African News Update: Plane with 11 on board crashes in neighbouring La République du Cameroun.
Plane with 11 on board crashes in neighbouring La République du Cameroun.
A passenger plane carrying 11 people crashed in a forest in the center region of neighbouring La Republique du Cameroon on Wednesday, May 11, the country’s transport ministry said.
Part of the ministry’s statement reads, that air traffic services "lost radio contact with the aircraft" and the plane was then "located in the forest" near Nanga Eboko, some 150km northeast of Yaounde.
"It crashed on the ground and "our teams are seeing if it is possible to save people," a ministry official who requested anonymity told AFP. It was later reported that after a search and rescue mission, there were no survivors amongst the 11 passengers on baord.
The aircraft was chartered by the Cameroon Oil Transportation Company S.A. (COTCO), this source and another senior aviation official told AFP, also on condition of anonymity.
Meanwhile, in West Africa : Transition period set at 36 months in Guinea
In Guinea, the National Council of the Rally for Development, CNRD, has announced a transition period to civilian rule of three years or 36 months.
The decision, announced on Wednesday, places the country at odds with regional partners and the UN who have both called for a much shorter transition period.
The head of the military junta, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, had previously set the transition period at 39 months.
Whatever the modalities are, do African leadership respect them?
