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By Martial Gnoukapasir Cameroon defense minister Joseph Beti Assomo on a working visit to the 5th joint military Region ( The military component of the North West and west regions of Cameroon), has called on soldiers to stop practicing citizen Journalism. "...Soldiers are neither Camera men nor Journalists..neither do they take nor receive orders from social media.." he said.     The call came at a time when there've been massive condemnation of military filming and posting certain contents online with the recent being the case in wum where a soldier filmed angry Mbororo youths on rampage in the subdivision.    The June 6th trip was to appraise the security situation of the North West region deeply affected by what is today known as the  anglophone crisis.    He extended president Biya's message of comfort and courage to wounded soldiers at the Rapid intervention battalion (BIR) dispensary unit and those at the military hospital in Bamenda, follow...

By Martial Gnoukapasir. The dedication/induction rituals of some 17 new elders to serve the PC Nitop congregation as "fishers of men" with mission to win more souls on the side of God Sunday June 2nd 2019, was indeed a special one not just for congregants of PC Nitop mankon and the journalism family in the North West. It was also a defining moment in the spiritual life and growth of Muma Jude Awa, a journalist and one of those caught by the net casted by the Lord to serve as his disciple in proclaiming the gospel as per the scriptures. Christened "the session of rejuvenation" the 17 new session of elders of PC Nitop responded   " I promise  God being my helper",  when the Rev. Namaya Elangwe Samson asked if they were ready to embrace and respect the doctrines and disciplines of the Presbyterian Church, and amongst trials and tribulations prove themselves worthy enough to be the pillars of Christ and ready enough to discharge their mission faithfully and d...

By Martial Gnoukapasir. The North West Region  is most often not exempted when findings  in relation to cases of human rights violations and abuses are being presented in Cameroon today.    Now our days it's very common to spot children  under the age of 10 along the streets of Bamenda hawking bitter cola, banana, sweets, biscuits with some going the extra mile of selling condoms and cigarettes. When you ask questions  it's easy to get responses like  " Our parents gave us these items to sell".  "They say we should sell so as to support ourselves in the next coming school year". Telling poster on GBV   Cases of child trafficking, sexual harassment, rape, incest torture, battery, genital mutilations, assault early marriage etc amongst children especially the girl child are becoming rampant in the region. The bitter truth one finds hard to swallow is that majority of these cases go unnoticed and the perpetrators go unpunished either because som...

By Martial Gnoukapasir. cross section of workshop participants       The training workshop on Cultural Rights and Diversity for print and online media men and women in the North West Region of Cameroon lasted three days. This follows a similar workshop with same time frame and objectives, organised a week earlier for those in the audio-visual sector by the NW Regional office of the Mbororo Social and Cultural Development Association(MBOSCUDA)in alliance with the north west farmers organisation(NOWEFOR), United purpose UK with funds from the European Union. Mboscuda NW Co-ordinator: Sali Django      Opening the workshop, North West regional coordinator for MBOSCUDA Sali Django revealed that the training was intended to offer visibility to media houses on issues relating to cultural rights and it's various forms of expression, so they can better comprehend and raise more awareness on  such rights and diversity by UNESCO standards. It was further necessit...

Martial Gnoukapasi Words can't even begin to describe how inhabitants of the city of Bamenda, chief town of the North West Region paid Homage to whom they describe to have  been one of their best Pidgin news broadcasters in the city. Peter Tebit Chi widely known by his fans and listerners of Radio Hot Cocoa in Bamenda modulating on Frequency 94.0mgz as Mac Chi, handed over his microphone and the batton commanding his existence to the cold hands of death in the early hours of Tuesday morning May 14 in his native land of Moko'oh Guzang in Batibo sub division, after every humanly attempt to save his life in the best of hospital in the country failed.     Meantime from the Bamenda regional hospital to his old town residence via Food market to the compound of Radio Hot Cocoa where he rendered unforgettable services till his demise, the mortal remains of Peter Tebit Chi was trailed by a momouth crowd of lovers of his works including bike riders, sympathizers and onside Lookers....

By Martial Gnoukapasi. According to the regional delegate for public health in the conflict hit North West region of Cameroon Dr Che Kingsley Suh, investigations have been opened to determine if actually a fake anti-hypertensive drug "hydrochlorothiazide" usually administered to patients suffering from hypertension is responsible for the death of two persons in the region.       In the month of February 2019 a consignment of fake drugs were discovered in circulation within the region amongs  which was another fake drug meant to treat diabetes.      According to the director, the minister of public health's attention was drawn to it after a considerable number of patients who had consumed these fake drugs began manifesting syntoms of it's effects.     He said and I quote; ". ... We had patients who were already suffering from effects. We decided as technician to carry out quality control..... We inform the minister of public health we who inst...

   By Martial Gnoukapasi.       It was on the basis of the above argument that  Honourable Fusi Naamukong, chairman of the Mezam divisional follow up committee for PIB projects cum member of parliament for the Bafut- Tubah constituency, made a firm call to vote holders and other stakeholders involved in the execution process of public investment projects in the division, to stop hiding behind the same excuses for 3yrs and negotiate their way through the realisation of their bidded projects so as they can benefit members of their respective communities.        Statistics at the 1st quarterly follow up for the physico- financial execution of PIB projects in 2019 revealed that of the 115 projects allocated for the division this year, just 5 as of the month of April have been completed. 1 ongoing and a 109 under award procedure, leaving physical realisation at 1.08% while nothing has been engaged financially.  There exists Earth road pr...