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Cameroon says fighting between troops and rebels is slowing reconstruction of homes, schools, hospitals, and other public buildings in its troubled western regions. Authorities say in the three years since the launch of a reconstruction plan for thousands of homes and hundreds of public buildings damaged in the seven-year separatist conflict, less than 100 have been re-built. In a broadcast on Cameroon state media Tuesday, 50 children sang in their classroom at the Cameroon Baptist Convention Inclusive Primary School. The children sang that they love their school because without it they would not be able to count from one to…

At least 25 people were abducted during a week of attacks by armed men in western Cameroon, local officials said Thursday. The kidnappings by gang members took place in several villages in Ako district along the Nigerian border, Patrick Kernyuy Tah, the top official in Ako, said. “Several hundred people fled the attacks by unidentified gunmen in Abafum, Akwancha and Abutu villages,” he said. The government has deployed the military to rescue those abducted and help the injured, he said. Local residents have been calling on Cameroon authorities to increase security in the area, as armed gangs operate on both…

Only Japan has shown, so far with a contribution of FCFA 3 billion for the reconstruction of these two regions plagued by a security crisis since late 2016. The closure of the first phase of the Presidential Plan for the Reconstruction of the North-West and South-West Regions (PPRD), which focuses on recovery, is scheduled for the end of 2023. With eight months to go before the deadline, Cameroon is still hanging on the every word of many technical and financial partners who have made promises, especially since 2019, the year in which these two regions were declared economic disaster areas…

The National Anti-Corruption Commission has just launched the “anti-corruption clinic” in the West Region, Bafoussam. The president of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Conac), Dieudonné Massi Gams, made a presentation to the press on April 19. It was on the side of the town hall of Bafoussam. The discussions focused on the launch of “anti-corruption clinic”. This is a platform that aims to bring the services of the Conac to the population of the Western region. Through this initiative, Conac wants to encourage and increase denunciations but also solve the problems of corruption that are submitted to it. During the press conference, Conac underscored that it…

The center region has been experiencing an upsurge in the cholera cases for over four weeks now

After his release on July 29 2022, the former minister of water and energy, Basile Atangana Kouna, still seems to have an unfinished business with the justice of the state, after five years of detention for embezzlement of public funds. Biya’s minister who is well known for his taste for luxury, can’t maintain any silence as his property and bank accounts are still sealed. This is the reason why his lawyers seized the special criminal court in Yaoundé today,20th April 2023, in order to have details on certain aspects of the decision which had ordered his release. “When judges ordered…

The Globus Education System with it’s headquarter in Yaounde has launnched two Admission process for students in Buea on the spot.The products (Fully Funded Scholarship to India and Vocational study and work program in Canada) was launched last Tuesday April 18,2023 at the conference Hall of ETA palace Hotel in Molyko,Buea. Launching the products,the founder of Globus Education System,Dr Marcellius Mbameg reinterated that Globus is out to assist students in their admission abroad and has link with over 300 universities in 14 different countries. The over four years company(Globus Education System), it should be noted has put in place over…

A University of Buea graduate who was operating a call box as a way of making ends meet, has been shot dead this Saturday night in Buea, Cameroon’s South West Region. Bisona Melvis was robbed of all her daily earnings by her attackers, before being shot. The incident took place at her Mobile Money Kiosk at Mayor Street in Buea, a source, and another call box operator told MMI. “This girl has just been shot dead by thieves this evening. She operates mobile money kiosks at Mayor street Buea. She was rushed to the hospital but couldn’t make it,” our…

One of Cameroon’s biggest marvels, is its rich cultural diversity and the mysteries that surround cultural norms. In the Central African Nation that boasts of hundreds of villages, cultural norms and beliefs are the quintessence of the people and defines them. People in the country therefore, uphold their customs and tradition jealously — with some perceiving any attempt to desecrate these values as “a personal attack.” Tzy Panchak, one of Cameroon’s finest pop stars and singers recently came under scrutiny after a lady was seen kissing a masquerade, otherwise known as ‘juju’ in his latest hit song. The music titled…

The Archbishop of Bamenda, His Grace Andrew Fuanya Nkea, has praised God for improving on the security situation of Cameroon’s crisis-hit Anglophone Regions, six years into the deadly armed conflict. His Grace Nkea, who doubles as President of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in Cameroon, affirmed that “relative calm” is returning to the Northwest and Southwest Regions, as he addressed his fellow men of God. He made the statement in a speech that opened the 48th plenary assembly of Bishops of Cameroon holding in Yaounde. The Archbishop of Bamenda, His Grace Andrew Fuanya Nkea, has praised God for improving…