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Inter-communal violence and persistent attacks by extremists, continue to undermine peace and security across Wum municipality, in Menchum Division. The Senior Divisional Officer for Menchum Division, Abdoullahi Aliou, has warned the perpetrators of such acts on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, calling for sustained engagement with all partners to urgently advance a holistic approach to peace.   As the local and administrative authorities intensify peace talks across the board, Defense and Security forces are also intensifying counter-terrorism operations, and some communities have organized volunteer groups and self-defense militias for protection.   “The growing linkages between terrorism, organized crime and inter-communal violence cannot be overemphasized”,   Abdoullahi Aliou said.   “Terrorists continue to exploit latent ethnic animosities and the absence of total collaboration and cooperation between the population and Defense and Security forces for intelligence reports to com...

By Stephen Ojang.  The prefectoral order No. 453/PO/E. 29/ALPAS and dated November 21 2019, bearing on delimiting security perimeters around the vicinity of the Bamenda university campus, Bambili in Tubah Subdivision, Mezam Division,  did not surprise anyone. This for the simple reason that, there have been repeated kidnappings and growing insecurity, within the university area, and Tubah Subdivision as a whole.  The Senior Divisional Officer for Mezam Division, Simon Emile Moon, through the above mentioned Prefectoral Order, has thus declared the university of  Bamenda university UBa and its environs, a no go area for both bikes and business persons. The Prefectoral order further calls on those doing businesses around to properly identify themselves or face the long arm of the law. The identification process also concerns the Staff and students of the university.  "Good evening fellow Students.  You are Hereby Informed to com...

Governors of the ten regions of Cameroon begin meeting today in Yaounde under for their bi-annual conference which runs from November 25-26. The conference that takes place at the Yaounde City Council Hall will be presided over by the Minister of Territorial Admnistration Paul Atanga Nji. The governors are expected to discuss the security situation in the country as well as the upcoming Municipal and Legislative elections scheduled to hold on February 9. The governors will discuss measures to be taken to ensure the electoral exercise goes on smoothly in their varous regionsand how they could help the elections-management body Elecam with administrative support.

By Kayode Idowu in Maiduguri Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara has deployed 150 Cameroonian vigilantes to flush out remnants of Boko Haram from his state. The newly-engaged Cameroonians are to collaborate with Nigerian hunters and vigilantes currently assisting the military in the ongoing battle against Boko Haram in parts of northern Borno. The Cameroonians, who are mainly from the Kesh-Kesh vigilante group, were presented with four surveillance vehicles and other fighting equipment on Saturday at a brief ceremony in Damasak, headquarters of Mobbar Local Government Area, on the fringes of the Lake Chad. Conducting the ceremony were Borno State commissioner for local governments and emirate affairs, Sugun Mai-Mele and a member of the Borno State House of Assembly, representing Mobbar State constituency, Usman Moruma and other officials of the State Government. The governor, who had expressed his willingness to fight insurgency in the Sta...

By Ndefru Melanie The Governor of the Northwest Region, Adolphe Lele LAfrique,  chaired a Regional Coordination Security meeting on November 18th 2019, ahead of End of year activities and to ensure a successful implementation  of the electoral process. The Administrative and Security Authourities review the situation within the Economic, Social, Cultural  and Security domain, to confirm that there are still security challenges  in some hot spots of the region.  Inhabitants of the city could still get gunshots, people being killed and a timid atmosphere for some kids to return to school, and the Governor assures the population that there is a plan put in place to secure the Region during this end of year celebrations and upcoming municipal/Legislative elections.  "Elections Cameroon assured us of measures being taken being taken before elections, some will be addressed at the local level and other concerns sent to the hierac...