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By Raymond Dingana A police officer by name Garga Ali has been shot by armed men as he fought to prevent an act of robbery from taking place at Way Out Nkwen Park, Bamenda III Sub division, North West Region of Cameroon. This was when gun men stormed the area targeting a provision store where they brandished their weapons and demanded that, the shop owner should empty his coffers in to their bags. According to eye witness account, a man said to be  second grade inspector of Police whose only names we got as Garga is said to have grabbed the gun man to safe the situation. Onlookers Standing Where The Officer Was Shot. Garga, Police Officer Shot In Nkwen, North West Region Of Cameroon As he tried to wrestle the gun man to submission, another emerged from his hiding and rained bullets on the police officer. The sound of the gun caused commotion at the market as many could be seen running helter skelter. "They were in their numbers with about three bikes. After shooting at the man, t...

By Raymond Dingana Separatist fighters in Bali Nyonga, one of the focal points in the ongoing war in the restive North West and South West Regions of Cameroon have placed on a ban on the activities of the Presbyterian Church in Bali. They said, the ban will only be lifted after the resignation of PCC Moderator Rt. Rev. Fonki Samuel and the and Rev. Simon Voma. Voma was shot along with other Christians, including a woman by name Ma Grace Numvi, who died from the bullet wounds. Presbyterian Church Bali( Picture use for illustration) Grace Numvi was interred in Bali on Saturday, September 4, 2021 by Christians and other sympathisers including those who trekked from far away places out of Bali. PCC Christians bury Ma Grace In Bali The relative calm Bali was enjoying may just be heading for the rocks after an audio clip said to be from armed groups in that part of the region emerged with the speaker banning the activities of the PCC for "lies telling". "The PCC Moderator and ...

By Raymond Dingana The North West Regional chapter of the  Cameroon Journalists Trade Union,CJTU has assisted its members with didactic  material to ease back to school. The items comprising  ten books per pack, pens, pencils, rulers among others were received by all members of the union. The school material  worth  two hundred thousand francs were handed to CJTU members Saturday September 04, 2021 during an extra ordinary meeting of the trade union. NWR CJTU Family At The Handing Over Ceremony Handing over the items, the North West Chapter President of CJTU said, journalists in the region especially those in the private sector are facing a lot of challenges.  "The initiative was born  to support journalists who are facing a lot of challenges with some not even able to send their kids to school. We reached out to some elite and got a positive response from Minister Mbayu Felix.  Nji Ignatius said adding that,  "don't be surprise that, many will not be able to send kids t...

By Raymond Dingana Ambe Lum who was shot around the abdomen when the Cameroon Military raided what it described as one of the main camps of kidnappers in Mforya Bafut is finally up and kicking after  several days of intense treatment at the hospital. She was speaking Wednesday September 01, 2021 after recovering from the bullet wounds she sustained during a raid that left five kidnappers dead as indicated by the military. After spending 13 days at the 5th Region Military Hospital in Nkwen Bamenda, North West Region of Cameroon, Lum has finally regained her health and has left the hospital as she looks to kick on back with her life. Talking to drayinfos.com, she expressed gratitude for the proper treatment received as she now looks forward to return to school.  "I will like to go back to school. I was in lower sixth science. I am pleading that they should help me because I really love school,"  Lum who dropped out in Lower sixth said. Ambe Lum At The Hospital After Recoverin...

By Raymond Dingana A woman whose only name we got as Grace has been shot and killed at the Presbyterian Church in Ntafoang Square, Bali Nyonga of the North West Region of Cameroon, Sunday August 22, 2021. Reports say Christians were in church when heavily armed men dressed in military uniforms entered the church compound and opened fire.   Grace was shot in the neck and died on the spot. A pastor and many other Christians were shot and were rushed to a health facility for medical attention. We also gathered that, many have abandoned their homes and have taken rufuge in the bushes. An official statement from the church and the elite of Bali Nyonga is highly awaited. Archived Picture Of The Presbyterian Church Ntafoang In Bali www.drayinfos.com 237+676238865

By Raymond Dingana A man has been kidnapped by gun men at the Ghana street neighborhood in Nkwen, Bamenda 3 Sub Division of the restless North West Region of Cameroon. Fobi Nchinda Vincent was abducted in the evening hours of Saturday August 21,2021. Sources say, heavily armed men took him in his car to an unknown destination. Archived Picture of Ghana Street Used For Illustration Going by his names, many have been quick to say, h e comes from the same family as the former MP for Bamenda-Bali Constituency, Fobi Nchinda Simon. The recent case of kidnapping is coming days after Gen. Nka Valére of the Fifth Military Region in Bamenda said, the Cameroon military has killed five kidnappers at one of their main camps in Mforya Bafut, one of the epicenters of the ongoing Anglophone crisis. There has been no statement from the family as to whether the armed men have made any demands or not and what their motives are. www.drayinfos.com +237 676238865

