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By Raymond Dingana Two Explosions Rock Bamenda Two locally made exlosive device have gone off at the Azere New Church neighborhood in Bamenda. The sound was so loud that it was heard from far away Nkwen. We are yet to get information as to whether any one was wounded or not. The Scene Of Wednesday Explosion At Azere New Church This month of January has recorded more than seven explosions already. Snake Bites Electrician On An Electricity Pole An electrician whose name we got as Clinton is battling for his life in a hospital after he was bitten by a snake on an electricity pole, Monday. Reports say the snake may have come from a pear tree closed to the pole Clinton was working on. Remains Of Slain Youths Paraded In The Streets Of Bamenda The remains of some of the boys killed at the Meta quarter neighborhood in Bamenda have been taken to the streets by loved ones.  Photo Credit: Neba Marcus The remains were removed from the Bamenda Regional Hospital Mortuary,Tuesday and Wednesday resp

By Raymond Dingana  The population of Bamenda in the North West Region of Cameroon have expressed the wish to see the bottom-top appraoch of operating by the Regional Council. They were speaking to DrayInfos after the installation of the pioneer executive of the regional council, Saturday January 23. They say, the region is facing a number of challenges that need the undivided attention of the council.  Genuine dialogue to pave the way for sustainable peace, road infrastructure, water and energy among others are some of the areas they pointed out. "They should work for the people and not themselves. They should not impose on us,rather,they should asked us what are needs are and work to satisfy them."Tumi Romaric said. According to Ngum Nestor,  a trader based in wum, the regional council should start thinking of convincing government to think about a genuine dialogue for long lasting peace to reign. "If they fail in this area,they may just be making their work difficult

By Raymond Dingana A video has image online showing women being tortured and molested by armed men suspcted to be fighters fighting to create a state of their own which they called Ambazonia. According to the voices in the video,whose authenticity and the location it was shot have not been indipendently confirmed by drayinfos, the women were accused of dating security officials. The women are seen siting naked and being interogated by the boys. One of the boys is heard in the video asking for pepper to use on the women's private part. It is not clear what may have  happened to the women after the video. The video has received wide spread condemnation from far and wide. Some are asking if those treating them in that manner have mothers or were actually brought to this world by women. It should be noted that, women have suffered what have been described by human rights defenders as gruesome acts pepetrated on them by all the sides in the ongoing war in the North West and South West r

The boys were killed by those eye witnesses say were men dressed in military fatigues similar to that of the Cameroon army Saturday January 23,2021. They were killed barely a day after the president of the North West Regional Council,Prof.Fru Angwafor said,they shall be no waste of lives and property in the region anymore. A Bird View Of Bamenda Town From Up Station Nadine Lum, a trader at the Bamenda food market said, it all started when some men she could not identify on-board a hilux vehicle drove passed T-Junction shooting in the air. "After the shootings, the men in military uniforms arrived the scene,went towards meta quarters owhere they met these four friends in an abandoned building.They boys were called and the came not knowing that was going to be their end as they were all shot dead. I hear they were consuming marijwana reason why they were killed." she said. We are also gathering on the ground that,the four were gunned down in an abandoned building and the bodi

 By Raymond Dingana Photo Credit: Cameroon Infotrend:Debris From The Explosion. Bamenda and Mbengwi  are the latest to have been hit by  Improvised Explosive Device, Tuesday January 19,2021, a day after the Minister of Territorial Administration said, President Paul Biya has won the war against Separatist fighters. In the town of Bamenda, a lady who deals in animal feed and her daughter were wounded when a locally made explosive went off around T-junction Tuesday afternoon. The debris from the exlosive had trappings that, the Cameroon military has linked to separatist's activities in the past. Both were rushed to the hospital for medical attention. Properties including those that belonged to the wounded lady were destroyed when the device went off. Not even the pork vendor's business site where the device was planted was spared as it also suffered some damages. The blast was so heavy that, other business places including beer parlors could not escape the shock causing many to r

