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Bamenda: Car Owners Stranded As Gasoline Pumps Run Dry

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Empty Containers At A Filling Station At Veterinary Junction Waiting To Get Fuel By Raymond Dingana Car owners in Bamenda, chief town of the North West Region of Cameroon have been criss-crossing the town searching for gasoline as the number of those in need of the product outnumbers the quantity. As early as 7:am, Saturday August 6,2022, a filling station a Veterinary Junction in Bamenda was chock-full of many who cued up just to acquire the liquid gold. Vehicles Waiting To Get Their Tanks Filled With Fuel Those who could not drive their cars to the gas station because the tanks have gone dry had to carry containers from one part of the town to the other just as they used to do in the dry season when the water crisis is always at it's apex. Empty Containers At A Filling Station At Veterinary Junction In Bamenda Waiting To Be Filled With Gas oil There were not in search of water but diesel fuel to feed the tanks of their vehicles in order to be able to circulate. At the petrol stat

Major National Dialogue Recommendations: Follow-up Committee Appreciates Implementation Level

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Family Photo Of PM And Follow-Up Committee Members After The Meeting In Yaounde By Raymond Dingana Members of the Follow-up committee of the implementation of the resolutions of the Major National Dialogue have saluted the gradual return to peace in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon. Meeting at the star building, August 4, 2022 to take stalk of the progress made as far as the implementation of the recommendations of the Dialogue are concerned, 3 years after the major National Dialogue, the members all testified that despites all the odds, peace, love and harmony is returning to these regions hit by the crisis for close to six years today. Prime Minister Dion Ngute Chairing The Follow-up Committee Meeting Chairingthe follow-up committee meeting, the Prime minister and head of Government Chief Dr. Joseph Dion Ngute in his address buttressed on the various areas that progress has been made since the holding of the Major national dialogue, highlighting that there are still

Inside North West Region: Latest News from The Region, Season 13

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Compiled By Raymond Dingana   Anglophone Crisis: Government Forces Pounce On Armed Men In North West Region Government forces in the North West Region of Cameroon say they have scored big against suspected separatist fighters in the region. More than 10 were killed over the weekend, a source in the military said backing it with images he said are from Baribo. Two were neutralized in Bambui in the early hours of Sunday July 31,2022. Thanks to a placard placed behind their corpses at the Bambui four corners in Tubah Sub Division where they were dumped, we could get their names as Gen. Rasta and Col. John. It was the same fate about ten others suffered in Ewai village Batibo. They were killed and about ten weapons and a good number of ammunitions recovered. We also gathered that the  fighters were killed in seriouse battles when government forces launched an offensive on one of their camps in that part of the region. We have not been able to confirm reports from the non state armed

Reaping the Fruits of Motherhood: Ambe Mac. Inspires a generation.

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Ambe And Mother After He Made The Announcement By Raymond Dingana The Apex of son to mother's love has been exhibited in Nkwen Bamenda, North West Region of Cameroon by Ambe Macmillian Awa, Sunday July 31,2022. In an event meant to house-warm his newly constructed bungalow, little did anyone suspect the keys of this house were to be handed to his beloved mother.  A sophisticated 3 bedroom modern self-contained apartment now belongs to Mami Azah Victorine, Ambe Macmillian's mother. As emotional as the moment proved, in few words, Ambe makes the August announcement telling the guests that there are some "duties" that can never be repaid.  At this juncture, eyes were wide opened, hearts beating and the surprise look on every face was revealing of the unprecedented jesture. Yes, no one was willing  to wait another second before the less than 10 seconds  speech came to an end. When he finally landed with the words saying the property was actually his mother's, Mami Aza

N W Regional Assembly: Dr. Bamnjo Says Honesty, Others Needed To Achieve Peace

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Dr. Mbamnjo Herman, Conflict Resolution Expert Speaking To The Media At The NWRA Ordinary Session By Raymond Dingana Conflict Resolution expert, Dr.Bamnjo Herman has challenged members of the North West Regional Assembly (NWRA) and other stakeholders to be truthful to themselves if they are serious in re-activating peace in the region. Taking in to consideration the fact that the June Ordinary Session of the NWRA is taking place with the theme Conciliation, Conflict Resolution, Mediation, Peace Building and Developement, Dr. Bamnjo stipulated that truthfulness should be the watchword, We need to keep our promises, we need to be truthful. If you promise the people roads, water, electricity among others, make sure they are provided. The people are fed up with our  unworkable promises, can we now go down to the field and be truthful to ourselves and say yes we can achieve peace? Conflicts escalate in the society because resources are not equitable distributed, Dr. Bamnjo asked. The expe

