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  By Raymond Dingana The North West Region of Cameroon is one of those areas where intercultural clashes especially between Grazers and non Grazers are so rampant. These clashes have sometimes resulted to both human and material loses particularly where intercultural talks are not in attendance. During a 3-day training of journalists, who are members of the Association of Cultural Journalists, ACJ, to brainstorm on issues concerning Cultural Diversity and Cultural Rights, organized by the Mbororo Cultural and Development Association, MBOSCUDA, members were enjoined to sensitize the public on the need of dialogue amongst others as the way out of conflicts between cultures. Members Of ACJ AT Training Workshop On Cultural Journalism. “ They are to promote the role of intercultural dialogue. It is when people dialogue that, there is mutual understanding of the various cultures. So if we understand each other’s culture, we will understand why we do certain things differently. Once that i

  By Raymond Dingana The Nigerian Union under the presidency of Prince Otobong Ituen has declared that, there will be no hiding place for Nigerians, who treat their house helps as slaves. During his visit to the people of Abia State in Bamenda, Sunday August 23, 2020 at the Union's secretariat, Prince Otobong said, any Nigerian who treats his or her house help like a slave will be prosecuted. “ I was to sound this note of warning that; I will not hesitate to join with the forces of law and order to prosecute any Nigerian who treats their domestic servants like slaves. Slave trade has been abolished many years ago. No Nigerian has the right to take any body living under their roof as a slave. They should take this warning seriously before it is too late ” . Prince Otobong warned. People Of Abia State[God's Own State] In Bamenda During A visit Of Nigerian Union President. According to the president of the Women’s Wing of the Union, Mrs. Margaret Ovayozo Ituen, the issue of m

Uniform officers tell cab drivers to pick up arms and face them. Questions have continued to be raised as to the identity of those behind the attacked on Mitanyen Credit Union How young men bail them selves with 40000FCFA after they were accused of supplying weapons to separatist fighters. Population of Bafut in pain as main road is blocked. Anglophone crisis on the neck of the rice sector in the NWR. By Raymond Dingana. Human Rights Abuse: Buy Your Guns Let’s Fight-Uniform Officer Tells Cab Drivers A  police officer working in one of the police stations in Bamenda is said to have asked Cab Drivers at Veterinary Junction in Bamenda to buy guns and face them if they are angry with the police force. Talking to DrayInfos, James, not his real names said, it started when the police officer used his gun and shattered the driving mirror of his colleague. “ A cab driver was stopped by a police officer at veterinary junction in Bamenda and just when he was pulling over,

  By Raymond Dingana Journalists in Bamenda, chief town of the NWR of Cameroon have been reacting with disdain following the arrest and torture of one of theirs. According to Martial, Thomas Mokom working with NDEFCAM Radio was arrested by soldiers in Kejom Ketingo also known as Small Babanki on Sunday August 15,2020. Reacting to the information, some journalists say, the war against the Press in Bamenda is a lost battle for whoever waged it. Talking to DrayInfos, Gina says, what happened to Mokom is unacceptable: “ I don’t understand why he was tortured. Journalism is not a crime. We are reporters, not activists. They should not give a journalist a bad name just to hang him or her. I think Cameroon still has a long way to go when it comes to freedom of the press and the protection of journalists. Arresting a journalist in the line of duty is very common in Cameroon. We don’t carry guns, why target us” ? Gina asked. To Simon,not real name and a journalist in Bamenda, only the w

  By Raymond Dingana The President of the women’s wing of the Nigerian Union in Bamenda, Mrs. Margaret Ovayozo Ituen says, Nigerian women are facing numerous challenges both in the hands of the Cameroon Military and None State Armed Groups: “Sometimes when the man is not, the women are taken in his place and released only after huge sums have been paid. Even when the man is kidnapped by unidentified persons, the women suffer psychologically and emotionally.  When women are travelling to or from Nigeria to Bamenda, whether with or without valid documents, they are extorted by soldiers stationed along the Bamenda- Ekok road. All these are happening at a time when businesses are crumbling because people have fled the restive regions; yet, we are being kidnapped and extorted ” . Mrs. Ituen said. Mrs. Margaret Ovayozo Ituen, Women's Wing, Nigerian Union President.  During his one day diplomatic visit to the population of Enugu State, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sunday August 09, 2

  By Raymond Dingana Students and Teachers of Progressive Comprehensive High School, PCHS Bamenda are still in shock following the discovery of the lifeless body of Mr. Ibrahim, a teacher in the school. The body was found in a stream in mile 4, Bamenda III Sub Division in the early hours of Monday August 10, 2020 and buried Tuesday August 11 in his native Baba I, in Nkoketunjia Division of the NWR of Cameroon. Contrary to reports that, Mr. Ibrahim was killed by gun men, a source in mile four says, he had as accident: “ The incident happened in my quarter and I was one of the first to arrive the scene. It was the man's child that discovered the bike in a stream in mile four without knowing the bike was on his was on his father. They only realized the bike was on him after they retrieved it. He was never shot. Even the Gendarmerie official who was at the scene said so, asking us if we know what a bullet is adding that, his head would have been shattered. He may have fallen hittin

  By  Raymond Dingana Many in Bamenda have been reacting to the recent outing by religious authorities in the North West Region of Cameroon accusing them of taking sides with government and not the suffering masses in the two restive regions of the country. This came days after news went wild that, religious leaders from Anglophone Cameroon have met in Douala and backed government's reconstruction and development plan for the regions. According to Mr. Nkwenti, a Catholic Christian, he has had enough from the church because the church has been playing politics pretending to care about the masses though not speaking for them. "The church is selfish, the reason behind their latest outing is because church offerings are not coming the way it use to be. They think only about themselves, did never represented us in that meeting. Again, their schools have suffered a lot reasons why all they want to see is an end to the crisis even if it has little to do with the wellbeing of th

By Raymond Dingana The Bafut community at home and abroad is reacting with anger following the recent happenings at the Palace, in the North West Region of Cameroon. According to a source in Bafut who opted for anonymity, on Thursday August 06, 2020, men in military Uniforms stormed the palace and occupied the Bujong Cultural Hall which is part of the Royal Bafut Palace, included on a Tentative List Of World Heritage Site since 2006 by   UNESCO . “ On Saturday August 08, armed men in military attires have been moving in and out of the Palace saying, they are looking Fon Abumbi III of Bafut for what I don’t know. The Bujong Cultural Hall which is part of the Bafut Palace, added on a Tentative List of World Heritage Sites since 2006 by   UNESCO   was  occupied to the discontentment of the Bafut Community . The palace did not sleep breaking Saturday because of heavy gun shots. The home of Pa Asanji of blessed memory and the campus of GS Bujong were also occupied by the men in unifo