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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…

A Cameroonian woman survivor of a Dubai building fire that killed 16 people on Saturday recalled how she sustained injuries after jumping from the building to escape. Yemdzu Doris Claire, a cashier with an African restaurant in Dubai, was among the nine people who sustained injuries in the blaze, which, Dubai Civil Defence said, was caused due to a lack of compliance with building security and safety requirements. Speaking to Gulf News on Monday, Claire said she and her colleague, chef Nicoline Abinkeng, were asleep in their apartment when the fire broke out. The apartment was shared by seven people,…

Post-partum massage, an age old cultural practice in most communities in Cameroon and Africa, constitute the process of rubbing the belly of a nursing mother with extremely hot water few days after delivery. Kenji Laure just put to birth, her baby is 2 weeks old. The baby cries for milk while Laure in the bathroom, screams out in pain as a towel soaked in hot water is being used to massage her tommy by her mother. Like Laure, this is the fate of most African young women. This very controversial cultural practice is hatched by elderly women with the promise…

The population of the village of Oudjila in the of Mayo-Sava division has been immersed into sadness since 6 March, 2023. Many remain homeless. “I have 12 women and 28 children. As is traditional here in Oudjila, each wife has a bedroom, two attics and a kitchen. All this has gone up in smoke,” explains Salomon Oumar. He is one of the many people affected by the fire on 6 March. It took place in the village of Oudjila, located about ten kilometres from Mora in the Mayo-Sava division in the Far North region. The flames did not only ravage hundred of huts in the…

The town of Mokolo was last week the scene of a passioned murder that led to the death of two people. Raiga, the director of the private Catholic school of Mboua in Mokolo in the Far North region of Cameroon, suspected his wife of being unfaithful. But he was not convinced because he could hardly see the woman who gave him eight children cheating on him with another man. But to get a clear picture of the situation, he sought the help of a tracker. The latter gave him compromising information about his wife, with photos to back it up. The last straw came last April…

At the close of 2018, the sociopolitical atmosphere in the North West and South West regions was cataclysmic. The level of violence and destruction had hit unprecedented heights with many fearing for the worst. But President Paul Biya, in his usual wisdom opted for a fresh approach to address the concerns of the people of the two English-speaking regions. He made known his resolve when he addressed the nation at the end of 2018. Thus, the country entered 2019 with a new government under the directive of the Head of State given firm instructions to take actions towards turning the…

Thirty Afro-descendants from the United States of America undertook the journey to Cameroon in search of their history and roots, as part of the Ancestry Re-connection Programme. This programme is initiated by the American NGO African Ancestry, in partnership with the ARK Jammers association. These “Camericans”, as they call themselves, have discovered their Cameroonian ancestry thanks to a DNA test. Cameroon has a large diaspora of Afro-descendants. More than 8,000 of them have been able to identify their Cameroonian origins through DNA testing, including former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, famous music producer Quincy Jones, renowned film director Spike Lee…