North West Regional Assembly: Fru Angwafo III Prescribes Bottom-Top Approach To Achieve Growth

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Fru Angwafo III, President NW Regional Assembly By Raymond Dingana The President of the North West Regional Assembly, Fru Angwafo III has prescribed the Bottom- Top approach to local developement as a way forward for the developement of the North West Region. He says the projects to be executed will come from the grassroot populations through their representatives and not from the top as the case has always been. Members Of The Regional Assembly In Session He was speaking Tuesday July 26,2022 during the July Ordinary Session of the Regional Assembly currently meeting in the conference room of the Assembly in Bamenda, The Communities will identify their needed and priotized projects and the Regional Assembly through its Regional Councilors will support these projects. It is a bottom-up appraoch that is the order of the day meaning we will not be the ones deciding for them , he pointed out. He also expressed the wish to see all stakeholders to do all in their power in order to win back p

North West Regional Assembly: Hon.Ujambeng Explains Role Of Members In Conflict Resolution

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  Hon.Ujambeng Stephen, Representative For Momo Division By Raymond Dingana The Regional Representative for Momo Division, Northwest Region of Cameroon has disclosed some of the areas where they can capitalize on to cause peace return to the region. Hon. Ujambeng Stephen spoke to drayinfos.com Tuesday July 26,2022 during the June session of the Northwest Regional Assembly currently taking place in Bamenda. Some are in to petit trading, poultry farming, piggery, fisheries, among others. We can encourage them at those levels to better their lives. The people also need farm to market roads for easy evacuation of their crops from the farms to the markets among others,  Hon.Ujembeng said. He further explained that though they really want to serve their communities, the means is not there, Our people are suffering, yet we don't even have the means to help them. Medicine stores don't have medication, we can't even afford to help, we don't even have the power to stand and talk

Bamenda: Kum Henry Transforming DDR To Production Center

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NW Regional Coordinator Of DDR Receiving The Day Old Chicks From CDENO By Raymond Dingana The Regional Coordinator of the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Center (DDR) Bamenda says making the place productive and comfortable for the ex-fighters of the armed conflict in the two Anglophone Regions of Cameroon is his top priority for now. Kum Henry Ichu was speaking Friday 15 July 2022 after empowering the center with 5000 day-old chicks and bags of fowl feed where he also indicated that he wants to transform DDR Bamenda in to a Production Center. The 5000 Day-Old Chicks Already At The Center The aim of the donation according to Kum Henry Ichu is to make life worth living for those at the center and to empower the former fighters so that they can have something doing and batter take care of themselves. He said after learning, it is time to engage in practicals. The children at the center also need to have a good life by engaging in activities that can fetch them some cash in

Bamenda: Bike Riders Accuse Authorities Of Indulging In Anti-Peace Projects

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Achived Picture: Commercial Avenue, Bamenda By Raymond Dingana Commercial bike riders in the restive Northwest Regional Capital of Bamenda have accused authorities of indulging in anti-peace moves by instituting a move to impound bikes in the town. The bone in the throat here is the confistication of hundreds of bikes by security forces in a move that started last July 7,2022 without any prior notification. The riders whose activities have grately been affected by the ongoing war rocking the two restive regions of the country say they are facing some of the most challenging moments of their lives triggered by the confistication of what they describe as their only source of leaving. Archived Photo: Bamenda Town The exercise has stalled circulation in Bamenda,a situation that has been compounded by deplorable roads. Exercise Leaves Hundreds Unemployed The seizure of motor bikes, the bikers said has rendered many of them jobless with no other means to provide for their families. Many have

HAACAM Inaugurates Vocational Training Lab For Women Empowerment

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By Raymond Dingana Hope Alive Association Cameroon, HAACAM a non governmental organization situated at the Mile 3 neighborhood in Nkwen Bamenda has Innugurated a Vocational Training Lab to impact women and girls with skills on hair dressing, sewing, just to name but these. Director Of HAACAM and Partners At The Inauguration Ceremony The Inauguration ceremony took place Saturday 9 July 2022. The Director of HAACAM explained that the Lab was launched following unsuccessful and clandestine economic empowerment which has not been successful and effectively enough which has not been able to get women out of Gender Based Voilence, GBV. Hairdressing And Sewing Rooms At HAACAM Vocational Training Lab We discovered that economic empowerment is a major problem because women are not able to afford a livelihood and that exposes them to a lot of social vices and GBV. This is an initiative to effectively transfer skills to women and girls following mechanisms that we can effectively empower them so