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Story Credit: Bakah Derick-TPO Intermediate Lions The Head Coach of the Intermediate Lions has disclosed that the city of Douala will be the host of the third pre-selection training camp for his team. Yves Clement Arroga disclosed the new venue as he made public a list of 35 players including five on the waiting list last December 23, 2019.  According to the coach, the Douala expedition will run from the January 6th to 26th, 2019. The country’s economic capital is hosting the third after Yaounde hosted the first and second pre-selection camps.  The disclosure of the new camping venue and the publication of the new list of preselected players came shortly after the second pre-selection training camp from December 9 to 23 grouping 35 players ended in Yaounde.  While speaking to www.fecafoot-officiel.com, the team’s coach described the just ended pre-selection training camp as satisfactory indicating that some substantial talents have been identified so far.  “ This gro...

Martial Gnoukapasi AYP Deputy Speaker Melvin Songwe  Deputy speaker for African Youth Parliament(AYP) Central Africa, Cameroon's RT Hon Melvin Songwe Shuye has described the leadership of the Republic of Somaliland as a model, worth emulating by other countries in Africa. This was at a press conference in Bamenda Cameroon dubbed "AYP Somaliland to the world" on Sunday December 15th. The deputy speaker made the remark few weeks after an advocay trip to the republic of Somaliland between Nov 21st to 25th 2019, which provided him and fellow members of the AYP delegation the opportunity to obtain first hand, information relating to the socio-economic and political lifestyle of the country.  Values, experiences and a quintessential leadership which he confesses could be modeled as a prototype for leadership in the entire african continent. Participants at Conference Hon Melvin Songwe attests that during their stay in the country, they were able to assert the belief that arts a...

Martial Gnoukapasi preselected squad Preselected players for the second phase training camp of the Intermediate Lions have been handed the most crucial pieces of advise as they join the nation in preparing for the 2020 African Nations Championship CHAN to be staged in Cameroon.  The counseling and physiological preparation session which officially marked the beginning of the training camp was coordinated by Coach Yves Clement Arroga, his collaborators and a representative from the General Coordination of National Teams a department of the Cameroon Football Federation FECAFOOT.  With a slightly over an hour projected presentation, Coach Yves Clement Arroga outlined step by step his system of play which he said has only one objective! WINNING.  Goal keeper Trainer Assimba Clement then charged up the boys with why they must give their all during their stay in camp. "You are already Indomitable Lions" he told the privileged players adding "winning this competition can change...

Martial Gnoukapasi Hysacam at work At the Bamenda Nkwen market Sunday November 24th where HYSACAM showed up to resume  for the 3rd time this year, their mission of garbage collection after a number of incidences deprived them from sanitizing the city, one upon arrival was greeted by a disagreeable smell emanating from a heap of garbage that had piled up for months.  The black liquid ouzing out of it was visibly having a romance with the perishable and non perishable food items displayed by some petty traders around the market. They knew it will take not more than a day for hysacam to do what they're rightfully supposed to do. Traders closest to dumpsters watching hysacam at work MNews237 caught up with some  operating businesses closest to the over flooded dumpsters, who expressed their satisfaction, the challenges they faced and the coping mechanisms they had employed to better the situation, before the clean up campaign outing by hysacam to clear the garbage that...

Martial Gnoukapasi Intermediate Lions at training ground Information from Bakah Derick,  team press officer for the intermediate lions of cameroon have confirmed that the squad will engage in a friendly with Yaounde elite one club side Dragon FC as they prepare for the African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2020 in Cameroon. 28 preselected players for the team have entered week two of training in Yaoundé under the supervision of coach Yves Clement Arroga.  The players opened week two of their training camp Monday November 25, 2019 at the Omnisport Annex II stadium with an intense evening session which focused on tactical ball procession, control and distribution.  The second week of the two weeks camping will be defining for Coach Yves Clement and his collaborators who will be deciding on which players they will be retaining for the next training camp. Apart from regular training sessions, Coach Arroga also announced a friendly encounter on Wednesday November 27 between his ...

Martial Gnoukapasi Peace has never been the absence of war but in a war or conflict situation peace will always provide room for people to reason. Talking to some persons from menchum division in the conflict stricken North West region of Cameroon, most shared the opinion that no country especially in Africa has ever resolve any internal conflict using guns and other weapons of war. It's their wish that, even if the peace caravan which constitutes the  peacebuilding mechanism of the state, coming weeks after the major national dialogue, does not resolve the crisis, it should at least appeal to the consciences of those antagonising any idea adopted towards a return to normalcy in the two restive regions of the country to understand that only in a calm and Serene atmosphere can we resolve this crisis. After the regional launch Nov 18th by Christian Cardinal Tumi, head of the program in the North West, those delegated to the different divisions have begin work already. In menchum divi...

By Fomusoh Rachel Close to a million people have been affected by the ongoing crisis in the North West region alone. Figures have it that over 34,000 persons have fled the country with 4000 persons displaced internally.  A majority of this number are children amongst whom are those who've lost their parents in the conflict. Others have simply lost contacts with their parents, relatives and love ones. Away from the fact that these persons especially the children and the elderly who can't fend for themselves need shelter, food, clothing and healthcare in recognition with sustainable development goals number one, two and three, a majority of these children have also been deprived of their right to education in defiance with SDG number four, advocating for quality education, as enshrined in Article 19th of the convention on the rights of the child.  They also long for love and affection.The needs are huge and according to statistics revealed by UN Office for Coordination of Humani...