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By Martial Gnoukapasir young man masturbating on the street It took the intervention of passers-by to rescue a young girl from the hands of an energetic young man as he struggled to rape her in broad daylight. The population that gathered, pounced on the young man believe to be in his early 30's at the Ghana street neighborhood in Bamenda at about 6:45pm as he wrestle the girl to a tight corner for sexual gains. MNews237 at press time still had difficulty tracing the identity of the young man, who after being deprived of his sexual fantasy started chasing cars and motorbikes with passengers on board. Few minutes later he fell on his back in the middle of the street, pulled out his penis and started stroking it back and forth, licking his lips using his tongue in the process. While a section of the crowd that gathered (majority of whom were bike riders) suggested that the young man be served the services of a prostitute to quench his lust for sex, others opined for water to be th...

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 certified community peace ambassadors Understanding the importance of the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 document, which calls for the inclusion of women in conflict prevention, resolution and in the peace building process, the Centre for Advocacy in Gender Equality and Action for Development - CAGEAD, has produced and launch a handbook aimed at facilitating the understanding and implementation of the UNSCR1325 tools at grassroot levels. The launching of the manual, Thursday April 22nd at the Bamenda III council premises, coincided with the award of certificates to some community peace promoters within the Bamenda I and III municipalities, trained by the centre to serve as ambassadors of the peace building process via awareness raising in their respective communities. simplified UNSCR1325 manual The launch of the 39 page manual, training and certification is part of a project aim at  _Strengthening Grassroot Women's Participation in ...

By Martial Gnoukapasi Photo credit- Primus Ayeh Cross section of members analyzing impact of crisis on population. North West Chapter Members of the Cameroon Community Media Network(CCMN)-a network of media men and women that have embraced the humanitarian approach to news reporting in an attempt to minimize the negative effects of the conflict in the north west and south west regions of Cameroon, have taken a firm commitment to raise more awareness on the need to protect young girls especially Idp's against sexual exploitation and abuse. They took the commitment, tuesday Nov.17th during one of their routine network meetings in Bamenda.  The members also took out time to look at the impact of the crisis on the political, economic and socio-cultural lifestyle of the people in the region and beyond. Group I Analysis Their analysis of the conflict within a timeframe of over 3 months revealed that though there's been a gradual recovery in economic activities, some basic commodities...

Emmanuel Arrey speaking at event to donate food by Bamenda II Council at DDR NW. We met Emmanuel Arrey, introduced to us as an ex amba combatant and a senior prefect of the ex fighters who surrendered their weapons at the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration unit located in Bamenda, capital city of the north west region in Cameroon. On November 10th 2020, during a humanitarian outing by the Bamenda II Council to donate food and Sanitary materials to the ex combatants, this reporter had the opportunity to interview him. It was during the interview to ascertain how he ( Emmanuel Arrey as senior prefect to the ex fighters in the center) feels following the  donations made by the council that he revealed, some of them never knew that the society will be willing to forgive them, following the attrocities (to use his words) they committed while still in the bushes.  In his words" ... Initially here in DDR, we were of the impression that the people out there don't like us. W...

By Martial Gnoukapasir HOFNA's Executive Director Currently gaining knowledge in peace and conflict resolution at Masters level in the United kingdom, Christelle Bay Nfor, born July 18th 1985 is the Executive Director of Hope For the Needy Foundation -HOFNA Cameroon. The Cancerian whose 35th anniversary is still being showered with messages of love and hope, wishes of good health from family and immediate collaborators, plus the thousands of women and young girls whose lives her organization HOFNA has turned around for good, in reaction to the goodwill messages has renewed her commitment in the fight against Gender Base Violence GBV in Cameroon. Christelle Bay Cuts her Birthday Cake Via the communition bench of her institution HOFNA, dedicated to ending the sufferings of women and girls by empowering them intellectually and economically, she reached out to MNews237 with the below message in gratitude; " As I turn 35 today, I am reminding myself of what a journey it has bee...

Martial Gnoukapasir For some months now, a handful of journalists in the crisis hit north west region of the country just like a few elsewhere, have been at loggerheads with one another to the point of throwing verbal jabs at each other over opinions, ideas, the style and manner in which some angle and develop news stories and content as they report the anglophone conflict in the region. To make it abundantly clear that there's nothing wrong with the microphone, pen and paper pushers, exchanging views on petinent societal issues, especially one as critical as the crisis which has claim the lives of many in the two troubled zones.  It is however imperative to also note that the outings and actions of both the state and non-state armed actors which often results to civilian casualties like the case in kedjom keku and ngarr-buh, coupled with the conflicting figures and narratives that usually accompany such worisome events from both govt and non government acto...

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...

By Gnoukapasi Martial.   A situational analyses of the socio economic and cultural impacts of the ongoing crisis on the anglophone population of Cameroon, has revealed more than meets the ordinary eye.    Statistics from the IRC (international red cross committee) has further  revealed that since the start of the crisis, over 70% of women aged 15 to 35 are more exposed to abuse.   Women and children who are the highest to have suffered displacement from their homes are not only faced with the problem of accommodation, but the inability to meet their basic needs as well.   This has pushed alot, out of frustration, to adopt unhealthy coping mechanisms, in an attempt to satisfy their wants and needs, and believe you me that, some of the strategies and tactics employed hasn't been the best, and has futher exposed them to cases of gender abuse in their host communities.    Most of these women, especially the girls just by the virtue of the fa...