AfDB and Cameroon Sign U.S.$ 76.6 Million Transport Facilitation Project Loan Feb 23, 2008
57 million (FCFA 36 billion) to finance the Douala-Bangui and Douala Ndjamena road corridor, linking Cameroon, the Central African Republic (CAR) and Chad ... The two main objectives of the loan from the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional arm of the Bank Group, are to contribute to the growth of intra- and inter-regional trade in the Economic and Monetary Union of Central African States (CEMAC) zone as well as enhance the efficiency of the transport chain, including road... (allAfrica.com)
Football feverReaders from across Africa look back at the Nations Cup Feb 12, 2008
Name: Leila Kigha Town: Douala Age: 26 Job: Journalist. Oh. (BBC News -- Africa)
US opposes constitutional amendment in CameroonDouala, Cameroon (PANA) - The US Ambassador to Cameroon, Janet ElisabethGarvey, has said her country is against any plan to amend the African country'sConstitution so that President Paul Biya can run again. 07/02/2008 Full Text... Feb 7, 2008
Douala, Cameroon (PANA) - The US Ambassador to Cameroon, Janet Elisabeth Garvey, has said her country is against any plan to amend the African country's Constitution so that President Paul Biya can run again. Speaking at a forum in Yaound, the country's political capital, the US diplomat said she had conveyed the US stance to President Biya. (Panapress.com)
Cup of NationsAfrican readers share their thoughts on the tournament Feb 3, 2008
Name: Leila Kigha Town: Douala Age: 26 Job: Journalist. I have never been so relieved in all my life - now that we are through to the last eight. (BBC News -- Africa)
Football passionAfrican readers are getting ready for the Cup of Nations Jan 19, 2008
Name:Leila Kigha Town: Douala Age: 26 Job: Journalist. Football to me is an issue I have come to love and appreciate through time. (BBC News)
Cameroon: 60 Top Govt Officials to Be Investigated Jan 15, 2008
Celestin Pascal Tawamba (Customs Inspector, General Manager of CAMPOST) Anatole Nkono Ze (President of Privatisation Commission) Blaise Eug;ne Nsom (Director of Treasury) Paul Tasong Njukang (Senior Tax Inspector, Ministry of Finance) Akame Mfoumou (former Minister of Finance) Alphone Siyam Siwe (former General Manager of Port Authority of Douala now jailed) Emmanuel Ondo Ndong (former General Manager of FEICOM, now jailed) ... It would be recalled as we reported last year that the Douala... (allAfrica.com)
Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)
Singing savioursCameroonians dance to the beat of anti-corruption music Dec 8, 2007
The BBC's Randy Joe Sa'ah reports from the port city of Douala on the latest attempt to fight corruption. If you walk down Cameroon's city streets, the music you are likely to hear booming from shops, bars and taxis is known here as "revolutionary". (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Cameroon Group Faults Airline Over Parrot Smuggling Dec 6, 2007
The Yaounde-based Last Great Ape Organization (LAGA), working with Cameroon's security forces, seized a consignment of 500 African Grey parrots on Tuesday aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane shortly before it was due to leave Douala airport. The discovery came just over a week after the authorities arrested two Ghanaians for trying to illegally export a first batch of 500 parrots out of Douala to Bahrain. (Planet Ark, United States)
Cameroon welcomes Taiping Four gorillas Dec 1, 2007
The male and three females were flown to Douala airport from South Africa, where they had been kept at the National Zoological Garden in Pretoria after the Malaysian government sent them back to Africa in 2004. Malaysia' Taiping Zoo had acquired the apes after they were trapped as infants in Cameroon's forests in 2002 and smuggled out of the central African country. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
'Poster child' gorillas head to sanctuary Nov 30, 2007
Kenya Airways agreed to fly the animals for free on a scheduled flight from Johannesburg, via Nairobi and onto Douala in Cameroon, and the zoo said it would cover all the medical costs. More from msnbc. (MSNBC -- Environment)
'Taiping Four' gorillas head home Nov 28, 2007
The animals will leave SA on board a scheduled Kenya Airways flight from Johannesburg, via Nairobi and on to Douala in Cameroon. Sapa. (iAfrica.com)
Cameroon Holds Ghanaians for Smuggling 500 Parrots Nov 28, 2007
Drori said the Ghanaians had been in possession of fake CITES licences and that the parrots had already been stamped for export by customs officials in the main commercial city of Douala when the seizure was made. The men could face up to three years in prison or fines of 3-10 million CFA francs (US$6,795-22,650) if found guilty. (Planet Ark, United States)
Never give up the fight Nov 25, 2007
