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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 Gnoukapasi NewSETA DG(left) hon. Enwe Francis(right) To run for 5 days, the workshop that has brought together over 50 journalists to brainstorm and share their experiences on issues centered around their  profession, peace and elections, organized by the Network for Solidarity, Empowerment and Transformation for All(NewSETA) in partnership with the National Endowment for Democracy(NED)USA and Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) has as major objective, accentuating the role of free press in shaping public opinion, in a climate of social crisis and electoral partisanship.  NewSETA director Seta Caxon also acknowledged in his opening remark October 22nd that, the challenges faced by the media in advocating for a free press was numerous, reason why he considerd the workshop timely. Cross section of workshop participants  His words were further complimented by that of the honourable member of parliament for the Momo East Constituency Enwe Francis, who re-i...