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Story & Images Culled from @Bafut Council Official , investigated and edited for Mnews237 by Gnoukapasir Martial First published on June 14th @7:am Bafut Mayor Ngwakongoh Lawrence dancing to the sounds and rythmz of Bafut The Mayor of Bafut - Ngwakongoh Lawrence, who doubles as National Chairman of the Bafut Language has called on displaced indigenes of Bafut residing in Buea, to uphold and preserve their cultural Identity. " Our language, our identity " Bafut Mayor tells Bafut people in Buea The Bafut language called "Fut" stands tall as one of the cultural identities of the Bafut people. Both to those at home and abroad, "Fut" is part of their daily life. Mayor Ngwakongoh facing the press Given the displacement of many sons and daughters of Bafut as a result of the ongoing socio-political crisis in North West and South West Regions of Cameroon, the need to preserve the cultural identity of the Bafut people is more compelling. It is on this premise t...

By Gnoukapasir Martial Barrister Nico Halle Ndessi Former president of the Cameroon Bar Association who served the legal structure for close to four years, a member of the National Commission for the Promotion of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism (ncpbm) has said the time for lies telling and feeding the head of state Paul Biya with false information is over. He made the statement while responding to an assertion made by North West regional bereau chief of the Post newspaper Chris Mbunwe, on what he thinks are the drivers of hate speech and xenophobia fanning the flames of the crisis in the two english speaking regions. Ntumfor Nico Halle who described himself as a non people pleaser, asked a plethora of rhetorical questions  " what has happened to the elites of these regions being destroying by this crisis? Have they told the head of state the truth? If they've done so, have there been any follow up? For four years running we expected them to have said the truth. Truth sets u...

By Martial Gnoukapasir campaign against hate speech and xenophobia at NW RD Minepat The national commission on bilingualism and multiculturalism has rounded up a 3-day communication campaign in the North West region against hate speech and xenophobia. Commission member David Abouem A Tchoyi, one time governor of the North West and South West regions, led the  campaign organized under the distinguished patronage of  Cameroon's head of state Paul Biya. Moderated by commission member -  Barrister Halle Nicodemus Ndessi, discussions on the two cankerworms said to be fueling the flames of the ongoing conflict at the ' No Taboo Subject'  session bringing together state actors, security bigwigs, humanitarian, youths, Civil society organisations and the press, centered on the identification of the origin, sources and causes of hate speech and xenophobia, it's propagators, ways of curbing the two phenomenon and the legal tools sanctioning them. In tracing the root causes of hate...

By Martial Gnoukapasir weapons recovered during missions as presented Brigadier General Nka Valere - Commander of the 5th joint military region has term as " successful ", the first phase of military operations conducted to rid Bui division in the North West region of seperatist fighters. Speaking Tuesday June 15th in kumbo during a field assessment trip to measure the impact of O peration Kumbo Clean , coming after operation Bui 1 and 2, Nka Valere congratulated and saluted the bravery of the security elements and colonel Matiang Charles Alain of the 51st motorized infantry brigade, who led the operation that began May 15th this year. The General said " Many terrorists have been neutralized but unfortunately we also lost 4 men during the operation and some were wounded.." Brigadier General Nka Valere talking to the press The operation resulted to the confiscation of 5-Ak47's and other locally fabricated guns and artisanal, improvised explosive devices, 10 b...