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By Raymond Dingana It was a day described by many as  catastrophic and scary for travellers along the Bamenda-Ndop road as they came face to face with frightful looking young men heavily armed. A day that will remain indelible in the minds of those who set out for Ndop and beyond and met eye-to-eye with gun carrying men suspected to be Ambazonia fighters. These armed men operating on that part of the region interupted their journey in a brutal way, says Anastasia who was journeying to Ndop. Vehicle Transporting Tomatoes To Bamenda Burnt Down By Suspected Amba Fighters The gun men reportedly burnt down a good number of cars including those transporting food stuffs like tomatoes and others. A vehicle belonging to a company envolved in the production of Ndop rice is one of the casualties of the attack. Vehicle Belonging To An Institution Envolved In Rice Production Razed The gun men abducted some passengers and ferried them in to the bush, a source who opted for anonymity told Drayinfos.c

By Raymond Dingana The news about hundreds of houses being burnt to ashes at Mbengwi Road in Bamenda and the carnage that has befallen the victims was enough reason for me to go see things for myself. I started witnessing the pain the victims of the voilent arson attacks are going through when i arrived Hospital Round About. I saw red eyes looking people with long faces all supporting their jaws with their hands.                     House And Cars Burnt They sat in front of the seven shops that were burnt by men in military uniforms at Hospital Roundabout. Many other businesses around the area did not open their doors, some say it was in solidarity while others say they did not open their businesses because of fear. From Hospital Round About, the evidence was clear that Mbengwi Road was not going to be easy. The absence of the normal hustling and bustling that is typical of that vicinity was absent. It was as if they were mourning. Going towards Azeri Old Church Junction, many shops we

By Raymond Dingana A high powered delegation led by North West Governor Lele Lafrique Tchoffo Deben has condoled with ex - separatist fighters at the Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintergragion Center in Bamenda Saturday October 2,2021. The delegation did not go empty handed as bags of rice, buckets, an envelope of four hundred thousand francs among others accompanied them. Gov. Lele Lafrique Handing A Cartoon of Seasoning Cubes To DDR Bamenda This comes days after two of the inmates,Tabeh Ekwebu and Wameley Sanda Justice all from Ako Sub Division, Donga Mantung Devision of the North West Region of Cameroon were gunned down at the Ntambang Intergreted Health on September 26,2021. Talking to the ex fighters, Gov. Lele Lafrique said, they are all mourning, "We came here today to tell you that we are all mourning the death of those two ex fighters who died under conditions that are still under investigations ." The Governor explained that, the two fighters went to the hospital

By Raymond Dingana A man whose name we got as Ndifor has been killed by armed men around Church Center, a neighborhood in Bamenda II Sub Division of the embarttered North West Region of Cameroon.  Ndifor who was the owner of a Provision store at Mile 90 Nsongwa around a military check point was killed on Friday at about 7:30pm. His lifeless body with bullet wounds and a shattered head was discovered near his wheelchair. Ndifor Lying In The Pool Of His Own Blood After He Was Shot. "He was picked up on his way back from his shop at mile 90. They accused him of being an informant and selling goods to soldiers,"   someone familiar with the incident told www.drayinfos.com.  Video and audio clips have been animating the social media with some of the speakers blaming the Cameroon military while others said Ndifor was killed by men on board a motor bike. This is not the first time Persons with Disabilities are targeted in the ongoing war rocking the North West and South West Regions

By Raymond Dingana A police officer by name Garga Ali has been shot by armed men as he fought to prevent an act of robbery from taking place at Way Out Nkwen Park, Bamenda III Sub division, North West Region of Cameroon. This was when gun men stormed the area targeting a provision store where they brandished their weapons and demanded that, the shop owner should empty his coffers in to their bags. According to eye witness account, a man said to be  second grade inspector of Police whose only names we got as Garga is said to have grabbed the gun man to safe the situation. Onlookers Standing Where The Officer Was Shot. Garga, Police Officer Shot In Nkwen, North West Region Of Cameroon As he tried to wrestle the gun man to submission, another emerged from his hiding and rained bullets on the police officer. The sound of the gun caused commotion at the market as many could be seen running helter skelter. "They were in their numbers with about three bikes. After shooting at the man, t

By Raymond Dingana Separatist fighters in Bali Nyonga, one of the focal points in the ongoing war in the restive North West and South West Regions of Cameroon have placed on a ban on the activities of the Presbyterian Church in Bali. They said, the ban will only be lifted after the resignation of PCC Moderator Rt. Rev. Fonki Samuel and the and Rev. Simon Voma. Voma was shot along with other Christians, including a woman by name Ma Grace Numvi, who died from the bullet wounds. Presbyterian Church Bali( Picture use for illustration) Grace Numvi was interred in Bali on Saturday, September 4, 2021 by Christians and other sympathisers including those who trekked from far away places out of Bali. PCC Christians bury Ma Grace In Bali The relative calm Bali was enjoying may just be heading for the rocks after an audio clip said to be from armed groups in that part of the region emerged with the speaker banning the activities of the PCC for "lies telling". "The PCC Moderator and

