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Young Stars FC is this years winner of the Wum Council Unity and Peace tournament after post match penalties win over Yakamata FC at the finals played at the Wum Municipal Stadium on Sunday December 20, 2020 under the watchful eyes of the SDO for Menchum, Abdoullahi Aliou. YOUNG STARS F.C YAKAMATA F.C Young Stars FC went home with the first prize of 300,000 frs, while Yakamata took home 200,000 frs, with third 3rd and 4th teams receiving 75,000 frs and 50,000 frs respectively, while the 5th,6th,7th and 8th bagged home 25,000 frs each. There were also individual prizes for the best player (Afuh Reginard), best goalkeeper (Muhammadu Ibrahim), highest goal scorer (Muhammadu Mansur with 10 goals) among many others. Dighambong Anthony, Mayor of Wum Council, who doubles as Senior Vice President of the United Cities and Councils of Cameroon, reminded the youths of his municipality that the aim of the competition is to bring youths together to celebrate the end of year festivities, cultivate

Journalists and Civil society organizations in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon have been trained by ADISI-CAMEROON in collaboration with Digital Security professionals on Digital Security, Data, it's tools and Digital storage. The 2 day workshop that took place in Buea, had different presentations from different speakers, which centered on knowledge on digital security , types of digital data, digital storage, encryption, Data privacy amongst others. According to these experts, the aim of the workshop was to train participants on how they can back up data using digital storage and tools for electronic devices like phones, computers or Laptops. Questions came up on how data can be stored and for how long it could last if not used. One of the trainers Vianney Forewah insisted that, it is important for people to always used the app for Back-up regurlarly because this data could be lost after two years if done otherwise. According to this facilitator, It

The Center for Strategic Communication, Peacebuilding and Sustainable Development CESCOMPSUD, joined other CSOs in Bamenda over the weekend to celebrate the International Day of persons with disabilities under the theme, “Not all Disabilities are Visible.”   Celebrated all over the world annually on the 3rd December 2020, this year's  celebration took place  at the CBC field where persons with disabilities otherwise known as persons with special abilities, showcased various talents such as craft, racing, football by Amputees  amongst others.  This gesture of theirs, revealed to the population that, no matter their disability, they can practically exhibit  any activity they so desire to do with the potentials and skills they have.  According to Fon Dieudonne, CEO of Think Big and also one of the organizers, people with disabilities should be given the chance to do  what they desire. "We want to encourage those with impairments to join us to project their talents and show the

The maiden Elections of pioneer Regional councillors, opened hitch free early this Sunday morning, December 6th 2020 in Wum, Menchum Divisional Headquarters. 103 out of the 107 councillors, and 50 out of the 53 traditional rulers, cast their votes in the 2 polling stations of the Division, giving a percentage of 96.26% and 94.34% respectively . Mayor Njah Titus Ndongkeh Mayor Zhoa Council By 8 a.m this Sunday morning, councillors of Wum, Benakuma, Zhoa and Furu Awa Councils, assembled at the Government Practising Nursery School to cast their votes. Councillor Buo Ephraim Wum council Councillor Kum Henry Ichu Benakuma Council After exercising their civic responsibility, Councillor Buo Ephraim of Wum council and Councillor Kum Henry Ichu of Benakuma Council, expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the election and joy for entering in history, through this historic moment in the life of our country. Dighambong Anthony Mvo  Mayor Wum Council "Am very much happy that councillors hav

Zhoa Council in Fungom Subdivision of Menchum Division has adopted a sensational and impressive sum of 1,082,700,00 as its budget for the year 2021, witnessing an increase of 142,700,000 from the 2020 budget. The budget was voted last Friday 4th December 2020 during the council's budgetary session. According to the Mayor, Councillor Njah Titus Ndongkeh, the council's priority project is to raise the income so as to be able to realise the projects that could not be realised in 2018, 2019 and 2020 because of the socio-political stalemate in the two English speaking regions of Cameroon. He said the bulk of the Zhoa Council's 2021 budget, over 50% of it is allocated for investment, given the fact that the municipality is under developed and enclaved. Mayor Njah Titus Ndongkeh continued that the Council plans to rehabilitate some schools and curb the aspect of hygiene and sanitation that is still a major challenge especially in villages. The Lord Mayor urgeď his councillors to

Persons living with disability within Wum Municipality, joined their peers nation and world wide to observe the 2020 International Day of Persons with disabilities. The Day was celebrated under the auspices of the Divisional Delegation of Social Affairs for Menchum, whose Delegate, Mr. Akah Emmanuel, could be seen very satisfied for the successful celebration, in COVID-19era. He used the celebration to reiterate the need to respect the barrier measures put in place by the government. The annual observance of the International Day of PWDs, was proclaimed in 1992, by the United Nation's General Assembly resolution 47/3. The observance of the Day aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. It also seeks to increase awareness of gains to be derived from the integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life. Celebrated under the aus

The Councillors of the Wum council in Menchum Division of the North-West Region have examined, scrutinized, voted and adopted an ambitious but realistic budget for the year 2021 for the Council. Charged with the daunting task of inclusively transforming their various constituencies, the 24 development actors of the Wum Council, have adopted the 2021 budget that balances in revenue and expenditure at the sum of Nine Hundred and Fifty Million and Fifty Thousand (950,050,000) francs, representing an increase rate of 1,5% of the 2020 budget. The increase noticed in the 2021 budget takes into cognizance all state credits. This sum was adopted during the Wum Council budgetary session that took place on December 2nd 2020 under the watchful eyes of Mr. Abdoullahi Aliou, Senior Divisional Officer for Menchum. Opening the budgetary session, Mayor Dighambong Anthony Mvo noted that this budget is realistic because it comes at the time of effective decentralization and reconstruction for peace, un

Some 15 adolescent girls and young women have been drilled on using their voices to advocate for the inclusion of Adolescent Girls and Young Women AGYW in decision making processes especially within The Global Fund Processes for HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights SRHR services provision.  This was during a workshop within the 'Her Voice Matters: Give Her the Space to Fight Project',  executed by COMAGEND Cameroon which is funded by Her Voice Fund and its partners that took place on November 26th 2020 in Bamenda. The Strategic Planning Workshop, was declared open by the Country lead for the 'Her Voice Funds' Mme Waah Clotilda the founder/CEO of the Center for Advocacy in Gender and Development CAGEAD.  Speaking during the event she notes that, " many adolescent girls and young women live through very hard situations because of the decisions taken on their behalf, and so it is very important that these girls understand what happens to them and be part