Two journalists summoned to a military court in Yaounde

Rodrigue Tongue, journalist for La Messager and his colleague Felix Cyriac Ebole Bola of the daily Mutations are to appear before the judge of the military court in Yaounde on Tuesday, October 28 at 9 am. The journalists in question received the summons on Friday, October 24, 2014 delivered by a bailiff.

According to the journalist Felix Cyriac Ebole Bola, their accusation is that "from July to August 14, they had not warned of any administrative or judicial activity likely to harm national defense and military authorities, an offense defined and punishable under Articles 74 and 107 of the Penal Code."

Their summon to Yaoundé military court comes after the hearing of Nsigue Guy, Martin Camus Mimb and Steve Djouguela at the state defense (Sed) secretariat after a complaint from the chairman of the normalization committee of FECAFOOT, Joseph Owona.