So here's Bika, born the fourth-eldest of nine children in the country's largest city, Douala, with no choice but to harden up ... Back home in Douala, his parents are getting a new house. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
MTN selects Redline's RedMAX products for WiMAX network in Cameroon Nov 20, 2007
The first phase of the MTN Cameroon's WiMAX roll-out will include the cities of Douala and Yaound;, with 10 additional cities planned for 2007 and 2008 ... The company expects to extend its services to more than 12,000 residential users in Douala and Yaound; in 2007. (Canada Newswire)
Cameroon's civil society rejects calls for limitless term for BiyaDouala, Cameroon (PANA) Cameroon's civil society organisations andopposition political parties, grouped under the "civil society'splatform for democracy in Cameroon," have strongly condemned calls tochange the country's Constitution to ensure an unlimited term ofoffice for the head of state. 11/11/2007 Full Text... Nov 11, 2007
Douala, Cameroon (PANA) Cameroon's civil society organisations and opposition political parties, grouped under the "civil society's platform for democracy in Cameroon," have strongly condemned calls to change the country's Constitution to ensure an unlimited term of office for the head of state. The calls are being championed by some leading figures in the ruling Democratic Rally of Cameroonian People (RDCP). (Panapress.com)
Cameroon: Buying Food Aid Locally Also Has Risks Nov 10, 2007
The port city of Douala is still a major hub for international food aid heading to Chad and Central African Republic, but the World Food Programme (WFP) in Cameroon is buying an increasing amount of its requirements locally ... Mostly we sell to commercial traders in the region," Fadil said.Indeed stocks of sorghum and maize in the central market in Douala dwarfed those in the WFP warehouses. The cereal sellers there said their clients mostly ship the cereal to ports along the central African... (allAfrica.com)
Head-on crash kills 23 in Cameroon Oct 29, 2007
A third bus crushed two people on a motorcycle and plunged into a ditch after swerving to avoid the collision, which happened on Saturday evening around 70 kilometres north of the central African country's commercial capital Douala. They were all running at top speed and their headlights were fully on, the radio said, quoting police sources and eyewitnesses. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Cocoa Producers in Talks About New Grouping to Buy Directly From Farmers Sep 22, 2007
You get the sense that there will never be any improvement,'' Etoa Abena said by phone from Douala, Cameroon, on Sept. 19. We need to focus on creating producer organizations that are much stronger. (Bloomberg)
WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007
Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)
Ireland: Gays in Africa Aug 24, 2007
In Cameroon, six teenagers have been jailed without trial since July 30 on charges of homosexuality following police use of torture to make other youths "name names" of their gay friends in Douala, the country's largest city with a population estimated at more than 2 million ... Three adolescents had been taken to the police commissariat in Douala's Bonassama district because they had allegedly stolen something from the house of the parents of one of them ... After being held for 10 days in the... (Zmag.org)
Cameroon recalls Eto'o for friendly vs. Japan Aug 7, 2007
Forwards: Joseph Desire Job (Sedan), Achille Webo (Osasuna), Roudolphe Douala Mbella (St Etienne), Idrissou Mohamadou (MSV Duisburg), Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona). Copyright 2007. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Igesund eyes Sfaxien clash Aug 2, 2007
They drew their first game away to Astres Douala in Cameroon and will be desperate to get maximum points. "But at this point it is the officiating I am worried about. The last time we went to play Sportif de Gafsa, the situation was unbelievable. I don't want to talk about it though. But we have to be mentally strong. We have to be brave and bold and play to a certain system and although we expect the worst, we are well prepared.". (iAfrica.com)
Richard Quest: Keeping cool in summer Jul 26, 2007
" below), I have decided to offer you up a twofer this week - two for one. Last week I was traveling in Africa, in Cameroon to be precise. I flew around Cameroon, marveling at the splendor of the Congo rain forest, which you can see on this months Quest (hey, its my blogI can promote my show if I want to). Anyway, I was reminded that we are indeed very lucky in the standard of airports and service we enjoy in the West. Douala Airport is a pretty grim place to be stranded for... (CNN -- World)
Cameroon: Ruling Party Wins in a Landslide Jul 25, 2007
