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  By Raymond Dingana Vatican’s Secretary of State, His Eminence, Pietro Cardinal Parolin has preached the message of peace and reconciliation to the population of the North West Region of Cameroon. He said, everyone is responsible for peace. He added that, arms be laid so that, peace and reconciliation may reign in the land. Vatican’s Secretary of State, His Eminence, Pietro Cardinal Parolin And the Archbishop of Bamenda,His Grace, Andrew Fuanya Nkea This was during a Holly Mass for the imposition of the Pallium on the Archbishop of Bamenda, His Grace, Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea, 31 January 2021 at the Big Mankon Cathedral amidst water tight security. “ We are all responsible for peace, all the actors of society are responsible for peace, from the smallest to the biggest person, and no one can feel exonerated from the struggle against evil. This is the challenge that faces you today that, finally, arms may be put down and peace and reconciliation may reign in the land of ours....

A primary school pupil has cheated death in Yaounde,Friday January 29,2021. The seven-year-old was rescued by her teacher after she was found hanging on a robe,a source in Yaounde told DrayInfos. The Young Girl Being Rescued By School Authorities. The incident happened at a school campus in Certe Verte in Yaounde. It is still not clear whether whether she was the one that attempted taking her own life. Sources familiar to the incident suspect something fishy She is responding to treatments in a hospital in Yaounde.

By Raymond Dingana Bamenda and the North West Region as a whole will soon get a cooking gas filling station worth about five billion FCFA. The project will cover a surface area of ten hectares of land.  The announcement was made in Bamenda by the General Manager of the Hydro-Carbon Stabilization Fund, Thursday 28th January at the Bamenda City Council during a meeting with the Mayor Paul Achobong and other members of the north west administration. ''Our board meeting that sat 30th of December 2020 validated this project for Bamenda. I want to say say this is a project worth at least four to five billion francs. It will need a surface area of at least six to ten hectares of land. This year is for feasibility studies and the construction will be in the 2022 budget. Its a very delicate project that takes a lot of studies. The cost to run down to Bafoussam to get cooking gas and the price will be advantageous.'' At The Meeting At The City Council He also appealed to the seni...

 By Raymond Dingana The mayor of the Misaje Council,Mayor Sammy Mgbata Nforkemba has said,he and the people of Misaje believe in  an end to the Anglophone Crisis that will come after dialogue. He was speaking to the media during a press conference in Bamenda, Thursday January 28th. He said,consolidating what they have already achieved is what they belief in and that, solutions to the Anglophone crisis can only come after dialogue. "While knowing that they difficulties to be solved, we belief in dialogue to solve problems,we don't belief in destroying what have been achieved ,we belief in consolidating what we have achieved and waiting for solutions to the Anglophone problem which can only come after a dialogue and never by the barrel of the gun."  he indicated.  Mayor Of Misaje Council,Sammy Mgbata Nforkemba At The Press Outing On the the projects the council was able to realized in 2020,Mayor Sammy said "I have a giant market of more than ninety sheds.To alleviate p...

By Raymond Dingana Lack of good road infrastructure, portable water,electricity,health among others are some of the challenges brought forth by the Quarter Heads. This was during a come together between the Bamenda II Council and Quarter Heads from the municipality to strategize on how to develop to area,Wednesday.  As indicated by Mr.Fon William, representing the quater heads of Mbatu,they have a dame,construction material but no water and roads. "We have a dame in Mbatu, but we don't have portable water. The stones and sand used for construction in Bamenda come from Mbatu;but we don't have roads." he indicated.  The problems raised by the other Quater heads were similar to those Mr.Fon William pointed out. Mr Fopang Nicholas representing the Quarter Heads from Mankon indicated that,the unstable nature of electricity in Mankon is another problem that needs the atention of the Bamenda II municipal council. Speaking earlier during the event,the mayor of  Bamenda II,Pet...

By Raymond Dingana Two Explosions Rock Bamenda Two locally made exlosive device have gone off at the Azere New Church neighborhood in Bamenda. The sound was so loud that it was heard from far away Nkwen. We are yet to get information as to whether any one was wounded or not. The Scene Of Wednesday Explosion At Azere New Church This month of January has recorded more than seven explosions already. Snake Bites Electrician On An Electricity Pole An electrician whose name we got as Clinton is battling for his life in a hospital after he was bitten by a snake on an electricity pole, Monday. Reports say the snake may have come from a pear tree closed to the pole Clinton was working on. Remains Of Slain Youths Paraded In The Streets Of Bamenda The remains of some of the boys killed at the Meta quarter neighborhood in Bamenda have been taken to the streets by loved ones.  Photo Credit: Neba Marcus The remains were removed from the Bamenda Regional Hospital Mortuary,Tuesday and Wednesday ...

By Raymond Dingana  The population of Bamenda in the North West Region of Cameroon have expressed the wish to see the bottom-top appraoch of operating by the Regional Council. They were speaking to DrayInfos after the installation of the pioneer executive of the regional council, Saturday January 23. They say, the region is facing a number of challenges that need the undivided attention of the council.  Genuine dialogue to pave the way for sustainable peace, road infrastructure, water and energy among others are some of the areas they pointed out. "They should work for the people and not themselves. They should not impose on us,rather,they should asked us what are needs are and work to satisfy them."Tumi Romaric said. According to Ngum Nestor,  a trader based in wum, the regional council should start thinking of convincing government to think about a genuine dialogue for long lasting peace to reign. "If they fail in this area,they may just be making their work difficult ...