 By Raymond Dingana The minister of Territorial Administration has saluted the fruitfulness of what he describes as  President Paul Biya's call for separatist fighters to drop their weapons and abandon the bushes. He pointed out that,many separatist fighters have continued to lay down their weapons and are having a new life at the Centre for Disarmament,Dimobilization and Reintegration-DDR. He also indicated that, five separatist fighters handed their weapons to a village head at about 10:30pm on monday. The identity and  name of the village were never disclosed.  " The fighters handed their weapons to their fon at about 10:30 Pm on the night of Monday after the security meeting we had. The weapons are very dangerous and have been used to terrorise the villagers. They will be taking to the DDR Centre where they will be taken care of."  MINAT boss said. Weapons Handed Over By Separatist Fighters As Indicated By Minister Atanga Nji Paul Handing over the five old dane guns t

By Raymond Dingana The National Coordinator of the Cameroon Community Media Network, CCMN, Rosaline Obah has in a training at the Head Office of the Guardian Post newspaper in Yaounde, polished the skills of the staff of the Newspaper on Peace and Responsible Reporting. The training was done recently under the patronage of the publisher, Kristian Ngah in the context of the ongoing armed conflict rocking the two English speaking regions of Cameroon hosting the majority of its readers. Arming the Guardian Post journalists with the necessary tools as far as Peace and Responsible Reporting is concerned, Rosaline Obah said, they should embrace responsible reporting on the crisis especially now that, deadly confrontations between government forces and pro independent fighters rages on. Journalists At The Guardian Post After The Training On Peace Journalism By CCMN's Rosaline Obah She pointed out that, their works should be solution-oriented articulate the impact of the conflict on the s

 By Raymond Dingana Petra Nji died as a result of a road accident on the Tiko-Douala road Monday 11 January 2021. Sources say,she and her fiance' were traveling to Douala to shop for their upcoming wedding that was supposed to take place on the 15 and16 of January. She was a first year student of Biaka University in Buea. The accident left others injured. R.I.P. drayinfos. Photo Credit: A.A

 By Raymond Dingana The Divisional Delegate of Communication for Momo and four soldiers are the latest youths to have been sent to early graves by what many have described as a senseless war raging on in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon. Madam Rebecca  Jeme Liwusi and the four soldiers met their demise when suspected separatist fighters in Njikwa hit the  vehicle they were on board with Improvised Explosive Device IEDs returning from Ngie, Tuesday night. those that were wounded when about three of the vehicles were torched include, the former Divisional Officer for Andek, the chief protocol officer at the Momo SDO's office and an undisclosed number of soldiers. Becky,When She Was Still Alive. According to Reports, the convoy was that of the Senior Divisional Officer for Momo on its way back from  installing the newly appointed Divisional Officers for Ngie and Njikwa, Harra Amatangana Maxim and Benjamin Belinga respectively. This latest and painful deaths as indicat

By Raymond Dingana The President of the Nigerian Union in Bamenda, Prince Otobong Ituen has said he has put last month’s attempt on his life behind him and forgiven his attackers. Prince Otobong Ituen is just recovering from his hospital bed after he was attacked on November 18 by unidentified armed men. Recalling the incident recently during a thanksgiving service at the Church of Christ in Bamenda, Prince Otobong said he was saved thanks to the grace of God. He stressed he had long put the incident behind him and asked God to forgive all those who made an attempt on his life. “Christ teaches us to forgive against those that trespass against us. In as much as we live on this earth, people must trespass against us. I have already prayed God to forgive them and not to punish them;” Prince Otobong said as he called on his attackers to repent. Nigerian Union President in Bamenda, Prince Otobong Ituen during thanks given service He also used the occasion to caution his compatriots against

By Raymond Dingana The Mayor of the Bamenda City Council, Paul Achobang has described a journalist working for Abakwa FM Radio as not being  normal  when he sought to know from him why Mayors, Members of parliament and others find it difficult to press for another dialogue to end the war in the two restive regions of the country. This was during one of his campaigns to end ghost town operations in Bamenda that took place recently at the Commercial Avenue Grandstand which he said was also in solidarity with those that have suffered losses as a result of the Anglophone Crisis.  The question came when the mayor said from 2021,ghost town operations will be history and that those that will continue to heed to calls from separatists to respect ghost towns will have themselves to blame. The Journalist who was driving the worries of The population as to what they think should be the best way out asked the Mayor. "Mr City Mayor,the population thinks that,the best way out of this is through