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By Raymond Dingana Both the government of Cameroon and leaders of the separatist movement have on several occasions mounted roof tops telling those that care to listen that,they are out to protect their people .The irony here is that,those they say they are protecting are the same people dying in their hands. The recent case is what many have described as a macabre act on children whom to them were only out to gain education for a better future. Victims Being Taken To The Mortuary According to a list said to have been published on line from an unknown source, six students, five girls and one boy lost their lives while and thirteen wounded when gun men attacked Mother Francisca International Academy in Fiango, Kumba II, Saturday October 24,2020.The document also indicated that,the list was drawn in a hurry and that, it was not exact. List Of Those That Died And Those That Were Wounded In The Shootings In Kumba The incident was that of shock and consternation as many could not believe

  By Raymond Dingana Night life around the mobile  neighbourhood, a popular vicinity in Nkwen Bamenda, highly concentrated with drinking parlours have seen night life activities greatly reduced recently. Reports say; many fear going out to catch fun now and take a drink after two explosive devices went off in two different bars Tuesday;06 October at about 8pm  .One other  was discovered in another bar still in Nkwen on Thursday 08 October 2020. The explosion left customers affected with wounds and some have been hospitalized though other sources say, no one was wounded and that, it would appear the perpetrators were just firing a warning shot. According to Chia Walters, a client to one of the bars that was targeted on  Tuesday, going out to have fun will have to wait for a while. "Going out these days especially at night is risky and has to wait after an explosion occurred in my favourite drinking spot. I was there when it went off and i felt like the world was coming to an end.

  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

By Raymond Dingana Some stake holders in the plan to reconstruct and development the embittered North West and South West Regions of Cameroon have disagreed on whether reconstruction and development should come before peace of the other way round. During his five -day visit to the NWR that was aimed at creating awareness and sensitizing the beneficiaries of the Plan, the National Coordinator of the PPRD, Minister Tasong Paul said, reconstruction and development can go on without a complete return to peace. "We are aware of the disbelief of many and the bad faith of others. A question has been address to me many times to know if we can rebuild when peace has not yet fully returned. As I said in each occasion; as I will say tomorrow; I'm saying now that, the answer is a big yes. Yes because reconstruction is a path way to peace, yes because it will be done gradually from peaceful and secured areas to the more unstable areas”. Minister Tasong said. National Coordinator Of Th

By Raymond Dingana The necessity for the return of peace for meaningful development to take place was again spotlighted in what has now come to be known as "the Bamenda Declaration of June 26,2020". According to the document that was read by Mr.Ndzerem Stephen Njodzeka of SHUMAS,   the exchanges went beyond reconstruction and development as the participants saw the need for the return of peace to the region so that meaningful development can take place, the reconciliation of all sons and daughters of the region so that they can pull all our resources together and rebuild what the declaration described as the once beautiful, prosperous North West Region. The restoration of social cohesion, the provision of livelihood for the jobless, the restoration of human dignity ,through sensitization, change of mind set, of the entire population of the region were also highlighted. This according to the declaration will enable all to embark on the peace building process and pave the

By Raymond Dingana   The National Coordinator of the Presidential Plan for the Reconstruction and Development for the NW/SW Regions says, the plan cannot wait for killings and sufferings to end before taking off. Tasong Paul was speaking during a question and answer session with the Press, Friday June 26, 2020 on the last day of his five-day visit to Bamenda. Quizzed on whether it wouldn't have been better for the PPRD to wait for the killings and destruction in the NW/SW to stop in order that, beneficiaries don't continue to die while reconstruction is going on, He said:  "if the presidential plan has to wait for death and suffering to stop, then the presidential plan should better not exist. This is because its objective is to make sure that, there is no suffering and death". Destruction Caused By The Anglophone Crisis To a stake holder who answered present on the D-day of the visit whose aim was to create awareness and sensitize beneficiaries of the PPRD, the

By Raymond Dingana The National Coordinator of the Presidential Plan for Reconstruction and Development, [PPRD] for the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon says, rebuilding the two restive Regions at a time when peace has not yet fully return ed is possible. Mr. Tasong Paul was speaking on the occasion of the introductory meeting which marked the beginning of his tour to the NW Region to raise awareness and sensitize beneficiaries of the PPRD , Monday June 22, 2020 in Bamenda. “ We are aware of the disbelief of some, and yet the bad faith of others. A question has been address to me many times to know if we can rebuild when peace has not yet fully returned to the regions. As I said on each occasion and as I will say tomorrow, I am saying it now that, the answer is a big yes, yes because reconstruction is the path way to peace. The reconstruction will be done gradually, from peaceful and secured areas to the more unstable areas. Nobody wants to endanger the lives of wo

By Raymond Dingana The imprisoned leaders of what has come to be known as the Coffin Revolution have given a 30 Day ultimatum to kidnappers and other criminals hiding under the Anglophone crisis  to quit or face the consequences. T hey have been given 30 days to reconsider their actions, turn away from their evil ways and embrace profitable activities to better their lives. Failure to do so, the release says they will all be identified and defeated.   In a Press Release signed recently by Mancho Bibixy Tse and Ngalim Felix Safe, describing them as  persons with no political agenda under two different groups namely; bandits who have been around even before the start of the crisis in 2016 and  groups set up and sponsored by politicians to weakened what the release calls a political struggle by genuine freedom fighters. The press release also indicates that, the coffin revolution was aimed at bringing political reforms that will improve on the living condition of the population but ha