The CPDM won 33 councils, notably that of Nkongsamba I and II, Yabassi, Edea I and II, Douala I, II, III, V and VI. The SDF won Douala IV Council ... Besides the cities of Yaounde and Douala, participation throughout the country ranged from 80 to 100 percent. (allAfrica.com)
Woman caught with 800 voter's cards in CameroonDouala, Cameroon (PANA) - A 40-year-old woman was caught with about800 voter's cards Sunday in the south-western English-speakingprovince of Kumba, as Cameroonians went to the polls to elect 180parliamentarians and 10,549 local councilors, PANA reported. 23/07/2007 Full Text... Jul 23, 2007
Douala, Cameroon (PANA) - A 40-year-old woman was caught with about 800 voter's cards Sunday in the south-western English-speaking province of Kumba, as Cameroonians went to the polls to elect 180 parliamentarians and 10,549 local councilors, PANA reported. The unidentified woman was rescued by security forces from an angry mob that had planned to lynch her in the town, situated some 134km from the country's economic capital city of Douala. (Panapress.com)
Cameroon Elections Under Way Jul 23, 2007
"What do I care about legislative elections or electing a mayor in Cameroon? What have those who were elected during the past 15 years done to change life for us?" asked Ebenezer Penda, a 36-year-old taxi-bike rider in Cameroon's economic capital, Douala. Cameroon is home to a French-speaking majority from which Biya hails and an English-speaking minority that comprises about 20 percent of the nation's 15 million inhabitants. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Some of the deadliest plane crashes in the last several years Jul 18, 2007
May 5, 2007: A Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 crashed in a swamp in Cameroon shortly after taking off from Douala, killing all 114 people aboard. Oct. 29, 2006: A Nigerian ADC Airlines plane carrying 105 people crashed shortly after taking off during a storm in Abuja, killing 96 people. (International Herald Tribune)
World Bank to fund West African road, rail links Jun 28, 2007
The World Bank project will target sections of road and stretches of rail between Chad's capital N'Djamena and Bangui in Central African Republic to the port of Douala in Cameroon. In addition, it will finance improvements to accelerate border crossings and reduce other barriers along the Douala-N'Djamena and Douala-Bangui corridors ... It will also provide technical assistance to speed up port clearance at Douala. (AlertNet)
Accra -Africa's Most Expensive City? Jun 19, 2007
However, a check of the Mercer Human Resource Consulting's site - the firm that conducted the original survey - indicates Douala, Cameroon tops with a rank of 24. In 2005, Ghana was 91st in the world and sixth in Africa. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Kenya: KQ Plane Voice Recorder Found Jun 18, 2007
Cameroonian officials have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage of the Kenya Airways Flight KQ 507 that crashed into a swamp in Douala last month ... The six-month-old Boeing 737-800 crashed close to Douala Airport shortly after taking off for Nairobi in stormy weather at around midnight on May 4-5. (allAfrica.com)
Crashed plane's voice recorder to give up secrets Jun 17, 2007
When it is analysed, the voice recorder is expected to reveal the final exchanges between the plane's captain and his co-pilot and also any conversations with the control tower in Cameroon's commercial capital of Douala. The Kenya Airways flight nose-dived into a swamp in the West African country less than two minutes after taking off from Douala on a stormy night on May 5. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Cameroon crash probe finds no mechanical problems Jun 16, 2007
The Kenya Airways flight nose-dived into a swamp in Cameroon less than two minutes after taking off from the West African country's commercial capital of Douala on a stormy night. The Boeing 737-800 was bound for Kenya. (Sioux City Journal)
Agency Aims to Boost African Air Safety Jun 6, 2007
DOUALA, Cameroon As Capt. Terry Palmer's airliner neared the international airport at this commercial hub in central Africa, the routine weather report he received from the tower indicated light rain and scattered clouds on the final approach ... These were highlighted last month when a brand-new Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 crashed into a jungle swamp seconds after take-off from Douala airport, killing all 114 people aboard. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
New continent-wide African aviation agency aims to boost air safety May 22, 2007
DOUALA, Cameroon When a brand-new Kenya Airways Boeing 737 crashed into a jungle swamp seconds after take-off from Douala airport this month, killing all 114 people aboard, authorities mistakenly thought it had plunged 100 miles to the south ... The absence of radar at Douala International Airport, the initial lack of concern at the plane's failure to report to air traffic control after take-off and the seemingly lackadaisical search effort renewed apprehensions about the safety of African air... (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Cameroon mourns jet crash victims May 19, 2007
