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Martial Gnoukapasi Tubah Council aspirant Martin Tanjong. Martin Tanjong, seeking another mandate as mayor of tubah council under the CPDM ticket this time around in the up coming twin municipal and parliamentary elections of februaury 9th this year, made the headline remark in response to a question posed by  MNews237  on how he was going to overcome the problem of insecurity facing the region to continue with the execution of the lofty projects he outlined in a press conference wednessday January 29th, organized to declare his intention to run for office and spell out his ambitions for the municipality if he's given another mandate. Below are the responses he gave to some petinent questions asked him by media men and women during the press conference; MNews237  - In your presentation, you cited a number of achievements  during your first mandate in office, mentioning insecurity as the only stumbling block that punctured certain aspirations. How ...

Commercial Avenue Bamenda Contractors and other stakeholders involved  in the execution  of the    public investment budget in mezam have been given till  january 31st   to consume  pending 2018/19 credit cards of  5million and below, or face charges of misappropriation of public funds. Member of parliament for bafut/tubah constituency Hon Fusi Naamukong, who doubles as head of the Mezam divisional follow up committee made the remark  jan 15th. at the fourth quaterly follow up meeting, convened to evaluate  the physical and financial realisation of 2019 projects in the division.  It was observed at the follow up session that there exists  2018 projects  of less than 4million, that have not been executed by  some  project owners  who continue to cite insecurity as reason for their non execution  while congratulating sub divisions like santa, bamenda III and II for negotiati...

Bassang Victory 15-year old Brice Bisse Ngossa Students of the Government Bilingual High School Nkolbison in yaounde, are still in shock after a form three (Form3) student of the said institution by name  Brice Bisse Ngosso, stabbed his Maths teacher  on the throat to death using a compass.  According to reports, the said student on several occasion has been noted for being rebellious, and when the deceased(the maths teacher) by name Njoni Tchakoute, got into class on Tuesday 13th Jan. 2020, he expelled the student from class and the student pledged to revenge.  He simply matched his words with action on Wednesday jan. 14th 2020, by stabbing the victim thrice on the neck when he got to school.  The deceased 25-year old Njoni Tchakoute Other sources hold that the teacher was stabbed as he attempted to deprive the student of a phone he was manipulating during the lesson. The 25-year-old teacher , who is a new recruit yet to receive his first salary, lost alot of b...

Martial Gnoukapasi CCMN Logo  The peace journalism and conflict transformation project, introduced by the PCC in the course of the on going anglophone crisis in Cameroon to revoke the war narrative, propaganda, violence and hate propagated largely by  "sensational social media actors etc",  has been applauded for de-congesting the tense atmosphere and contributed significantly in back-pedaling the violence from further escalation. At a training program and network meeting of members belonging to the executing arm of the program in the last days of december 2019, 28th and 31st of december to be precise in Bamenda, the now national coordinator of the project Rose Akah Obah saluted members for their commitment and adherance to the peace journalism concept and for using the peace approach in designing for the past two years, relevant contents that has enormously help in de-escalating the violence given birth to by the conflict in the North West and South West regions of the c...

Martial Gnoukapasi Image. Courtesy of UNESCO  The headline doesn't insinuate journalists shouldn't be daring or be afraid to say the truth as it's required of them. They ought to  be courageous and feracious yet not at the expense of their own lives. A journo should not be a  hero in the grave.  Despite the call made by the UN security council in May of 2015 for countries to re-enforce laws that will ensure the protection of journalists targetted daily in conflict hit zones, figures of media men and women assaulted, detained and even killed are still on the rise. According to statistics from the UN human rights office of the high commissioner, three hundred and thirty four(334) journalists were killed between 2006 and 2014 world over and these figures have continue to escalate with the new wave of violence hitting nations today, Cameroon inclusive. participants at a safety and security workshop for journalists in Bamenda The anglophone crisis in Cameroon presented a new cha...

Martial Gnoukapasir Fonyuy Kiven- Public Information Officer at OCHA Cameroon In reporting the current crisis strangling the anglophone regions of cameroon, most journalists seems to have ignored their role in assisting humanitarian agencies respond to the needs of the suffering masses. Acknowleding that in every community, journalists should serve as advocates of peace and agents of development, it is therefore safe to say it's their responsibilty in accordance with members of their immediate coummunity, to identify those in need of what type of humanitarian assisitance as well as play a key role in ensuring that these humaniterian packages (aid), gets to those in need without hinderance and in record time. " Humanitarian aid workers are neither politicians nor judges and are not on the field to support or condemn the actions of state or non state actors. They remain neutral in any conflict situation like the anglophone crisis. Reason why they must be given the opportunity to...