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  By Raymond Dingana A three-day workshop organized by # Defyhatenow in partnership with Africa Knowledge and Policy Center -AKPC under the theme: Catalysing Media for Peace and Justice in Cameroon has come to end. The capacity building was focused on training journalists on Conflict Sensitive Reporting. The over twenty media practitioners from the North West Region of Cameroon that answered present in Bafoussam, from the 08-10 October 2020 were made to understand that, their role in Peace Building cannot be ignored. As indicated by the main resource person, Eugene N.Nforngwa of AKPC, the media can be a filter of hate speech: “ In spite of the fact that, hate speech is such a big deal, media can actually become a filter to hate speeches from the society either by completely cutting them out from their reporting and also taking active steps in correcting misperceptions of other groups based on their identities such as religion, ethnicity and otherwise, ”       Eugene Nforngwa said

By Raymond Dingana The mayor of the Bamenda II Council, Peter Chenwi has frowned at school authorities that have taken upon themselves to increase school fees despite the hardship parents are experiencing as a result of the persisting Anglophone crisis and other challenges. Speaking at the Epic Center , Saturday October 03, 2020 during an event to hand over didactic material to hundreds of children in the school going age bracket, the mayor said, owners of private schools cannot be increasing school fees when the economy of the area is witnessing a downtrend warning them that, their schools may be shut down: “ There was a meeting to that effect because authorities cannot be increasing school fees when people are dying, the economy is on the downtrend and school authorities are increasing fees. We have to call those proprietors to order, if they are not stop, then we will sign out their schools ,” Mayor Chenwi warned. Bamenda II Mayor, Chenwi Peter Donating School Needs To Person

  By Raymond Dingana Inhabitants of Sisia I Nkwen, Bamenda  have expressed shock over the pronouncement of the City Mayor asking them to either move out of the risk zones in that neighborhood within 24hours or stay there and move to their graves. The city mayor made the declaration after a landslide occurred leaving an eight year old dead last Tuesday September 29, 2020 at about 7PM. Collapsed Building At Sisia I. “So they either chose to move out of here or stay and move to their graves. Where the people are moving to and where they are not moving to should not be an issue now because the only other place to move to is the grave. We  the authorities in charge don’t want anybody to move to the grave reasons why, we are given them 24hours to move elsewhere because the heavy rains may come back and bury them and that is not one of our options”,   Mayor Achobong indicates.  Reacting to the outing of the city mayor, Ndip Theo, a denizen of Sisia says, such words from authorities especi

  By Raymond Dingana “ My dear brothers and sisters, I sincerely appeal to you today, to look for a place in your hearts to forgive those who committed these atrocities on you people directly or indirectly in one way or the other. My dear people, the only way we can find mercy is when we respond to Jesus’ instructions in the Bible in Our Lord’s Prayer when he said, father forgive us as we also forgive those who have trespassed against us. So I appeal to you to forgive in order to be forgiven. ”           Those were the words of the Hon. Member of Parliament for Bafut-Tubah Constituency during the handing over ceremony of school bags containing Exercise books, Pens, Pencils, Rulers, Face masks and many others to children of school going age from the four villages that make up Tubah Sub Division, Sunday September 27, 2020 at the esplanade of the office of the Divisional Officer. Hon Agho Oliver Handing School Needs To Children In Tubah In Preparation For Back To School. The Hon Mem

By  Raymond Dingana “ One of the problems we are already facing is the fact that, we are witnessing a hike in cost of transportation  because cab drivers have increased transport fare per drop in Bamenda  . It is double expenditure when a person with disability like me is forced to pay a cab to drop him at a certain location before boarding a bike in to the quarters. Where will the money come from , ? Bikes were dropping us at our door steeps or directly to our destination because of our disabilities." These were the reactions of the General Coordinator of the Association of Persons with Disabilities, CUAP WD in the North West Region of Cameroon after a decision to restrict the circulation of bikes in the urban centers was signed by the authorities of the North West region. He further said, the challenges brought to bear on them by the restriction have further been compounded by a counter ban from those he says are other stake holders in the armed conflict rocking the two Engl

  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, parents a

  Two civilians, one Police Officer Killed in Bafut. Numerous Security Checks Milking Bamenda Denizens Dry. Bamenda Witnessing Hike in Transport Fare As Bikes Are Restricted. Bamenda Populace Awaits Buses Promised By City Council. Mourners Wounded In Ghastly Accident Babanki. Road Accident leaves one seriously wounded.   By Raymond Dingana Anglophone Crisis: Two civilians, one Police Officer Killed in Bafut S hock and consternation is still the order of the day in Bafut following the shooting to death of two civilians by those eye witnesses say were elements of the Cameroon military. According to sources from Obang, a locality in lower Bafut where the two were killed, Valentine and another man popularly known as Benzema died on the spot. Family members could be seen rolling in the mud in pain crying and asking how humans could take the lives of others like they were birds. This came after a police officer was killed at a checkpoint at around mile 1