A ceremony will take place near the crash site not far from Douala ... A total of 114 people died when the plane plunged into swamps after taking off from Cameroon's Douala airport ... A multi-denominational church service has taken place in Douala, attended by some of the victim's relatives. (BBC News -- Africa)
Relatives Visit Crash Site May 17, 2007
David OkwembahDouala ... The families had been kept waiting for more than four hours as frantic efforts were made to reach the Kenya Airways officials and the governor of Douala, Mr Gounouko Hawonaye, to intervene ... This was the third time the families failed to reach the crash site venue more than 10 days since the plane plunged into the swampy mangrove forest in Douala. (allAfrica.com)
Kenya: KQ Starts Paying Kin of Crash Victims May 17, 2007
Kenya Airways has began giving part payments to the next of kin of victims of flight KQ flight 507 that crashed in a mangrove swamp in Douala, Cameroon 13 days ago ... A Douala-based travel agent, Mr Josshua Osih, said compensation for air accident victims is guided by the Warsaw convention on air travel which Kenya airways is a signatory ... Meanwhile, an inter-faith memorial service will be held tomorrow at the Douala Catholic Cathedral. (allAfrica.com)
Memorial for 114 Dead in Kenya Air Crash May 16, 2007
On stage was a montage of the 27 flags circling photos of the nine crew members who died when, on May 5, a Kenya-bound Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 nose-dived into a swamp seconds after taking off from Cameroon's commercial capital, Douala. All 114 people on board died. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Kenya: Pilot Took Off Despite Bad Weather Caution May 16, 2007
Cameroon has launched an investigation into the crash of the six-month-old Boeing 737-800, which plunged into swampy jungle not far from Douala airport shortly after taking off around midnight on May 5 ... The head of Cameroon's Civil Aviation Authority, Mr Ignatius Sama Juma, said the Douala control tower had advised the captain of Kenya Airways Flight 507 of the stormy weather conditions ... "We have heard quite a bit of speculative information. We should wait for the investigations into the... (allAfrica.com)
Cameroon's crash pilot 'warned' May 16, 2007
Kenya Airways Boeing 737 crashed into swampland soon after take-off from Douala, killing all 114 passengers. The official inquiry is yet to report on the cause of the disaster. (BBC News)
South Africa Sends Pathologists to Crash May 14, 2007
The South African Government has dispatched a team of six pathologists to Douala, Cameroon to assist with the victim identification process following the recent Kenya Airline's crash which killed 114 passengers and crew members ... The wreckage of Kenyan Airways flight KQ 507 was found in a mangrove swamp 20 kilometres south-east of Douala in Cameroon on Sunday evening after it had taken off Saturday during a midnight storm and crashed ... Cameroonian authorities have set up two emergency... (allAfrica.com)
Final Moments of Flight KQ 507 May 14, 2007
Three jetliners sat ready for takeoff at Douala International Airport, their crews waiting for a massive thunderstorm to move away ... Douala tower cleared the flight for takeoff at 1 am, instructing it to report on reaching 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) ... Douala airport is not equipped with weather radar, but the 737-800 is. (allAfrica.com)
Relatives Denied Access to Crash Scene May 14, 2007
The Chief Pathologist, Dr J Njue has returned to Nairobi and two more pathologists will arrive in Douala to assist in the process ... Some have been advised to return to their countries then return to Douala when the results are complete ... He was kept at the Douala Airport for more than an hour before Cameroonian officials received him. (allAfrica.com)
Africa Ill Prepared for Big Air Disasters May 14, 2007
Flight KQ 507 crashed only about five kilometres from Douala International Airport, yet it took the Cameroonian authorities almost two days to locate the downed plane. The plane was located on Sunday but midway through the week they were still recovering bodies, which had already decomposed. (allAfrica.com)
Kenya plane 'crashes in Cameroon' May 14, 2007
Cameroon state radio said the plane came down south of Douala, although Kenya Airways has only confirmed so far that it is missing ... Flight KQ 507 originated in Abidjan, in Ivory Coast, and left Douala, in Cameroon, at 0005 local time (0105 GMT) on Saturday ... Kenya Airways said the last communication with the missing plane was received by the control tower in Douala, on Cameroon's coast, shortly after take-off. (Yahoo News -- Kenya)
