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 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...

By Raymond Dingana The President of the Nigerian Union in Bamenda, Prince Otobong Ituen has said he has put last month’s attempt on his life behind him and forgiven his attackers. Prince Otobong Ituen is just recovering from his hospital bed after he was attacked on November 18 by unidentified armed men. Recalling the incident recently during a thanksgiving service at the Church of Christ in Bamenda, Prince Otobong said he was saved thanks to the grace of God. He stressed he had long put the incident behind him and asked God to forgive all those who made an attempt on his life. “Christ teaches us to forgive against those that trespass against us. In as much as we live on this earth, people must trespass against us. I have already prayed God to forgive them and not to punish them;” Prince Otobong said as he called on his attackers to repent. Nigerian Union President in Bamenda, Prince Otobong Ituen during thanks given service He also used the occasion to caution his compatriots against...

By Raymond Dingana The Mayor of the Bamenda City Council, Paul Achobang has described a journalist working for Abakwa FM Radio as not being  normal  when he sought to know from him why Mayors, Members of parliament and others find it difficult to press for another dialogue to end the war in the two restive regions of the country. This was during one of his campaigns to end ghost town operations in Bamenda that took place recently at the Commercial Avenue Grandstand which he said was also in solidarity with those that have suffered losses as a result of the Anglophone Crisis.  The question came when the mayor said from 2021,ghost town operations will be history and that those that will continue to heed to calls from separatists to respect ghost towns will have themselves to blame. The Journalist who was driving the worries of The population as to what they think should be the best way out asked the Mayor. "Mr City Mayor,the population thinks that,the best way out of this i...

By Raymond Dingana The Cameroon Catholic University-CATUC has produced its first ever PhD holders in Health Economics after four candidates successfully defended their thesis over the weekend.  Mbacham Mercy Akwi Tah, -Monounde , Fomba Louisette, Kinga Bertila Mayin, Promise Aseh Munteh and Rev. Clement Kum Mih successfully defended their PhD thesis on Health Economics and Anthropology in the North West Region of Cameroon much to the jury’s appreciation . On Friday, December 11, Mbacham Mercy kicked off the exercises as she explored the Safety, Anti-proliferative activity and cost evaluation of medicinal plants against breast cancer in the NWR while candidate Fomba Louisette followed suit with the topic; the determinants of health and active aging: Evidence from Bamenda. The next day, Kinga Bertila Mayin conducted an Empirical investigation into the Socioeconomic Risk Factors of Obesity while Promise Aseh Munteh focused on Telemedicine and Human Resources for Health Crisis in ...

By Raymond Dingana During celebrations to mark the 2020 edition of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities ,Thursday, PWDs otherwise known as persons with special abilities, showcased various talents such as craft, racing, football by Amputees amongst others that took the population spellbound. This gesture of theirs revealed to the population that, no matter their disability, they can practically exhibit any activity they so desire to do with the potentials and skills they have. The Strategic Center for Communication, Peacebuilding and Sustainable Development CESCOMPSUD, joined other CSOs in Bamenda to celebrate the day at the CBC School Field under the theme “Not all Disabilities are Visible.”   According to Fon Dieudonne, CEO of Think Big and also one of the organizers, people with disabilities should be given the chance to do  what they desire. "We want to encourage those with impairments to join us to project their talents and show the world they can do great...

By Raymond Dingana Some school children in Bamenda were traumatized in the early hours of Thursday when uniform officers forced them down from a bike at gun point and asked them to trek to school. The children were with their father on a commercial bike when they were intercepted at Sonac Street. Talking to drayinfos,the father to the kids who asked to be identified only as Frank said,he tried in vain to explain: "I did all for the officers to understand that, i was only accompanying my kids to school. I was ignored but their guns were still pointed at my children. They were so frieghtened that, they started cryingout," Frank said.  He added that, the soldiers yelled at the kids and asked them to continue on foot. He further said, the kids had to trek for some distance inhaling dust. He asked if it is a ploy by the authorities to completely destroy what is left of the education sector in the town because according to him, all their efforts are affecting the education of thei...

 By Raymond Dingana In an effort to bring the media especially community media to assume its central role in Peace Building and the fight against Hate Speech in Cameroon, #defyhatenow organized a two day workshop for Community Media Broadcasters on Peace Building and the fight against hate speech, Friday and Saturday,November 27 and 28 in Bamenda. Community Media Practitioners And Their Resource Persons During The Capacity Building Come Together As stated by the trainer on Pidgin English Broadcasting and community Radio in Peace Building, Mr. Kolle George K. taking in to consideration the present socio political crisis rocking Cameroon particularly the North West and the South West Regions, there is need to empower journalists on their responsibility to the crisis. “Community journalists are on the ground, they know the terrain,  can say who is doing what and  can better source for resource persons on programs that are trusted by the communities. They have a central role ...

By Raymond Dingana The Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Cameroon Peoples Democratic Movement,CPDM has lashed out at members of the party whom he says take the political party to court.Jean Nkuete was speaking in Bamenda Wednesday December 02,2020 at Ayaba Hotel during a visit to encourage councillors ahead of Sunday's Regional Council Election. "I strongly condemned the attitude of some CPDM militants who have the habit of dragging the party to court,thus compromising the stability of the party there by causing the party to encure unnecessary expenses in court procedures, Jean Nkuete said. He warned that,those found guilty will see the heavy hands of the party falling on them as heavy sanctions await them. Jean NKuete And Other CPDM Militants At Ayaba Hotel He also called on the CPDM militants to reinforce their capacity to resist attacks from those he called terrorists by facilitating the process of participation by working in closed collaboration with the ad...