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By Raymond Dingana in Bamenda. Some traditional authorities drown from communities across the North West Region of Cameroon have gained skills on how to promote Peace, access to justice, social cohesion, public participation and leadership. This was in a two day training program for traditional authorities organized by the Center for Human Right and Peace Advocacy, CHRAPA. During the training program that ran from the 18 th to the 19 th day of October 2019 at the conference room of Mondial Hotel in Bamenda, Traditional Authorities were trained on how to Promote Peace, Social Cohesion, Access to Justice and Public Participation and Leadership. The training program also gave the traditional authorities the opportunity to gain knowledge on Conflict Resolution and management, Rights and Duties of individuals to the community, what the law says about Land Issues, Marriage and Divorce, Inheritance and WILL writing. “ We have learnt so much about peace, we have had a lot of legal ad

By Raymond Dingana in Bamenda. Some Internally Displaced Persons in Bamenda have lashed out at those in charge of the distribution of Humanitarian Aid to IDPs for giving them Blankets without Mattresses to sleep on. During the distribution exercise, the first after the Major National Dialogue in an event that took place at the esplanade of the NW Governor’s office, Friday October 11, 2019, the IDPs asked the question as to whether they should continue sleeping on bare floor and cover the blankets. Even when the Governor of the NWR, Adolph Lele L’afrique was addressing the closed to four hundred beneficiaries, they could be heard shouting saying they need mattresses. “ We are six of us in the house and I am a patient. I left the hospital just to come and collect the humanitarian aid. I am so disappointed because, what actually brought me here was the mattress. This is because; I don’t have a mattress to sleep on with my children” . An internally displaced mother from Ndop lam

By Raymond Dingana in Bamenda. During activities to celebrate the 2019 edition of the International Day of the Girl Child by Plan International, Saturday October 12, 2019 in Mulang, Bamenda II Sub Division of the North West Region of Cameroon, the children underscored the need for Parents, Guardians and the Powers that be to ensure that, all barriers limiting the Girl Child in the community are pulled down. The children also used the day to frown at those who prefer to empower only the Male Child there by relegating the Girl child to the background saying, what a Male Child can do, a Girl Child can do and even better.  Celebrated with the theme ; Girl Force: Unscripted, Unstoppable, Empowering Girls For A Better Tomorrow, Plan International is at the forefront saying No to Rape, Child Marriages ,Female Genital Mutilation ,Breast Ironing among others and Yes to Empowering the Girl Child for a better tomorrow. In other to make this happen, Plan International has created more

By Dingana Raymond. The governor of the North West Region of Cameroon, Adolph LeLe L’afrique has called on private investors to invest in the Arts and Culture sector in order to harness the cultural potential of the region, an amazing tool for the development of communities, the region and the country as a whole. Adolph LeLe L’afrique was speaking Tuesday October 8, 2019 during the opening ceremony of the 2019 re-launch of the Artistic and Cultural Season at Up Station Bamenda where he also said, culture is a unifying factor. The cultural fiesta which is being observed with the theme : Contribution Of Arts And Culture Sub-Section In The Constant Consolidation Of Unity, Peace And Harmonious Living Together For An Emergent Cameroon , the re-launch came at a time when, the current socio-political crisis in the region has dealt a heavy blow to the cultural life of the people especially in the Arts and Culture domain.                                                                  

By Raymond Dingana. One of those who flew to Cameroon from Germany to attend the Major National Dialogue that took place in Yaounde-Cameroon has been arrested by security officials in Yaounde. Though the circumstance surrounding his arrest is still not clear, sources DrayInfos could not independently confirm, indicated that, Paddy Asanga as he is popularly called fell in the hands of security officials for allegedly taking pictures at the Kondengui Maximum Security Prison Tuesday October 08, 2019. Sources say, Paddy Asanga was visiting the prison when he decided to take pictures not knowing taking pictures without authorization was prohibited. Paddy Asanga is a Federalist based in Germany, a militant of the Social Democratic Front Political Party, the SDF. This explains why, the SDF party in Berlin Wednesday issued a press release calling for his immediate release: “The Executive Committee of the SDF in Germany met in an urgently meeting in Berlin this day to demand the Immedia