Jet with 115 aboard feared crashed May 14, 2007
NEW: Crews call off search for Kenya Airways jet with at least 114 people on board Cameroon officials will not confirm media reports of crash Plane took off from the Cameroonian city of Douala bound for Nairobi, Kenya Relatives waiting in Nairobi in anguish at television news reports Adjust font size ... African media reports say Kenya Airways Flight KQ 507 carrying at least 114 crew and passengers from 25 nations crashed near Yaounde after it took off from the country's major international... (Yahoo News -- Kenya)
French satellite data misled plane search-Cameroon May 13, 2007
DOUALA, Cameroon, May 10 (Reuters) - Data from a French satellite station led Cameroon rescuers 150 km (94 miles) off track as they searched last weekend for a crashed Kenya Airways plane in which 114 people died, Cameroon's government said. After nearly two days combing thick forest in southern Cameroon, rescuers found the plane late on Sunday in a swamp less than 6 km (4 miles) away from Douala airport where it had taken off, prompting widespread criticism over the delay ... "There is still a... (Reuters AlertNet)
Catholics in Yaounde hold Requiem Mass for crash victimsYaounde, Cameroon (PANA) A Requiem Mass is planned Friday at NotreDame des Victoires Cathedral in Yaounde for victims of the KenyanAirways Boeing 737-800 crash that occurred last Saturday near Douala,religious sources have affirmed here. 11/05/2007 Full Text... May 12, 2007
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) A Requiem Mass is plann ed Friday at Notre Dame des Victoires Cathedral in Yaounde for victims of the Kenyan Airways Boeing 737-800 crash that occurred last Saturday near Douala, religious sources have affirmed here ... Kenya Airways flight KQ-507 crashed last Saturday in the Mbanga Pongo area near Douala, killing all 114 passengers and crew. (Panapress.com)
Doomed Jet Took Off While Others Waited May 12, 2007
DOUALA, Cameroon Three jetliners sat ready for takeoff at Douala International Airport, their crews waiting for a massive thunderstorm to move away ... Family members that were invited to attend a memorial ceremony for the four MTN Cameroon Cell phone company, employees that died on the Kenya Airways flight that crashed near the city of Douala, Cameroon, Friday, May 11, 2007 ... The Douala tower cleared the flight for takeoff a few minutes later, instructing it to report on reaching 5,000 feet. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Reconstructing the last moments of downed Kenya Airways Flight 507 May 12, 2007
DOUALA, Cameroon: Three jetliners sat ready for takeoff at Douala International Airport, their crews waiting for a massive thunderstorm to move away ... Douala tower cleared the flight for takeoff a few minutes later, instructing it to report on reaching 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) ... Douala airport is not equipped with weather radar, but the 737-800 is. (International Herald Tribune)
Kenya: Pilot Warned Against Taking-Off May 12, 2007
Authorities of Douala International Airport [Cameroon Civil Aviation], as well as those of the Kenya Airways and the Boeing company, have in different ways been engaging in a propaganda campaign ostensibly to exonerate their companies from any culpability ... Certain experts and most of the Douala population have been attributing the cause of the crash to either poor weather, technical fault, human error, sabotage or the introduction of a foreign element into the engine of the plane during the... (allAfrica.com)
Kenya: Anxiety Now Turns to Frustration, Anger May 12, 2007
Despite having travelled thousands of kilometres to Douala from as far away as India, Kenya and China, the relatives are yet to reach the site of the crash that is hardly 30 kilometres from their hotel rooms ... Some of the relatives who arrived in Douala on Sunday evening now want to be taken to the crash site and the military mortuary where the body parts recovered are being preserved ... Others want answers from Kenya Airways and the Cameroonian government on whether it was sensible to fly... (allAfrica.com)
Africa air staff 'being poached' May 12, 2007
The plane went down shortly after take-off from Douala International Airport last week ... They say they are not being allowed access either to the crash site near Douala or to the morgue where the bodies are being stored. (BBC News)
Distress beacon of crashed Kenya plane ill-functioned: official May 11, 2007
YAOUNDE, May 10 (Xinhua) -- The distress beacon of the Kenya Airways plane which crashed last Saturday near Cameroon's commercial capital of Douala with 114 people aboard did not work properly, therefore making the localization work difficult, Cameroonian civil aviation official affirmed on Thursday ... According to him, the only signal set out by Kenya Airways' flight 507 had been caught at 02:03 on Saturday by satellite in a research mission center in Toulouse, France, which responded to the... (Xinhuanet, China)
