Biya is considered as a reformer but he must stop repression and intimidation, says The Foreign Office

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A Foreign Office source yesterday claimed President Paul Biya of Cameroon has been a reformer for overs years despite his regime brutal attacks on pro-regime change protesters.

The Foreign Office insider suggested President Biya`s aims were being thwarted by other members of his long standing regime.

The Foreign Office believes that for Cameroonians authorities it is not too late to abandon totally the brutal repression and follow through on promised democratic institutions reforms.

The violent regime repression must stop and president Biya  should order his authorities around the country to show restraint and to respond to the legitimate demands of his own people with immediate and genuine reform not with brutal repression.

For the moment it is impossible to scrutinise the future and even to know what will happen next after the presidential elections that will be held next October 9 or 10 or 11 in Cameroon, the source added. The Foreign Secretary close`s advisor said  Britain " utterly" condemned the brutal repression and disappearances of people in Cameroon.

 President Biya`s power depends on a wider group of people in his own family and relatives and of course other members of his government and for that, we " Britain" are not sure how free will be the next crucial presidential elections and how free the president he is or will be to pursue a reform agenda.

Opposition figures in Cameroon strongly believe that, they will be ready to break the corrupted regime unless real democracy is introduced. A group called, Cameroon O Boso, said change and only a real change of regime would safeguard the nation from failing into a period of violence, chaos after the election results will be published.

Air France-KLM is hit by Africa crisis while camair-co is still uncertain

According to Harry Banks from City AM newspaper, political instability in Africa is beginning to affect revenues at Air France-KLM

 Political unrest in holiday destinations like Egypt and Tunisia would dent second-quarter profits. The airline group warned yesterday despite reporting a 4.8%  rise in overall January passenger traffic.

Air France-KLM which is the Europe`s largest airline group by sales said the proportion of seats sold, or passenger load factor, rose 1.1% point to 79.2% in January.

The growth was boosted by a favourable comparison with January last year when operations were hit by snow and a two day air traffic control strike.

January cargo traffic rose 3.4% on a 3.3% increase in capacity and the load factor for freight was stable at 64.3%.

While in Cameroon authorities still delaying the launch of the first flight to Europe to camair-co, the newly created national airline company even though  those appointed by the government to carry out their duties are still promising that they will launch the first ever flight next month. Europe will be the first destination and then others will follow.

For the moment Cameroon business confidence still stable while the French one spiked to a three year high in January. The good news is that the Index for Cameroon industry morale, gathered  for the Central Bank in Yaounde in on the rise and jumped. Paul Biya`s conservative government has based its 2011 budget on a growth rate of 3,2% and the deficit will hit CFA 425 billion this financial year.