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Transporters Announce Strike Action Due To Military, Amba Excesses In North West Of Cameroon

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Achieve Picture Of A Vehicle Attacked On The Bamenda-Ngoketunjia Road By Raymond Dingana  In the crisis-hit North West Region (NWR) of Cameroon, drivers and passengers often thank God for safe travels along the Bamenda-Ngoketunjia-Bui-Donga Mantung roads. This is due to the dangers that travelers face. Travelers risk being kidnapped by armed groups, extorted by military personnel, or even killed. Despite many security checkpoints along these roads, safety is still a major concern. This insecurity has led drivers along these routes to start a sit-down strike, set to begin on Tuesday, January 13, 2026. In a voice message sent to  drayinfos.com , drivers expressed frustration over accusations that they collaborate with gun carrying individuals, putting passengers at risk. "They say we take passengers and hand them over to be kidnapped or extorted, which isn't true because we suffer too,"  one driver stated. Announcing the strike, another driver representing colleagues voiced...

Press Freedom: Journalist Wawa Jackson Leaves Prison

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 Wawa Jackson Nfor, a Bamenda based journalist has left prison after spending close to three years behind bars at the Nkambe prison. He was arrested on his way back from the village and locked up about three years ago.He finally regained his freedom, Friday February 20,2021.  The last media organ, Wawa Jackson worked for was Abakwa Fm Radio in Bamenda. Wawa Jackson Nfor, After His Release According to Angela Quintal,a front line campaigner for press freedom in the world, " Wawa Jackson had spent close to three years in jail. His trail was riddled with due process violations and this continued to the very end. Today, he was expecting judgement but the charge was changed this morning. He was asked to plead and he pleaded not guilty. The trial continued and he was summarily convicted and sentenced to 2 years in prison. Since he had already served almost three years,he was released," Quintal said. She added that,there are still seven other journalists in jails in Cameroon. Journa...

Breaking News:Young Cameroonian MP, Hon Agho Oliver, Gets Elected Into the Executive Committee Of Parliamentarians For Global Action

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Hon.Agho Oliver(Middle) By Raymond Dingana  This exciting news comes after a highly contested election that took place on Wednesday October 30, 2024, at the Pakistani Institute for Parliamentary Services, where Hon. Agho Oliver of Cameroon, Hon. Sahar Albazar from Egypt, Hon. Amanza Walton-Desir from Guyana, Hon Dr. Mirzia Ikhtiar Baig from Pakistan, Hon. Fox Odoi-Oywelowo from Uganda , Hon Dr. Angela Brown-Burke from Jamaica, Hon. Bernard Georges from Seychelles and Hon Dr. GALYNA MYKHAILIUK from Ukrain became members of the international executive committee of  PGA. The election which came on the sidelines of the 45th annual forum and the 13th consultative general assembly of Parliamentarians on the International Criminal Court and the Rule of Law, hosted this year by the National Assembly of Pakistan, also saw the Cameroonian MP, Agho Oliver, taking active part in a panel discussion on future opportunities for international criminal justice and a round table discussion on t...

Inside NWR: Read Latest News From The Northwest Region of Cameroon

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By Raymond Dingana Anglophone Crisis Victim Cries For Help Mbah Roland says he was shot by Cameroon Soldiers in an Armored car last October 8, 2021 at Mbengwi Road Mbah Roland, Victim Of Anglophone Crisis Now With One Leg After He Was Shot I had just closed from work as a commercial biker and was heading home to my family when the soldiers rained bullets on me, recounts Mbah. He lost a leg as a result and since then has not been able to take care of his family. I am begging on perons of goodwill to help me even if it means just educating my children. I have spent all what I ever made since I started working. Commercial bikers Decry Police Harressment Commercial bike riders in Bamenda have continued to lament over what they say is police harassment on a daily basis. The say the police would hid in people's shops and jump out when bikes are passing and start asking for money, Elements of the third district police station at ringway street in Bamenda held my bike and forced me to give...

Bamenda: Suspect Behind Desecration Of Grave Reconstitutes Act, Says Why He Did It

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  Suspect Reconstituting Act At All Saints Bayele Church Cemetry By Raymond Dingana 11:40 am, Commissioner of Judicial Police Bamenda  Tahr Ako Agbor Ambang   leads security officials    alongside 35-year-old Toh Peter, suspect behind the defilement of a grave at All Saints Bayelle Cemetery Nkwen, North West Region of Cameroon. The mission is for Toh to reconstitute what he did on the night of April 15, 2023 at the cemetery where he dug a grave and harvested human bones with the aim of making fast cash.  At the cemetery Saturday April 21,2023, Toh is uncuffed, handed the same tools he used to dig out the dead body. He starts by removing the crosses, and then uses his foot to apply pressure on the spade and pouring the soil while explaining how it all went. I left my house at new layout and got here by 11:pm.I finished by 4: am and waited and only left at 5: am. I chose this particular grave because it was far away from the lighting system of the area and no...

US Embassy-CAMASEJ Investigative Journalism Workshop Equips Journalists For Task Ahead

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Family Photo Taken At The Workshop In Douala  By Raymond Dingana  A two-day workshop on Investigative Journalism was recently held in Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon. The workshop, organized by the United States Embassy in Cameroon and the Cameroon Association of English Speaking Journalists (CAMASEJ), aimed to strengthen the skills of  journalists practicing in the country.  Participants expressed their readiness to delve deeper into investigative reporting and deliver better stories after acquiring new knowledge and skills. The workshop brought together journalists from various regions of Cameroon, including the North West, South West, Center, Littoral, South, and West. Renowned experts in the field, such as Franklin Sone Bayen, Prof Rosemary Shafack, Pierre Le Grand Nka, Armelle Sitchoma, and Amindeh Blaise Atabong, shared their insights and expertise with the participants. Bamba Séne, Professional Associate At The United States Embassy in Cameroon Bamba ...

Inside North West Region On DrayInfos, SEASON FIVE.

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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...