Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Seven Cameroonian students killed in Boat Mishap

Courtesy - Harry Ndienla Yemti

At least some seven people most of them Cameroonian students studying in Guinea Conakry; have been killed, and many others declared missing in a boat mishap which occurred on Saturday, 15th march 2008 at about 4pm.

Guinean media reported that the boat, over loaded with 39 persons amongst who were 33 Cameroonian students heading for a birth day party at the Soro Island, capsized off the coast of Conakry some 10 km from the Guinean capital, after being trapped in violent storms.

After a rescue team pulled out some 25 survivors, including a 4 man crew, Cameroon's ministry of External Relations has released the names of those confirmed dead as follows; Mbarga Boris 5th year medical student, Chedjou Manou 4th year medical student, Young Nancy 4th year medical student, Tachago Elvis Telecommunication Engineer, Tefouet Sandrine 2nd year medical student, Dassi Iniance 1st year polytechnic option Mechanics and Gouodoug Alida 1st year pharmacy.

Meanwhile, Fotso Christlan, Mvondo Estelle, Nouta Nadine, and Kamga Marius have all been declared missing.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

this is a good article.while we regreat the lost of thees students, their death has exposed certain short coming in the Cameroon education system.why is it that a student can not enter the university directly to read Meducine, Engineering, etc... but must right an entrance examination?