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  By Raymond Dingana The unheard voices of the Anglophone War in Cameroon have been compiled in a book titled: In The Eye Of The Storm, Between The Devil And Deep Blue Sea. The book which has been described by many as 'Tear Provocking' was launched in Bamenda, Friday March 31,2023. Produced by the Center For Human Right and Democracy in Africa CHRDA,  Buea based Rights Organization that has been documenting cases of Human Rights violations in the context of the Anglophone armed conflict,the book aims to tell the story of sufferers of the crisis who have gone through all forms of inhumane treatments. The Executive Director of CHRDA, Dr.Fokum Violet while launching the book said it tells the story of victims of the Anglophone Crisis that have never been heard before,  The book echoes the voices of those whose stories have not been heard in the Anglophone Crisis. The book reverberates the experiences of those who have actually been assaulted in the Anglophone Crisis.All the ...

  Family Photo With CAWOPEM And Female Survivors In Kedjom Keku (Big Babanki) By Raymond Dingana  It was a huge smile that suddenly appeared on the faces of survivors of the recent separatists cruelty on women in Kedjom Keku (Big Babanki), when members of the Cameroon Women Peace Movement, CAWOPEM arrived the crisis hit village in the North West Region of Cameroon. The atmosphere in Kedjom Keku was not as it were before the recent happenings that saw a huge number of soldiers deployed to the village after the women were molested by armed men. Many have fled, explaining the scanty nature of the village. Members of CAWOPEM were there to provide Medical and Psychosocial Support to those they christened, Mothers of Big Babanki. At the village community hall in the Fon's Palace, they were exposed to talking therapy, giving them an opportunity to express how they felt during and after what they went through. This exercise was managed by Boyo Maurine, a Counselor who said it was a he...

Uniform officers tell cab drivers to pick up arms and face them. Questions have continued to be raised as to the identity of those behind the attacked on Mitanyen Credit Union How young men bail them selves with 40000FCFA after they were accused of supplying weapons to separatist fighters. Population of Bafut in pain as main road is blocked. Anglophone crisis on the neck of the rice sector in the NWR. By Raymond Dingana. Human Rights Abuse: Buy Your Guns Let’s Fight-Uniform Officer Tells Cab Drivers A  police officer working in one of the police stations in Bamenda is said to have asked Cab Drivers at Veterinary Junction in Bamenda to buy guns and face them if they are angry with the police force. Talking to DrayInfos, James, not his real names said, it started when the police officer used his gun and shattered the driving mirror of his colleague. “ A cab driver was stopped by a police officer at veterinary junction in Bamenda and just when he was pulling o...

  By Raymond Dingana P oliticians from the English speaking regions of Cameroon, have come under fire from the population for being the reason why Cameroonians continue to die in the NW/SW regions. According to a school of thought, the politicians are sleeping on the solutions to the crisis rocking the North West and South West Regions of the country, because of greed, and the lack of love for those whose interests they are bound to protect. To them, these politicians have failed woefully to protect the lives of their people as the war is not showing any signs of ending anytime soon. Bodies Of Four Boys Killed In Bamenda. Evangelist Frank told DrayInfos that, politicians have all relocated to safer areas abandoning their people to perish.... “The unfortunate thing is that, politicians are very comfortable with the many deaths. Look at the number of Cameroonians that have died just in September, they will never come back, families and friends are weeping, paren...

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 ...

 By Raymond Dingana Armed Conflict in NW/SW: Use of Explosive Device on the Increase T he ongoing armed conflict in the North West Region has taken a new dimension. The use of improvised explosives is the order of the day. Armed men have recorded and dropped online, videos of them blowing off military vehicles followed by heavy gun shots. Videos have emerged from Bui, Mezam especially in Bafut and many other places of military vehicles hit by the explosives. Conflict analysts have described this stage of the crisis as one of the most deadly given that, the explosive  devices continue to enter in to a more sophisticated level as the crisis persist. Showing One Of The Explosions In Bafut Woman Wrestles Suspected Kidnapper in Nkwen, Bamenda T wo suspected kidnappers recently met their doom thanks to what many have described as 'the bravery of a woman.’ It is reported that, in the evening hours of Wednesday April 22, 2021, two armed men stor...

  By Raymond Dingana Ever since the the Anglophone Crisis metamorphosed in to a deadly arm conflict, one of it's biggest casualties has been the education sector. This explains why year year out, Non governmental organizations have not only been crusading for the rights to education to be respected by all, they have also be supporting learners with back to school needs. This was the case in Nsoh Bafut where Smile Educational Foundation (SEF) put smiles on the faces of learners and parents with school material.  English, Arithmetic and French textbooks, exercise books, school bags, pens, pencils, rulers, just to name but these were handed to over 100 school children, Saturday September 2,2023 in Nsoh Bafut. Smile Educational Foundation also facilitated the teaching process of four schools by donating didactics, Food stuff to energize the children as they go to school was also donated. First Deputy Mayor Bafut Council, Mariam Lum Chesi Handing Over Didactics To Schools The benef...