By Raymond Dingana After a woman and two men were kidnapped in Ghana street about a forthnight ago, a wowan who witnessed the incident said the kidnappers will never live to enjoy all what they are making from kidnappings. Few weeks later, General Nka Valére of the 5th Joint Military Region told the press that, "a tip off from an informant has led to the killing of five kidnappers in their hideout in Mforya Bafut." Bafut is one of the epicenters of the armed conflict ongoing in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon. Some Of The Items Recovered At The Kidnappers Hospital Gen. Nka Valére And Other Top Military Officials At The Scene Of The Raid. The operation which led to the neutralization of the kidnappers took place on the night of Thursday August 19, 2021. The joint operation was made up of members of the Cameroon army, elements of the National Gendarmerie and the Police. Following a shootout between the kidnappers and the security forces , a certain Small Pep...

By Raymond Dingana There have been recurrent cases of kidnapping for ransom in Nkwen, Bamenda III Sub Division of the restive North West Region of Cameroon for some weeks now. Just this week, more than seven people have been kidnapped by armed men. The kidnappings have been very frequent, especially around Mobile Nkwen, where the kidnappers easily escape through Cow and Ghana Streets. The gunmen are always armed to the teeth and their actions well-coordinated. Their targets are mostly owners of provision stores and beer parlours under the pretext that, they sell drinks of a particularly brewery company. Three persons were abducted at a drinking spot at Ghana Street on Tuesday in broad day light. A day before the Ghana Street incident, there was another kidnaping case around Mile 3 Nkwen the previous day. "They came to a woman's bar at Ghana Street, took her and a customer. This is a woman who is like a mother to them being treated like that. She is a poor woman only struggling...

By Raymond Dingana Our second trip to Bali was what one would say was worse than the first. The first journey took us right to Bali but the second ended in a fiasco. The deafening gun shots with some sounding like bombs, the hide and seek that we had to play and the  bush path we did not even master to get back to town was one that would probably have taken our lives but then, we are alive today to recount what happened. It was on Wednesday August 10,2021 when a team of journalists made of four men and two women set out for another journey to Bali, a village situated about 19km from the town of Bamenda, chief town of the restive North West Region of Cameroon.  we wanted to see how things were unfolding weeks after the North West Administration and Separatist fighters placed a ban on the circulation of Motor Bikes and Vehicles. From every indication, things are rather getting worse. We began sensing danger at Hospital Round About when a driver told us that, vehicles were not moving beyo...

By Raymond Dingana A pregnant woman and a man have been killed by armed man in Nkwen, Bamenda III sub division on the night of  Saturday breaking sunday August 8,  2021. As narrated by an eye witness, the two men armed with locally frabicated guns stormed a drinking spot at the A2 street in Nkwen, Bamenda lll council area. "They asked the bar owner to follow them, an order he rejected but rather grabbed one of the attackers while calling for help", the eyewitness said. The pregnant wife we were told, could not stand aside and watch her husband being taken away. She pushed foward to grip the husband from the gunmen. The desperate move as well invited the concern and sympathy of the pregnant lady's brother in law. The bullet or bullets released by the armed men took the two of them out of life. Part Of The Dane Gun That Feel Off At The Scene The bar owner, for who's life the wife and brother in law paid the price also recieved a bullet but is presently receiving h...

By Raymond Dingana The reason for this journey was to have a first hand experience on how trekking on the 19km road from Bamenda to Bali looks like.  This is how many have been trekking for two weeks now following the ban on commercial bikes and vehicles by the North West Administration and Separatiat fighters respectively. When it first came to our notice that, people were covering the 19km road on foot, we thought it was fake news reason why we decided to go see things for ourselves. Our 19Km journey to Bali that started at about 8:30am, Tuesday August 3rd, 2021 began like a joke. The first one hour was cool making us feel like extending the trip to Batibo and beyond.  The fresh breeze from the hills of Naaka energized us as we embarked on the 19km journey. The road was void of vehicles and motor bikes. Just after the Naaka bridge, we met people of different ages trekking to Bali and others coming back, a clear indication that, they left very early. Men, women and children could be ...