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CCMN NW; MEMBERS TASKED TO UPHOLD HUMANITARIAN REPORTING.

Members of the Cameroon Community Media Network CCMN within the North West Region, have been fortified professionally, with updated skills on humanitarian reporting, peace journalism and solution oriented reporting. This was the outcome of a one day capacity building organized by the Peace Office of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon(PCC). These members, who came from different divisions of the North West region, were urged to refrain from the traditional way of reporting, to a humanitarian way of reporting, which promotes a peaceful and solution building society. The six hour workshop which took place in Bamenda over the weekend, laid the foundation towards the second series of print and audio-visual peace productions, with a special focus on having members of the network, include aspects of humanitarian reporting reflected in all the contents expected to be produced in the days ahead. This according to the organizers, will help journalists reflect the plight and voices of the c...

THE GUARDIAN POST EMBRACES PEACE JOURNALISM.

The staff of the Guardian Post Newspaper, has been schooled on peace and responsible journalism. The training exercise took place on Saturday January 9th 2021 in Yaoundé, and was facilitated by CCMN's National Coordinator, Rosaline Akah Obah. The training focused on how the GP family, can report stories in a way that mitigates conflict, involving the use of non violent Communication, telling the story as it is without the use of hate language amongst others. After an exchange with the staff, the Publisher, Kristian Ngah, together with other staff, expressed satisfaction to timely training as it will go a long way to help the editors and reporters to be solution oriented in their reporting while paying more attention to the local community members. The Coordinator of the network for the Centre Region, Moma Sandrine, was equally present at the event and she encouraged the staff to do their best to avoid reporting stories in a way that can spark further violence. She equally used ...

THE STORM IN THE TEA CUP THAT BRINGS SMILES.

Patients in and out of Bamenda, have regained hope and smile, following the arrival of eight new dialysis machines, eight beds, a good consignment of concentrated acids and 800 containers of salime water of 10 litre capacity each. This consignment that was received this Wednesday 6th January 2021 in Bamenda, is the prompt response of the Minister of Public Health. The consignment was received by Dr. Kingsley Che Soh, North West Regional Delegate of Public Health and Dr. Nsame Denis, Director of the Bamenda Regional hospital. The reception of these equipment, is  a stress reliever to the over 55 patients who undergo dialysis at the centre. It should be noted that this emergency response of the Minister of Public Health, Dr. Manaouda Malachie, comes barely few days after a whirlwind blew in a tea cup. The newly acquired equipment, are coming as a result of  the malfunctioning of some of the machines operating at the centre. Receiving the new consignment, the Regional Delegate of Public H...

NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS IN WUM; SEVEN SHOTS TWO DEATHS.

Hundreds of Christians within Menchum presbytery, have joined a peace walk in Wum to pay their respect to those killed at the dawn of 2021, and to also commit Wum, Menchum Division, the North-West Region and the country in the hands of God and above all, seek God's face for the sake of our youths. This intercession on behalf of our youths is inspired by the Biblical allusion of the baby Jesus as well as Moses, whose stories with King Herold and the Pharoh of Egypt, are a glearing proof that youths are a threat to tyran rulers because their presence often send shocking waves down the spine of these rulers. The Organisers, the inter-church committee, said those who came out did not only respect the yearly march for peace, but also turned out to show solidarity with the families of those who died on January 1st 2021, and those who have lost their lives since the beginning of the stalemate in the two English speaking regions of Cameroon. New year's deadly shootings, however, come a...