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The red carpet is rolled up. The speeches are over. The Pope spoke of peace, unity, and justice in Cameroon. One month later, the question isn’t what he said. It’s what changed. Politicians count on this: say the right words, let the moment pass, and hope people forget. But faith without action is empty rhetoric. You can’t preach unity in Yaoundé while war still rages in the Northwest and Southwest. That’s not the Gospel. That’s performance. Jesus put it plainly: “ Practice what you preach” [Matt. 23]. And He summed the entire Law and Prophets in one line: “ Do to others what you would have them do to you” [Matt. 7:12]. That’s the standard. Not applause lines. Not photo ops. No Justice, No Peace In my last article, “ No Justice, No Peace,” I argued that real peace demands truth about the past. The Church endorsed the Doctrine of Discovery. Papal Bulls justified slavery. Christian institutions stood by as Africa was carved up and colonized.  So I’ll say it again:   No Peace without Ju...

Hon. Agho Oliver pose for picture after elections with the International Global President and Secretary General of PGA, Rt Hon. Syed Naveed Osmar of Pakistan and Ms Monica Adame of the United States of America This exciting news comes after a highly contested election that took place on Wednesday October 30, 2024, at the Pakistani Institute for Parliamentary Services, where Hon. Agho Oliver of Cameroon, Hon. Sahar Albazar from Egypt, Hon. Amanza Walton-Desir from Guyana, Hon Dr. Mirzia Ikhtiar Baig from Pakistan, Hon. Fox Odoi-Oywelowo from Uganda , Hon Dr. Angela Brown-Burke from Jamaica, Hon. Bernard Georges from Seychelles and Hon Dr. GALYNA MYKHAILIUK from Ukrain became members of the international executive committee of  PGA. The election which came on the sidelines of the 45th annual forum and the 13th consultative general assembly of Parliamentarians on the International Criminal Court and the Rule of Law, hosted this year by the National Assembly of Pakistan, also saw the Came...

By Colbert Gwain in Bamenda, Cameroon Photo credit: journalducameroun.com IDP Children in a makeshift concentration center Nain Nasah,15, (not her real names), had closed from school and rushed to assist her mother in Muteff, a village situated in Fundong in the Boyo Division of the North West Region of Cameroon.  As is the tradition in the Grassfield areas of Cameroon, female children of school-going age always join their mothers in the farms after school each day. Knowing that it was getting late, Nain's mother had quickly gathered some fuel wood, raw foodstuff and vegetables into a head load and asked her daughter to take them  home and start preparing for dinner.   As Nain meandered her way back through the forest galleries and farmlands, however, she was forcefully stopped midway home, blindfolded and dragged into the bush by three heavily-armed men twice her age.  Initially, she wanted to shout but decided to hold her peace seeing a gun placed on her left ear.  "Before t...

By Martial Gnoukapasir  image courtesy of IFJ Known to be daring in his outings and for constantly castigating, denouncing and documenting cases of human rights abuses, including kidnappings for ransome, unlawful arrests and detention, maimings, extrajudicial killings by both state and non state actors in the ongoing anglophone armed conflict facing the north west region of Cameroon, popular investigative Bamenda radio host Colbert Gwain, who doubles as content creator of the online news portal-The Colbert Factor, has continue to receive death threats to his life and that of his family. For the past few months, the host of the flagship political radio program have been confessing to colleagues,  brandishing threat  messages forwarded to him  and his family from unknown sources, for outrightly speaking on the cases of violations in the conflict that has rocked the two English-speaking regions for seven years and counting. The threats doubled recently, when he decried and publish an inve...

By Wanchia Cynthia Photo credit: Neba Jerome Back-view of Cecilia’s burned skin after being assaulted by unknown gunmen in Bamenda. " I was physically assaulted by the mob because they found items belonging to the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement party in my bag. They poured petrol on my body and set me on fire. Money that I had on me to buy my business items were also seized". 41-year-old Cecilia is a mother of four children and a survivor of Physical Violence, one of six types of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). GBV is phenomenon that has witnessed an increase within the English-speaking regions of Cameroon rocked by a socio-political crisis commonly called the Anglophone crisis since 2016. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in 2020 documented over 4300 cases of sexual and gender-based violence across the two Anglophone regions affected by the crisis.  Almost half of these cases are sexual or physical assault and rape. The United...

By Martial Gnoukapasi Hon. Agho Oliver-Member of parliament for Bafut-Tubah Constituency Member of parliament for Bafut/Tubah Constituency, Hon. Agho Oliver has thanked God for the Life of president Paul Biya, Cameroon's Head of State who turned 90 on Monday February 13th 2023. At a symbolic event dedicated to celebrate the birthday of the country's president, organized by the member of parliament, thanks to the country's interior minister Paul Atanga Nji, the MP said, for living up to the age of 90, president Paul Biya has " disproved prophets of doom and scientists world over, who have constantly given to the understanding that Africans can never live to such a ripe age and that the life expectancy rate in Cameroon can ever go above 65." Living to the ripe age of 90, he said, is not by chance nor by power, but a special grace of God, which president Biya incarnates via personal discipline, service to humanity and dedicated leadership. Agho Oliver hands Biya'...

PAUL BIYA, PRESIDENT and HEAD OF STATE of Cameroon clocks 90 years of age today February 13, 2023. What Grace and gift of life! But wait a moment. PAUL BIYA came to this world on the 13th day of February 1933. Little wonder for the Grace upon his life. In numerology, the sacred number 13 is considered to be very karmic. It is associated with the divine, and is said to bring good luck and prosperity to those who embrace it. Contrary to other beliefs, many people believe strongly that the number 13 brings about change, which can often lead to a positive outlook. Paul Biya’s leadership is a pure reflection and revelation of the positivity of the number 13. PRESIDENT PAUL BIYA’s innate ability to steer the ship of the state from murky waters unperturbed for over 40 years and still counting, and at the age of 90, is not an accident. This feat should be credited to his God-given grace and wisdom. These two virtues are rare to come by in real life and to be bestowed on one individual....