By Raymond Dingana Ambe Lum who was shot around the abdomen when the Cameroon Military raided what it described as one of the main camps of kidnappers in Mforya Bafut is finally up and kicking after  several days of intense treatment at the hospital. She was speaking Wednesday September 01, 2021 after recovering from the bullet wounds she sustained during a raid that left five kidnappers dead as indicated by the military. After spending 13 days at the 5th Region Military Hospital in Nkwen Bamenda, North West Region of Cameroon, Lum has finally regained her health and has left the hospital as she looks to kick on back with her life. Talking to drayinfos.com, she expressed gratitude for the proper treatment received as she now looks forward to return to school.  "I will like to go back to school. I was in lower sixth science. I am pleading that they should help me because I really love school,"  Lum who dropped out in Lower sixth said. Ambe Lum At The Hospital After Recoverin

By Raymond Dingana A man has been kidnapped by gun men at the Ghana street neighborhood in Nkwen, Bamenda 3 Sub Division of the restless North West Region of Cameroon. Fobi Nchinda Vincent was abducted in the evening hours of Saturday August 21,2021. Sources say, heavily armed men took him in his car to an unknown destination. Archived Picture of Ghana Street Used For Illustration Going by his names, many have been quick to say, h e comes from the same family as the former MP for Bamenda-Bali Constituency, Fobi Nchinda Simon. The recent case of kidnapping is coming days after Gen. Nka Valére of the Fifth Military Region in Bamenda said, the Cameroon military has killed five kidnappers at one of their main camps in Mforya Bafut, one of the epicenters of the ongoing Anglophone crisis. There has been no statement from the family as to whether the armed men have made any demands or not and what their motives are. www.drayinfos.com +237 676238865

By Raymond Dingana During the funeral ceremony of the seven students killed when gun men attacked the Mother Francisca International Bilingual Academy in Kumba, Rev.Eka Martin from the Apostolic Church decried the killings saying those suffering are the poor while the rich despite knowing the answer to the crisis have refused to provide solutions. "Those suffering in this crisis are the poor people.They are the ones who are in the bushes,it is the poor who are hidding under the rocks in the forest. It is the poor who cannot sell their farm produce any more in the market.T he rich, they have all what it takes to go to Douala, Yaounde and Bafoussam and sponsor their children in schools but these children who are dead here today are children of poor people. Mr Prime Minister,Mayors,D.Os and Government ministers here present,again i say,the rich man knew the answer,he knew the solution but has refused to provide the solutions and when death came,it did not salut him and put him aside.

By Raymond Dingana Two days after Cameroonians observed a Day of National Mourning for the seven students killed in Kumba, saturday october 24,2020, blood has not ceased to flow. In the early hours of Monday November 2,2020, three persons were shot to death when Boh Etoma,a neighbourhood in Bali Nyonga came under attack from those eye witnesses say,were men in military uniforms. Three Killed In Bali Monday Morning "Three persons,all young boys including a local player of a musical instrument known in Bali as 'AnkLung' were killed.The young man was just coming from mbufung,a small farming locality in Bali only to meet his death. A corn mill operator only escaped by chance leaving his machines steaming while he dashed in to the bushes. Several persons were wounded and many motor bikes set ablazed.Some shops were also looted," Ni Babila, not his real names,a retired Gendarmarie officer told DrayInfos. Bikes Set Ablaze during the attack. Bali is one of those villages in t

  By Raymond Dingana P oliticians from the English speaking regions of Cameroon, have come under fire from the population for being the reason why Cameroonians continue to die in the NW/SW regions. According to a school of thought, the politicians are sleeping on the solutions to the crisis rocking the North West and South West Regions of the country, because of greed, and the lack of love for those whose interests they are bound to protect. To them, these politicians have failed woefully to protect the lives of their people as the war is not showing any signs of ending anytime soon. Bodies Of Four Boys Killed In Bamenda. Evangelist Frank told DrayInfos that, politicians have all relocated to safer areas abandoning their people to perish.... “The unfortunate thing is that, politicians are very comfortable with the many deaths. Look at the number of Cameroonians that have died just in September, they will never come back, families and friends are weeping, parents a

  By Raymond Dingana Bike riders in Bamenda have received with astonishment the recent decision restricting the circulation of both commercial and non commercial bikes in urban centers.  To the bike riders, the problem is not then but the crisis which the administrations just like the regime has been shying away from the real issues. "The problem is the Anglo phone crisis and not the okada sector. Solve it now and many bad things will go away. We are only out to feed our families and the many internally displaced persons under our roofs. Restricting us from circulating in urban areas is a subtle way to put us out of business .let the administration handle the present situation and see if insecurity will not be curbed." Chia said. Tom, a rider we met at up station said, the powers that be know where the real problem. "The crisis affecting the two English speaking regions of the country is behind the high level of insecurity. They know those that are fermenting troub

By Raymond Dingana Anglophone Elite from the North West Region of Cameroon have continued to watch from afar as Cameroonians continue to perish. Despite the killings and the human rights abuses meted on civilians, they have turned a blind eye to the abuses as all we hear is, ''the situation is under control''. Tuesday September 01, 2020, Bamenda II in Mezam descended in to a chaotic atmosphere following the shooting to death of a police officer known by friends and colleagues as Petite Bikolo at Small Mankon, around the entrance in to the catholic church by suspected Ambazonia fighters. Police Officer In The Pool Of His Own Blood After He Was Shot In Bamenda According to an eye witness who voted to be addressed only as Dickson the welder, colleagues of the fallen uniform officer went haywire firing indiscriminately wounding a yet to be confirmed number of persons around food market and other areas . Road side vendors also suffered as their businesses were destroyed. D