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Taxi On Fire In Ntarinkon Bamenda  By Raymond Dingana Over the past few days, gunmen suspected to be separatist fighters have been targeting taxi drivers in Mezam Division, in Cameroon's North West Region. Taxi drivers say these incidents have been recurring since Mezam Senior Divisional Officer (SDO), Simon Emile Mooh signed a Prefectoral Order banning the circulation of motorbikes from 6:30 pm to 6:30 am until further notice. The drivers believe the SDO's decision to restrict motorbikes has triggered these latest attacks on them, as rumors have been circulating that armed men have also imposed a ban on their own activities during the same hours. On Tuesday, June 4th, 2024, eyewitnesses said gunmen dressed in civilian attire attacked Akondi, a taxi driver in the Ntarinkon neighborhood of Bamenda II Council area. His mouth was shattered, and the windscreen of his taxi was destroyed. It is unclear if he had passengers in his vehicle at the time of the attack, and what happened t

   Ntumfor Fru Johnathan Addressing SASDECOS Members At The AGM By Raymond Dingana Mr. Fru Jonathan described by the population of Santa as the father of the Santa System Development Cooperative Society, SASDECOS has said 2024 is pregnant with agricultural projects that would change the lives of the population of Santa and beyond. SASDECOS, birthed a year ago is a Cooperative created to improve on the lives of farmers by alleviating the difficulties they face day by day in producing crops, transporting and marketing them, Fru Jonathan told reporters in Santa, Saturday January 19,2024 during the Annual General Meeting AGM of the SASDECOS.  He said the cooperative may bear the name Santa but membership is not only Santa reason why there are members from other sub divisions and regions. Development Stakeholders In The NWR At SASDECOS AGM Among the projects to be executed this year, Fru Johnathan said: "We intend to construct a warehouse, and a feed production plant, thanks to the pie

  Benjamin Fru Ndi, SDF Chairman Ni John Fru Ndi, s Son At The Bamenda Commercial Avenue Grandstand By Raymond Dingana Benjamin Fru Ndi, son of the late National Chairman of the Social Democratic Front, Ni John Fru Ndi on July 28 th 2023 activated a sad mood in many at the Commercial Avenue Grandstand when he recounted what their father and other family members went through in the hands of both separatist fighters and government forces. This was at the Final Rally of the States Man attended by hundreds from different political backgrounds, ages and walks of life from home and abroad, Friday July 28,2023. Despite a three day lockdown imposed by separatist fighters operating in Mezam to frustrate the funeral ceremony, the population despite all odds came out in their thousands from Santa to Bamenda town to pay their last respect to the person they consider their hero. Looking at the casket bearing the remains of his father, Ni John Fru Ndi, Benjamin who is also the National Coordi

Governor Lele Lafrique At The Scene Where Ten Unarmed Civilians Were Killed By Raymond Dingana It was an emotional atmosphere at the Nacho Junction neighborhood in Bamenda when a convoy of sympathizers led by Governor Adolphe Lele Lafrique of the North West Region arrived to deliver a condolence message from the Presidential Couple, Mr/Mrs Chantal Biya to families of victims of the Nacho massacre.  Present at the scene where gunmen suspected to be separatist fighters sniffed live out of ten unarmed civilians were some family members of the victims, Thursday July 27,2023. Sadness and pain could be seen written all over their faces as they received the condolence message from Mr/Mrs Chantal Biya read by Gov. Lele Lafrique. " Following this tragedy, I extend my heart felt condolence to the family of the victims. To the wounded, i wish you all a speedy recovery and also receive a message of sympathy from my wife,"  an excerpt of the condolence message as read by Lele Lafr

  By Raymond Dingana Tension, fear and uncertainty are still the order of the day barely days to the burial of the National chairman of the Social Democratic Front SDF Political Party, Ni John Fru Ndi. While all is being put in place to give Ni John Fru Ndi a fitting burial come July 29,2023, security concerns are being raised on a daily basis. None State Armed Groups operating in Mezam Division, North West Region of Cameroon have not hide their antagonism towards the interment of Fru Ndi in the region. This has provoked a barrage of pleas from militants and sympathizers of the party for those opposed to Chairman Fru Ndi's burial to kindheartedly allow them lay him to rest in peace. “We are only begging that Ni john Fru Ndi be buried just the way children should bury their parents. He was not only the chairman of the SDF, he was more like a father to all of us. It is true he had his own political ideas dissimilar to separatists ,nonetheless, it is all for the good of Anglop