By Raymond Dingana A video has image online showing women being tortured and molested by armed men suspcted to be fighters fighting to create a state of their own which they called Ambazonia. According to the voices in the video,whose authenticity and the location it was shot have not been indipendently confirmed by drayinfos, the women were accused of dating security officials. The women are seen siting naked and being interogated by the boys. One of the boys is heard in the video asking for pepper to use on the women's private part. It is not clear what may have  happened to the women after the video. The video has received wide spread condemnation from far and wide. Some are asking if those treating them in that manner have mothers or were actually brought to this world by women. It should be noted that, women have suffered what have been described by human rights defenders as gruesome acts pepetrated on them by all the sides in the ongoing war in the North West and South West r...

The boys were killed by those eye witnesses say were men dressed in military fatigues similar to that of the Cameroon army Saturday January 23,2021. They were killed barely a day after the president of the North West Regional Council,Prof.Fru Angwafor said,they shall be no waste of lives and property in the region anymore. A Bird View Of Bamenda Town From Up Station Nadine Lum, a trader at the Bamenda food market said, it all started when some men she could not identify on-board a hilux vehicle drove passed T-Junction shooting in the air. "After the shootings, the men in military uniforms arrived the scene,went towards meta quarters owhere they met these four friends in an abandoned building.They boys were called and the came not knowing that was going to be their end as they were all shot dead. I hear they were consuming marijwana reason why they were killed." she said. We are also gathering on the ground that,the four were gunned down in an abandoned building and the bodi...

 By Raymond Dingana Photo Credit: Cameroon Infotrend:Debris From The Explosion. Bamenda and Mbengwi  are the latest to have been hit by  Improvised Explosive Device, Tuesday January 19,2021, a day after the Minister of Territorial Administration said, President Paul Biya has won the war against Separatist fighters. In the town of Bamenda, a lady who deals in animal feed and her daughter were wounded when a locally made explosive went off around T-junction Tuesday afternoon. The debris from the exlosive had trappings that, the Cameroon military has linked to separatist's activities in the past. Both were rushed to the hospital for medical attention. Properties including those that belonged to the wounded lady were destroyed when the device went off. Not even the pork vendor's business site where the device was planted was spared as it also suffered some damages. The blast was so heavy that, other business places including beer parlors could not escape the shock causing many to r...

 By Raymond Dingana The minister of Territorial Administration has saluted the fruitfulness of what he describes as  President Paul Biya's call for separatist fighters to drop their weapons and abandon the bushes. He pointed out that,many separatist fighters have continued to lay down their weapons and are having a new life at the Centre for Disarmament,Dimobilization and Reintegration-DDR. He also indicated that, five separatist fighters handed their weapons to a village head at about 10:30pm on monday. The identity and  name of the village were never disclosed.  " The fighters handed their weapons to their fon at about 10:30 Pm on the night of Monday after the security meeting we had. The weapons are very dangerous and have been used to terrorise the villagers. They will be taking to the DDR Centre where they will be taken care of."  MINAT boss said. Weapons Handed Over By Separatist Fighters As Indicated By Minister Atanga Nji Paul Handing over the five old dane guns t...

By Raymond Dingana The National Coordinator of the Cameroon Community Media Network, CCMN, Rosaline Obah has in a training at the Head Office of the Guardian Post newspaper in Yaounde, polished the skills of the staff of the Newspaper on Peace and Responsible Reporting. The training was done recently under the patronage of the publisher, Kristian Ngah in the context of the ongoing armed conflict rocking the two English speaking regions of Cameroon hosting the majority of its readers. Arming the Guardian Post journalists with the necessary tools as far as Peace and Responsible Reporting is concerned, Rosaline Obah said, they should embrace responsible reporting on the crisis especially now that, deadly confrontations between government forces and pro independent fighters rages on. Journalists At The Guardian Post After The Training On Peace Journalism By CCMN's Rosaline Obah She pointed out that, their works should be solution-oriented articulate the impact of the conflict on the s...

 By Raymond Dingana Petra Nji died as a result of a road accident on the Tiko-Douala road Monday 11 January 2021. Sources say,she and her fiance' were traveling to Douala to shop for their upcoming wedding that was supposed to take place on the 15 and16 of January. She was a first year student of Biaka University in Buea. The accident left others injured. R.I.P. drayinfos. Photo Credit: A.A

 By Raymond Dingana The Divisional Delegate of Communication for Momo and four soldiers are the latest youths to have been sent to early graves by what many have described as a senseless war raging on in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon. Madam Rebecca  Jeme Liwusi and the four soldiers met their demise when suspected separatist fighters in Njikwa hit the  vehicle they were on board with Improvised Explosive Device IEDs returning from Ngie, Tuesday night. those that were wounded when about three of the vehicles were torched include, the former Divisional Officer for Andek, the chief protocol officer at the Momo SDO's office and an undisclosed number of soldiers. Becky,When She Was Still Alive. According to Reports, the convoy was that of the Senior Divisional Officer for Momo on its way back from  installing the newly appointed Divisional Officers for Ngie and Njikwa, Harra Amatangana Maxim and Benjamin Belinga respectively. This latest and painful deaths as indicat...