Anglophone crisis

The city of Kumba was near standstill on Thursday, as hundreds of mourners trooped to the Amusement Park to pay last respects to the seven caskets that were lined up at the funeral ground, images of the seven children, described as martyrs, were displayed before each coffin.

The Italian Federation for Human Rights, FIDU, has asked the United Nations, UN, to impose travel restrictions on some Cameroon Government officials.

A Non-governmental organisation, Women in Alternative Action, WAA Cameroon, on October 22, organised a one-day capacity building workshop with traditional and religious leaders in the Southwest region, to help open an inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue on peacebuilding and conflict resolution.

Lawyers defending Kingsley Njoka Fomonyuy say the Government is consistently lying and misleading public opinion about the circumstances that led to the ‘abduction’ and incarceration of their client, as well as the death of Samuel Ajieka Abuwe aka Samuel Wazizi

Grief and consternation enveloped Bamali, a precinct in Ndop, North West Region as some elements of the…

The Member of Parliament, MP, for Nkambe Central, in Donga Mantung Division, Hon. Ngala Gerard has said he is ready to take bullets, to ensure that children return to school. He made the remark in relation to his campaign for children across the Northwest and Southwest regions return to school, after years of staying back due to the Anglophone crisis.

One year after the Grand National Dialogue, it is difficult to blame those who believe that the glass that was half-full is now emptying. It is worth recalling, so that no one ignores it, that the organisation of the GDN was dictated by the crisis in the two regions of the North-West and the South-West and that it was about putting together a series of recommendations that could bring peace to these parts of our national territory. One year later, can we say that the goal has been achieved?

This year’s school resumption was particularly special, as pupils and students who have been away from school, longer than usual, headed back to their classrooms. The long break was forced by the outbreak of the coronavirus that grounded school activities and shutdown most nations and states around the world.

To the statesman, regionalism and special status will give Anglophones just what they have been clamouring for, and through regional elections, stakeholders to steer the development and cultural aspirations of the two regions will emerge.

One of Cameroon’s main opposition political parties, the Social Democratic Front, SDF has said it will not participate in the recently announced Regional Elections because the elections will take place under precarious conditions.