Politics

Nkwetacha Stantis Leku, teacher killed by gunmen during attack By Andrew Nsoseka The Mayor of Wabane Council,…

Indigenes and inhabitants of Lower-Bokova in Buea Subdivision are now taking a cautious sigh of relief after the Minister of State Property, Surveys and Land Tenure annulled an irregularly established super land certificate that handed over 20hectares of community land and farms to a certain Nomen George Tchapchet.
Even with the Ministerial decision, the locals are still living in fear as a former military commander, Fobang Obadia alongside an armed group are still terrorising locals, claiming that they are on duty guarding Minister Mbah Acha Rose’s five hectares share of the grabbed land, from being reclaimed by locals.

The whereabouts of some eight Anglophone youths believed to be activists of the proscribed Southern Cameroon National…

The Senior Divisional Officer, SDO for Meme, Chamberlain Ntou’ou Ndong, and the DO of Kumba III, Alfred Ngale Meende, have been accused of fielding in an illegitimate ruler to take over as Chief of Malende in total disregard of the people’s ways and traditional guidelines.

In a press statement, Dr Foretia said he has taken a very difficult decision to step down due to personal challenges. He also promised that while he concentrates on his other duties, he will still maintain his support for the mission of the CDN so that it achieves its set and desired goal which is gradually taking shape.

In the leaders retreat, organised and coordinated by the Coalition for Dialogue and Negotiations, CDN they have in their Declaration, stated amongst other things that recognising the importance of collective engagement in matters of negotiations founded on trust, they will create space to build from their different strategies to engage in external negotiations as one entity, representing the people of the Southern Cameroons and their ultimate interest.

According to outlined objectives, the leadership retreat is expected to cultivate and begin nurturing trust among the Southern Cameroonian leaders across religious, traditional, civil society and various armed groups fighting for independence of Anglophone Regions. The retreat is also expected to come out with an agreement on a framework to enhance access to education, humanitarian aid and to uphold human rights in the crisis-hit Regions.

In the compendium, the Committee to follow up the implementation of the recommendations of the Major National Dialogue notes that “Since 2016 when corporate claims morphed into civil disobedience acts in the North West and South West Regions, the government elected to address the issues raised through Dialogue. It is in this regard that ad-hoc commissions in both the educational and legal sectors were created, meetings were organised and actions taken to address the concerns presented by the corporate bodies,” it says.

National dialogues have recently gained traction as vital instruments for peace transformations in Africa. National dialogues are usually initiated to deal with a wide range of issues, including political reforms, constitution making and peacebuilding. They can also be seen as political processes aiming to reach a new social contract between interest groups and community in a country.

Buhari said his country will do everything possible to support Cameroon’s unity just as Cameroon supported Nigeria against the Biafran secessionist war of 1967-1970 during which about 3 million Nigerians were killed.