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NGODECA President Speaking The president of the Ngoketungia Development and Cultural Association (NGODECA) Gabsa sixtus, has suggested for the Fons to move back to their respective villages and conduct traditional rituals for the cleansing of their lands. " These traditional cleansing should be accompanied by a pact between the palaces and the seperatists fighters. Such a pact should forbids them from going back into the bushes and prevent them from engaging in the acts they've been carrying out in these villages" commission in session He also suggested to the national coordinator of the reconstruction commission Paul Tasong that in order to record a successful implementation of the reconstruction program, there's need to also install in the divisions, sub divisions and in the various communities of the north west, a Truth and reconcilation commission that will help instill trust and confidence in the minds of the population. "These commissions can be formed with...

Hon. YoYo Mohmbankah Emmanuel " For effective reconstruction to take place in the North West and South West regions of the country, there must be a marshall plan for reconcilation" Former SDF member of parliament for Ndop Yoyo Mohmbankah  Emmanuel, made the submission Wednesday June 24th as authorities from Mezam, Momo and  Ngoketungia met with the national Co-ordinator of the reconstruction and development program Paul Tasong, to brainstorm on possible ways to achieve a successful implementation of the development plan in these divisions. The one time questor of Cameroon's National Assembly,  questioned the possibility of a reconstruction process in divisions were insecurity has forced authorities in these areas to not execute majority of programs under the public investment Budget within this crisis period. " .. It is not the ambition nor how fast we want to begin the reconstruction process that matters. People have been suggesting things here and i can easily ask ...

Martial Gnoukapasi. Mayor Achobong delivering his speech. " We of the North West in one way or the other, individually and collectively in our silence and indifference, in our utterances, in our actions and inactions contributed to the anglophone crisis" Pioneer Mayor of the city of Bamenda Paul Tembang Achobong made the above remark in a strong worded speech, delivered Monday June 22nd, on the occasion of the launching of the awareness and sensitization phase of the reconstruction and development plan of the NW and SW, born by a conflict that have seen lives lost, properties damaged and people displaced since 2016 in the country. " Some trade unionists, who aspire for better days, little did they know that they'll become victims of this vicious circle. Today we cannot count the lives lost, buildings destroyed, jobs lost, family displaced, schools closed, businesses crumbled etc. Here we are at the crossroad, looking at the sorrows and bitterness of yesterday. Loo...

Martial Gnoukapasir National Co-ordinator and NW Actors of the reconstruction program. " Reconstruction is a pathway to peace. This is a program of hope and the objective of this reconstruction and development plan, is to restore the pride of the citizens of the embattled north west and south west regions, by rebuilding the values that supports Community life" the minister said. The National Co-ordinator of the Presidential Plan for the Reconstruction and Development of the NW and SW regions Paul Tasong was speaking Monday June 22nd, at the launching of a weeklong awareness and sensitization session of the plan with stakeholders involved in the process in the North West region. The coordinator also said the reconstruction exercise will be carried out gradually begining from the peaceful areas to more endangered zones. Paul Tasong - PPRD National Co-ordinator The plan he said is structured around 3 core pillars which are; - Promotion of social cohesion, - Rehabilitation of...

Martial Gnoukapasir In line with it's vast ambition to eradicate Gender Base Violence (GBV) in Cameroon, Hope For The Needy Association (HOFNA) under one of it's program titled: "National Initiative to End Violence Against Women and Girls" (NITE-VAWG), has successfully organised a series of trainings and workshops, providing special income generating skills and start-up business materials to disadvantaged internally displaced girls and teenage mothers in 5 out of the 10 regions in the country. For over a month, begining may 25th, the non governmental organization under the supervision of it's executive director Christelle Bay Nfor, braved the challenges presented by the security situation in the North West and the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, to have these skills delivered to the vulnerable women and girls in nkambe in the NW, baffousam in the West, Buea in the SW, Mbombo in the Littoral and Makenene in the centre regions. " The Covid-19 pandemic motiva...

Martial Gnoukapasir Dr. Denis Nsame is the director of the regional hospital in Bamenda which host a Covid-19 centre otherwise reffered to as the solidarity ward, outside the premises of the hospital compound where Covid-19 suspected and confirmed cases are managed. According to the director, patients suffering from the disease may not present with all the Symptoms that would normally take their body temperature to over 38°. ".. In the early stage, we have fever that may take your body temperature to more than 38°. Some may present with just two or three but most who present with fever also present with dry cough". The symptoms of coronavirus include; Fever, dry cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, malaria, salt throat, with lost of taste and inability to perceive odour announced by the Cameroon's scientific committee as new symptoms patients may present with. image courtesy of the CDC These symptoms according to the director presents in the followin...

News commentary image coutersy of Flickr.com. Initiated by the then Organisation of African Unity(OAU) in 1991, today June 16th 2020 we commemorate another edition of the day of the African child, in honour of the hundreds that were shot among the  thousands of black school children who were marching in protest of the poor quality of education they were receiving in the city of Soweto in South Africa.  Cameroon over the years in solidarity with other African nations, have been engaged in a number of actions intended to raise awareness on the rights and plights of children in the country through so many activities, amongst which have been the institution of a junior parliament, wherein session junior parliamentarians drawn from the ten regions of the country come together to articulate issues threatening their rights, existence and livelihood such as child trafficking and exploitation. image courtesy of alarmy.com Since the outbreak of the anglophone crisis in cameroon in 2016, many chi...

Editorial . image credit: CDC The doctor-patient confidentiality oath forbids medical practitioners from revealing the health status of patients. The health record(s) of a patient can only be made public by a doctor, nurse or any medical practitional when a patient authorizes for the patient-doctor confidentiality pact to be breached. Same oath applies for cases of the Covid-19 world over. When the first case of the virus was announced in the North West region in the month of April this year, inhabitants of the conflict hit zone just like others elsewhere in the country, argued that it was one of government's tool, designed to attract funds into it's coffers from the World Health Organization (W.H.O). That's just one of the many conspiracy theories you'll get on and offline about Covid-19 in the country till date. image credit: CDC Today the North West region  as of the date of this report has recorded a total of 234 of the over 10,000 cases of the pandemic in the cou...