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FEHACU 2021 D-DAY -4: BAMENDA III YOUTHS CLEAN FESTIVAL VENUE

Thousands of youths from across Bamenda III municipality have cleaned the Nkwen Fon's Palace which shall be the venue of the maiden edition of the Bamenda III Festival of Heritage Arts and Cultures (FEHACU) 2021.   The youths turned out within the early hours of November 22, 2022 to keep their palace clean. According to George Ngu, Youth leader from Mbessi, just coming to clean the palace is already an uncommon achievement for the maiden edition of the Bamenda III Festival of Heritage Arts and Cultures. "I am so happy that this event is coming to our village. We have come out as youths to work and clean our palace because this is where the event will be. We want to make sure that those who will be coming will meet a venue deserving of the Bamenda III people. I thank the Mayor and Our Fon for thinking about this." He said.   His Majesty Fon Azehfor III of Nkwen His Majesty Fon Azehfor III of Nkwen has expressed satisfaction with the turnout of all hi...

MEJU ELECTS NEW EXCO AT MAIDEN AGM.

Menchum Journalists' Union, MEJU, now has a new EXCO. Led by CHAM Victor Bama, publisher of Municipal update newspaper, the seven man EXCO has as daunting task, to  Promote effective Communication at grassroots level in order to enhance peace, justice and development.   The young fine brain publisher of Municipal Updates, one of Cameroon's leading English newspaper, was voted by his peers as President, during the Union's maiden Annual General Meeting that held in Yaounde on Friday November 19, 2021. CHAM Victor christened his mandate as a "New Era of peace" . According to him, it is time to build peace and this can only be done if all hands are put on deck so that together, we will be able to contribute in our own little way to Peace building and social cohesion in different parts of Menchum, which will spread to other parts of the Northwest region, that are hard hit by the ongoing conflict.   "For me, the most important vision now is peace, we have to work...

MORT DES MILITAIRES DANS LE NOSO : ME JEAN DE DIEU MOMO PARLE AUX SOLDATS CAMEROUNAIS.

Me Jean De Dieu MOMO. Image d'archieves Le Ministre délégué auprès du ministre de la Justice, et homme politique, magnifie le rôle de nos soldats au front. Notamment, dans les régions du Nord-Ouest et du Sud-Ouest. Braves hommes, vous avez choisi d’exercer un métier difficile, celui de vous consumer pour protéger les vies des hommes, des femmes et des enfants. Même les épreuves les plus insoutenables de votre formation n’ont pas entamé votre vaillance. Vous avez été fortifiés au devoir de veiller comme des sentinelles, lorsque la nation tout entière dort. De neutraliser tout danger qui menace la vie de notre cher et beau pays le Cameroun. Dans cette douloureuse mission, jamais vous n’avez laissé voir vos larmes, jamais l’on a entendu vos cris, jamais votre sang n’a été aussi répandu sur les terres de nos pères. Sous les vents secs et froids, comme sur le sable chaud du septentrion, vous combattez pour nous.  Dans les eaux froides et les marécages éprouvant de nos côtes, vous combat...

REV. FONKI SAMUEL FORBA GUEST OF HONOUR IN GHANA.

Rev. Fonki Samuel addressing the Presbyterian Church in Ghana The moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon, RT. REV. FONKI Samuel FORBA, was guest of honour at the 21st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ghana. During the august assembly, the Spiritual Leader of the P.C.C,   addressed the 21st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana on the theme “Jesus Christ: the Light of the world” drawn from John 8:12. He also used the opportunity given to him to present the P.C.C to the Presbyterian Christians in Ghana. Crest of The Presbyterian Church of Ghana The Presbyterian Church of Ghana is a mainline Protestant church in Ghana. The oldest continuously existing established Christian church in Ghana, it was started by the Basel missionaries on 18 December 1828. The missionaries had been trained in Germany and Switzerland and arrived on the Gold Coast to spread Christianity. The work of the mission became stronger when Moravian missionaries from the...

BIHAPH INCREASES CITIZENSHIP PARTICIPATION IN PEACEBUILDING

  Bihndumlem Humanitarian Association of Peace and Hope (BIHAPH) together with partners have launched a 6month project focused on Providing Space for an Increased Citizen Participation and Civic Engagement, as major tools for Conflict Transformation and Peace Building in the Bamenda I, II and III Sub-Divisions with the North West Region. Launched in the presence of over 200 local community leaders and actors, the project aims at reducing the rate of violence and enhance the participation of Community members in peace Building in the NWR using a Bottom-Top approach. BIHAPH will in the next couple of months support actions in the communities that are geared towards Building peace while encouraging and promoting Communities advocating for peace. Mme Mih Bibiana Executive Director BIHAPH According to the Executive Director of BIHAPH, Mih Bibiana Mbei DIGHAMBONG, the motivation of BIHAPH and partners stem from the prolonged crisis within the NWR where communities currently live in...

GCE BOARD: THE LONG WALK TO QUALITY EDUCATION

The Cameroon GCE board was officially created in 1993, according to a book titled " The Cameroon GCE Crisis: A Test of Anglophone Solidarity." The book says the creation of the board was spearheaded by Anglophone community groups, such as the Teachers' Association of Cameroon (TAC), led by Mr. Peter Chateh; churches; Confederation of Anglophone Parents’ Teachers’ Association of Cameroon (CAPTAC), with other trade union groups also playing a pivotal role in the creation of the board. It took 10 years, from 1983 to October 1993 for a consensus to be reached by the aforementioned groups and the Government of Cameroon to create an examination board to award certificates to Anglophone Cameroonian students. Following the creation of the Board, the Ministry of National Education set up an Ad Hoc Committee to write the text of application to the 1 July 1993 decree. On 12 October 1993, the Prime Minister signed the Text of Application; Order Nº: 112/CAB/PM to define and determine...