Mourners Moving From One Affected Home To The Other To Grieve With Victim's Families By Raymond Dingana  Peace, very much cherished by many seems to have eluded Bamenda and the North West Region as a whole as unidentified gunmen kill a recently wedded couple and nine others in Nacho Bamenda. The couple before their untimely death was operating a phone shop at Old Treasury Street, Commercial Avenue Bamenda, North West Region of Cameroon. The episodes happened in the night of Friday breaking Saturday July 14 and the evening hours of Sunday July 15 Awing Quarter at Nacho Junction in Bamenda II Sub Division. Five young boys were shot dead under unclear circumstances and close to 11 others shot dead at Nacho Junction on Sunday including a couple that wedded recently. This takes the number of those killed at Awing Quarter and Nacho all in Bamenda within two days to at least 16. Those familiar with the incident say two vehicles arrived Nacho Junction, Sunday night and force them out. Sudd

Remains Of Sara's Hilux Vehicle Burnt After He And One Other Were Killed In Awing By Gun Men By Raymond Dingana Sara as he was popularly called was still mourning the passing away of his two kids who died of food poisoning weeks ago when his own time came, Thursday November 24,2022 in Awing. Sara who was president of the Awing Drivers' Union went out before sunrise to hustle for his family not knowing he was embarking on a journey of no return. Little did he know armed men with ill-intensions had plans to waste his life and were waiting for him knowing fully well he would drive pass that area to Bamenda as usual. He was with a passenger, another family head in his Hilux vehicle when they came under attack from gun men whose identities have not yet been revealed. Both were shot and they died on the spot while the Hilux vehicle was set afire by the gunmen. We also gathered that the wife has not been able to console herself after the news of her husband's demise filtered in to

Family Photo Of PM And Follow-Up Committee Members After The Meeting In Yaounde By Raymond Dingana Members of the Follow-up committee of the implementation of the resolutions of the Major National Dialogue have saluted the gradual return to peace in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon. Meeting at the star building, August 4, 2022 to take stalk of the progress made as far as the implementation of the recommendations of the Dialogue are concerned, 3 years after the major National Dialogue, the members all testified that despites all the odds, peace, love and harmony is returning to these regions hit by the crisis for close to six years today. Prime Minister Dion Ngute Chairing The Follow-up Committee Meeting Chairingthe follow-up committee meeting, the Prime minister and head of Government Chief Dr. Joseph Dion Ngute in his address buttressed on the various areas that progress has been made since the holding of the Major national dialogue, highlighting that there are still

By Raymond Dingana Shock and Consternation has gripped the students of the Department of History and Archeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Bamenda (UBa) following the assassination of one of theirs by armed men. Nkwetacha Slantis Leku, a teacher by profession who was in that department on an in-service basis was killed in Mahga, Bamumbu in Wabane, Southwest region of Cameroon. Nkwetacha Slantis Leku, Killed By Gun men Bamumbu A video that has been making rounds on the social media show a lady said to be the wife crying and saying: I was in the kitchen with my aunts who came to assist me prepare for a death celebration. Some undentified gun men dashed in to the house and asked us to walk out.He had just returned from a death celebration and was resting. I heard noise and when I rushed in, they threatened to gun me down. One of them later came and said they have killed him and he was behind the house. I rushed there only to find my husband in the pole of his own blood. They took us

Colbert Gwain Nji Ignatius is Bamenda-based journalist working for one of Cameroon's leading weeklies, Eden newspaper.  He just returned from Douala after a business trip. He complains  they arrived the Matazem border at 4a.m and only succeeded in filing past the two security cordons after a four hours delay.  Hyperblically, that's almost the amount of time Africans trying to cross the Mexican border into the United States, take.  Matazem Border Crossing Since the outbreak of the conflict in the two English Speaking Regions, Defense Ministry Officials erected stiff security belts on both sides of the Matazem crossing.  Vehicles arriving from East Cameroon are obliged to wait until 6.30a.m before security officials who are usually not in a hurry, begin screening from one passenger to the other and from one bus to another. Come to think of the fact that of the six accredited travel agencies plying the Bamenda-Yaounde, Bamenda-Douala, and Bamenda-Buea/Limbe roads, each of them lo