Areeba lose staff in Kenya Airways crash May 11, 2007
Accra, 10 May, GNA - MTN - SCANCOM, operators of Areeba network on Thursday, announced the death of four of its Cameroon staff in the Kenya Airways flight that crashed in south of Douala, Cameroon. The staff members, who were travelling to South Africa on business, included the Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Campbell Utton, Chief Financial Officer, Mrs Sara Stewart and her husband, Mr Adam James Stewart, the Company Secretary, Mr Patrick Njamfa and the Network Engineer, Mr Patrick Enam. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Cameroon crash probe focuses on take-off decision May 11, 2007
Douala airports weather report had predicted the storm would last for another hour ... The crash left most of the plane submerged in a swamp near the airport at Douala, a coastal city that is Cameroons main commercial hub. (Irish Examiner)
Questions linger on cause of crash May 11, 2007
"It is impossible at this juncture of inquiry to establish who was piloting or who was doing the communication with the Air Traffic Control. "It would not be possible to know who did the takeoff until we get the tapes from the control tower and know who was conversing (with) the Air Traffic Control," Ouma said. Ouma, who was fielding questions from journalists during the routine Kenya Airways and Government briefings at the Panari Sky Centre, Nairobi, said they were waiting to review the tapes... (Standard)
* Inspectors question pilot's decision to take off in a storm May 11, 2007
AP, DOUALA, CAMEROON Friday, May 11, 2007, Page 6 ... The flight, scheduled to depart Douala to Kenya's capital of Nairobi, had already been delayed for just over an hour because of thunderstorms before it took off early on Saturday, said the official, who declined to be identified because he was not permitted to speak to the media ... Douala airport is not equipped with weather radar, but virtually all civilian airliners carry it to avoid flying into thunderheads X the violent cumulonimbus... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
40 bodies, remains recovered from the crashed plane rubbleDouala, Cameroon (PANA) - At least 40 bodies or remains of bodieshave been recovered from the rubble of the Kenya AirwaysBoeing 737-800 that crashed near Douala, Cameroon's economic capitalon Sunday morning, according to officials in the Douala LaquintinieHospital where the remains are deposited. 09/05/2007 Full Text... May 10, 2007
Douala, Cameroon (PANA) - At least 40 bodies or remains of bodies have been recovered from the rubble of the Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 that crashed near Douala, Cameroon's economic capital on Sunday morning, according to officials in the Douala Laquintinie Hospital where the remains are deposited ... A downpour Monday night in Douala complicated the work of the search teams comprising soldiers, gendarmes, police officers, fire-fighters, Red Cross and the population who are still combing... (Panapress.com)
Plane crash: bodies brought home May 10, 2007
Kenya Airways flight KQ507 crashed during a storm late on Saturday night, shortly after take-off from Douala in Cameroon. It was bound for Nairobi in Kenya and all 114 people on board, including seven South Africans, died. (Independent Online)
Kenya: Questions Linger On Time of Crash May 10, 2007
As investigators try to unravel the cause of the Kenya Airways flight KQ 507 crash in Douala, Cameroon, last Saturday night, the mystery of the eleven minutes it was in air before it crashed is begging to be answered ... 42 kilometres from Douala airport's runway ... In their initial announcement Kenya Airways said that flight KQ 507 operated by a 737-800 aircraft departed from Douala airport at 00:05 local time and was due to arrive in Nairobi at 06:15 but did not. (allAfrica.com)
* Rescuers continue grim search for Flight 507 bodies May 10, 2007
Rain complicated the operation in the swamp just 5km from the end of the runway where the aircraft took off early Saturday on a flight from Douala to Nairobi, Kenya. The crash of Kenya Airways Flight 507 killed all 114 aboard. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Crash questionsFrustration grows at Cameroon's handling of plane disaster May 10, 2007
By Noel Mwakugu BBC News website Douala, Cameroon ... Since Kenya Airways flight 507 crashed soon after take off from Douala International Airport in Cameroon last week killing all 114 on board, search and rescue operations have been painfully slow and frustrating ... Kenya Airways Chief Executive Titus Naikuni, however, told a press conference in Douala that they respect Cameroon's authority as the main investigators. (BBC News -- Africa)
