa CAMRAIL’s managing director at the time of this accident and the train driver who was driving the train involved in the accident secretary general at the presidency published a statement which revealed that an investigation launched and conducted by the government concluded that CAMRAIL had the overarching responsibility in this accident (Business in Cameroon) - Following the Eséka train accident which left close to 79 persons dead and 600 injured on 21 October 2016 declared primarily responsible by government investigation advises that it continues to register the victims and beneficiaries to assert their rights and compensate them on a case by case basis to ensure that all the people concerned are informed of these arrangements and its availability declares having initiated 3 calling campaigns which enabled the company to contact a thousand people and continues this process to enable all affected families to submit their claim “Camrail particularly wants to reassure victims and their families that any information regarding an eventual limitation beyond which Camrail would refuse to provide compensation all those duly registered with the train company will have all the time necessary to submit their application for compensation qualified personnel have been posted in train stations (Business in Cameroon) - Completely reshuffled at the end of a Board meeting held on 9 June 2017 holding the concession contract for the Cameroonian railway visited on 20 June the site of the railway catastrophe which occurred on 21 October 2016 who was accompanied by the two deputy MD and the Chairman of the Board which officially claimed the lives of 79 people and left 600 injured order and security forces; for the work carried out during the train catastrophe on 21 October 2016 Camrail’s top management also seized the opportunity of this first official appearance to donate a kit of medical equipment to the Eséka hospital whose consumables and materials had already been supplemented by the railway company on the day of the accident (Business in Cameroon) - The collapse of a culvert and of the Yaoundé-Douala road at kilometre post 63+150 has finally found a long-lasting solution with the commissioning of a dual-culvert on 4 April 2017 The construction works of this dual-culvert whose service life is estimated at minimum 70 years lasted three months and were continuously monitored by EGIS and the relevant units at the Ministry of Public Works The cost of the services such as the construction survey the construction of the dual culvert and laying out the access roads is FCfa 653.381 million We can recall that it was because of the bridge collapsing at Manyaï on 21 October 2016 impeding traffic between the political and economic capitals that thousands of passengers massively run to train stations in Yaoundé and Douala To provide service to the maximum number of passengers decided that day to increase the number of carriages A catastrophic accident occurred on that day of 21 October at Eseka in part due to the weight of additional passengers according to the preliminary results of the investigation committee set up by the government the Eseka catastrophe caused the death of about 80 people and left close to 600 injured