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Martial Gnoukapasi Hysacam at work At the Bamenda Nkwen market Sunday November 24th where HYSACAM showed up to resume  for the 3rd time this year, their mission of garbage collection after a number of incidences deprived them from sanitizing the city, one upon arrival was greeted by a disagreeable smell emanating from a heap of garbage that had piled up for months.  The black liquid ouzing out of it was visibly having a romance with the perishable and non perishable food items displayed by some petty traders around the market. They knew it will take not more than a day for hysacam to do what they're rightfully supposed to do. Traders closest to dumpsters watching hysacam at work MNews237 caught up with some  operating businesses closest to the over flooded dumpsters, who expressed their satisfaction, the challenges they faced and the coping mechanisms they had employed to better the situation, before the clean up campaign outing by hysacam to clear the garbage that...

Martial Gnoukapasi Intermediate Lions at training ground Information from Bakah Derick,  team press officer for the intermediate lions of cameroon have confirmed that the squad will engage in a friendly with Yaounde elite one club side Dragon FC as they prepare for the African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2020 in Cameroon. 28 preselected players for the team have entered week two of training in Yaoundé under the supervision of coach Yves Clement Arroga.  The players opened week two of their training camp Monday November 25, 2019 at the Omnisport Annex II stadium with an intense evening session which focused on tactical ball procession, control and distribution.  The second week of the two weeks camping will be defining for Coach Yves Clement and his collaborators who will be deciding on which players they will be retaining for the next training camp. Apart from regular training sessions, Coach Arroga also announced a friendly encounter on Wednesday November 27 between his ...

Martial Gnoukapasi Peace has never been the absence of war but in a war or conflict situation peace will always provide room for people to reason. Talking to some persons from menchum division in the conflict stricken North West region of Cameroon, most shared the opinion that no country especially in Africa has ever resolve any internal conflict using guns and other weapons of war. It's their wish that, even if the peace caravan which constitutes the  peacebuilding mechanism of the state, coming weeks after the major national dialogue, does not resolve the crisis, it should at least appeal to the consciences of those antagonising any idea adopted towards a return to normalcy in the two restive regions of the country to understand that only in a calm and Serene atmosphere can we resolve this crisis. After the regional launch Nov 18th by Christian Cardinal Tumi, head of the program in the North West, those delegated to the different divisions have begin work already. In menchum divi...

By Fomusoh Rachel Close to a million people have been affected by the ongoing crisis in the North West region alone. Figures have it that over 34,000 persons have fled the country with 4000 persons displaced internally.  A majority of this number are children amongst whom are those who've lost their parents in the conflict. Others have simply lost contacts with their parents, relatives and love ones. Away from the fact that these persons especially the children and the elderly who can't fend for themselves need shelter, food, clothing and healthcare in recognition with sustainable development goals number one, two and three, a majority of these children have also been deprived of their right to education in defiance with SDG number four, advocating for quality education, as enshrined in Article 19th of the convention on the rights of the child.  They also long for love and affection.The needs are huge and according to statistics revealed by UN Office for Coordination of Humani...

Martial Gnoukapasi Interior minister Atanga Nji facing the press after meeting At the security evaluation meeting of thursday November 7th at the governors office, which came a day after what minister Atanga Nji Paul termed  " a successful celebration of the 37th anniversary of president Paul Biya's ascension to the office of supreme magistracy in Cameroon",  the interior boss, was also very Frank and categorical on the decision which will require commercial bike riders in Bamenda city and beyond to carry in the days ahead, not more than one person at a go on their bikes.  Flanked by North West governor adolph Lele L'afrique, SDO's, other administrative and security bigwigs of the region, the minister after listening to security reports presented by the aforementioned said, it was  time to implement the decision, giving that the 9 plus extra 3 months of grace required by the bike riders syndicate to install sanity in the sector(obtain required documents, paint the...

Martial Gnoukapasi GBV survivors, IDP's & support package The center for human rights and peace advocacy (CHRAPA), charged with the implementation of an Italian funded-UN Women project, aimed at improving the livelihood of women and girls affected by the conflict facing the North West and south West regions of Cameroon, has started distributing the materials to the concerned survivors and displaced persons in the NWR.  Speaking at the symbolic handing over ceremony saturday November 1st 2019, the project coordinator Mr Tata Nelson said the beneficiaries of this phase of the support program are drawn from four divisions which are Momo, Ngoketunjia, Boyo and Mezam.  He added, the services of 14 paralegals based in the choosen communities were engaged in the selection process, which resulted to the identification of over 500 cases GBV survivors and idps, out of which 150 critical and desperate cases with urgent need for psycho-social and material support were choosen to benef...

Martial Gnoukapasi Group photograph of participants According to the organiser of the training, digital rights activist /expert Pedmia Shatu Tita, a bonafide member of the Cameroon Digital rights Coalition, the aim of the workshop was to:  " drill journalists, bloggers, and CSO's on the basic principles of digital rights which are human rights. The workshop is coming owing to frequent online violations of the digital rights of Internet users. The coalition was created when internet was shut down in Cameroon in 2017, and that was infringing on the rights of Internet users. Paradigm initiative of Nigeria costed the lost at about 8billion during that time. Money that could have been used for other developmental projects in the country.  The project is being funded by internews, a non-profit organization, currently empowering people world wide with trustworthy and high information and news ideas, needed to help make informed decisions and holds government accountabl...

Martial Gnoukapasi  Foncha street when they won gold at regional inter-pools Newly promoted division two football club Foncha Street FC after recording a draw in their first outing against Dynamo de Douala Saturday October 26th in Douala, has fail to clinh 3 points in his first home game today in Bamenda against FAP. The 0-1 victory in favour of FAP game, played at the national polytechnic football club training pitch in mile 6 nkwen Bamenda, capital city of the North West region, saw the almighty Foncha Street falling short of  producing the fireworks it generated at the national inter-pools in Bertoua where it picked it qualification ticket for division two.  The lone goal was recorded at the 37th minutes of play by a much vibrant FAP. Spectators who showed up to cheer the boys to victory, expressed their disappointment when Foncha Street FC failed to make 3 successive passes without being interrupted by their opponents. Some where of the opinion that the Foncha Street ...