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Southern Cameroonian fighters have fired at a Camairco plane in Bamenda, as the airliner was about to land at the Bamenda airport. The airliner, which has been grounded in Bamenda, took some bullets and will not be flying for sometime. The incident that occurred today December 1st 2109 is a clear indication that the Southern Cameroons crisis is far from over despite the optimism generated by the Major National Dialogue held in Yaounde in October 2019. Camairco is now among other state corporations which have been affected by the crisis. PAMOL, CDC, and SONARA have been hit hard by the crisis and this is a severe blow to the cash-strapped Yaounde government that is still hoping that time will help solve a problem that has become a millstone around its neck. Since the commencement of the crisis, the government of Cameroon has lost more than USD 50 billion due to the war and the country’s economy is in a free fall. Unemployment has reached unbearable levels ...

The Cameroon Association of English Speaking Journalists, CAMASEJ, now has a new President. Viban Jude was elected over the weekend in Douala during the Elective General Assembly. The election was highly contested. Moki Charles was beaten during the election. Viban Jude is now the  new national president of the Cameroon Association of English Speaking Journalists, (CAMASEJ). He beat his challenger Moki Charles during the national elective general assembly that was held in Douala on Saturday 30th June 2019. Despite the tensions which is but normal during such exercises, the election went on well and upon proclamation of final results, both winner and loser embraced each other promising to put CAMASEJ over their individual interests In his acceptance speech, Viban Jude told the electorate "I promise on behalf of the team that we are going to work with everyone because we are all talented in our various ways. Moki is somebody I have a lot of respect ...

Cameroonian health and emergency personnel are working to stem a cholera outbreak that has killed at least a dozen people and sickened at least 100 others in the Bakassi Peninsula that shares a maritime boundary with Nigeria. It is feared the outbreak will claim more lives in the coastal area, which lacks health infrastructure. Emergency medical workers, together with some civilians, are working to improve hygiene and sanitation by clearing dirt and debris from water beneath houses on the shores in the area. Among them is 31-year-old Cameroonian fisherman Lucas Emimo, who says he lost his younger sister to cholera. Emimo says he has joined the humanitarian workers because he fears many more people may die from the infectious disease that causes severe watery diarrhea, leading to dehydration and even death if untreated. “We lack toilets, potable water,” Emimo said. “There is no hospital. People defecate beside the sea, under the houses, everywhere and so it makes the pla...

Mayor Toulale is said to have suffered a malaise before giving up the ghost. It is not known if the situation is the consequence of his party’s investiture committee denying the list he presented for the elections. The agronomist is said to have implanted himself on the political scene in his community, wielding a lot of influence. His admirers have since been fuming over his demise. The municipal authority’s collaborators described his demise as a great loss to the Manyo-Dale Council. The development comes amid widespread tension across the Northern regions over the selection of candidates for the twin elections within the CPDM. On November 21, two brothers, Maigari Robert and Maigari Bangawa, ended in a deadly clash at a restaurant in Ngaoundere following disagreement over the same investiture process. The Maigari brothers failed to arrive a consensus over whose name should have been added on the CPDM council list. Fellow party supporters and investiture delega...

By Rose Obah. Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a pervasive and global violation of human rights where this crime is often hidden because of the disgrace, dishonour, and shame perpetrated upon the victim. Women remain silent and decide not to report this crime because the perpetrator is often their domestic partner. Many women and girls who are raped are forced to leave home, because of the perceived shame for their families. Displaced, without support networks and with no access to protection or livelihoods, many are forced into prostitution. Now here are some beliefs that we need to stamp out: justifying violence against women based on the notion that it is legitimate for a man to use violence against a woman; excuse violence by attributing it to external factors such as stress or proposing that men cannot be held fully responsible for violent behaviour for example, because of anger or sexual urges and also trivialise the impact of violence, based on the view ...

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.