By Raymond Dingana in Bamenda. The North West Regional Delegate for Secondary Education, Mr. Ngwang Roland Yuven says, insecurity has caused some teachers to start behaving like the Biblical Peter who denied Jesus Christ. While addressing those who turned out to celebrate the 26 th edition of World Teachers Day, Saturday October 05 th , 2019 at the esplanade of the Regional Delegation of Secondary Education, Mr. Ngwang Roland Yuven said, some teachers have denied being teachers just like Simon Peter denied Christ in the Bible. Celebrated with the theme: “Young Teachers ” , The Future of The Teaching Profession, the day was celebrated at a time teachers in the region are faced with a lot of challenges especially in the area of security. He said despite the fact that the academic year is still very young, some teachers, schools and school children have been attacked pointing out the case of a form two student who has already spent two weeks with his kidnappers calling on the teache

By Raymond Dingana. Reports from Bali Nyonga, a village in Mezam Division of the North West Region of Cameroon say, many have sought  refuge in bushes following military raids on the village, Friday October 04, 2019. Sources in Bali have told  DrayInfos  that, closed to nineteen armored cars and one caterpillar invaded Bali thereby triggering a serious fight between Pro Independence fighters in Bali and the Cameroon military. “They passed at Ntafoang Squares in Bali Nyonga and shot one civilian. Two pro independence fighters were also killed. One was first shot and as he colleagues went to carry the body, the second one was shot. The military also recorded casualties but it was difficult to lay hands on the exact figure.  A nephew of mine in the core says four soldiers lost their lives though I have not been able to confirm” .  This driver told  DrayInfos . At press time, the corpses were still lying there. Nico is a driver on the Bamenda-Bali-Batibo road; he insinuated that,

By Raymond Dingana. Reports from Bali Nyonga, a village in Mezam Division of the North West Region of Cameroon say, many have sought  refuge in bushes following military raids on the village, Friday October 04, 2019. Sources in Bali have told DrayInfos that, closed to nineteen armored cars and one caterpillar invaded Bali thereby triggering a serious fight between Pro Independence fighters in Bali and the Cameroon military. “They passed at Ntafoang Squares in Bali Nyonga and shot one civilian. Two pro independence fighters were also killed. One was first shot and as he colleagues went to carry the body, the second one was shot. The military also recorded casualties but it was difficult to lay hands on the exact figure.  A nephew of mine in the core says four soldiers lost their lives though I have not been able to confirm” . This driver told DrayInfos . At press time, the corpses were still lying there. Nico is a driver on the Bamenda-Bali-Batibo road; he insinuated that, t

By Raymond Dingana. During the recent distribution of Humanitarian Aids to Internally Displaced Persons at the esplanade of the NW governor’s office  by the Bamenda Regional Center for Humanitarian Assistance, many IDPs called on government to ensure that, peace returns saying food is not really what they need but Peace. Though they appreciated and thanked government for trying to see in to it that, they live a normal life, they called on government to embrace the path to peace so that, they can return to their communities and that food is not really what they are in need of. This lady is an internally displaced person from Njikwa. She says she and her family came to Bamenda after their house was razed to the ground. Hear her : “We escaped to Bamenda from Njikwa when this crisis started after our house was set ablaze. We are very happy for what government has given us but we are begging government to do all for peace to return because we are really suffering here in Bamenda. W

By Raymond Dingana. A book titled Life’s Battle Lessons, a book that is all about life’s challenges and how to go about them has been launched. The launching ceremony took place Sunday September 29 th , 2019 at the Saint John Bosco Youth Center, Big Mankon Cathedral. During the launching ceremony, the author, Tosah Francis Tiifu said : “ In most communities and families, young people are going astray because of parental neglect. To succeed in life, young people need to be aided. They need support from their parents, be it mentally or physically to excel in their various Commit ments ” . While quoting a passage in the book, Tosah Francis Tiifu said, youths live reactive lives based on what happens to them rather than proactive lives based on values they possess: “ They live their lives by ‘Accident’ rather than on ‘purpose’. Looking at these challenges, the puzzle is, how can we eradicate these contemporary challenges? Amidst all these trouble and pain, should we run away or

By Raymond Dingana. The leader of the Now Movement, Barrister Akere Muna has in a Statement On The Major National Dialogue dated 01 October 2019 [picture below ] add more flesh to the reason why he decided to suspend his participation in the event. He says, he suspended his participation in the ongoing dialogue as it became painfully clear that, they needed Spectators and not Participants. Hear him: “The unfolding of the events of the first day of the Major National Dialogue revealed that, everything was carefully stage managed and produced from a script from which the organizers could not stray . From what is saw, it became painfully clear that, they needed Spectators and not Participants”. On the topics to be handled on the dialogue table, Barrister Akere Muna laments that, certain topics were absent: “Worse still, certain topics such as the form of the state, and the situation of political and economic prisoners which are important in the current context have simple been