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Published by Martial Gnoukapasi for MNews The Society of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians of Cameroon SOGOC in partnership with the International Federation of Gynaecologist and Obstetricians FIGO,  is launching a Safe Abortion Access campaign for eligible cases within the context of the Cameroonian law (i.e the Penal code)  dubbed “ I AM SAFE CAMPAIGN” that will run from August 1 to October 30, 2023. The contest is holding within the context of the Advocacy for Comprehensive Abortion Care ACAC project running for 5 th years and counting now. The objectives of the contest are: - To have at least 20000 persons reached and sensitized on the dangers of unsafe abortion.  -To have at least 20000 people, especially women and girls informed about the various stakeholders involved in the provision of safe abortion services in Cameroon. -To increase awareness on the impact of unsafe and safe abortion services in Cameroon to over 20 000 persons as per the penal code. -To educate the...

By Martial Gnoukapasi L-R: Dr Isidore, Dr Abiodun, Dr Mofor At Doctor Abiodun's Raynbow Naturopathic Research Herbal Clinic - Finance junction, he tells us that the inscription ' a.k.a Flusher' on the signpost had and is still being misinterpreted by some young girls and women, who, not until after visiting the institution, are of the impression that the clinic also specializes in terminating pregnancy, which is not the case. He explained to MNews237 that, though he hasn't been approached by anyone for abortion this year, there were times before that a month won't go by without at least two or three young girls showing up to him for abortion. " It use to be uncountable when i started practice, but as the years went by it dropped drastically to 2-3 a month. Back then, when we received cases of young girls or women wanting to get rid of unwanted pregnancies, what we did which we still put into practice now, is try to counsel and advise them against it, remindin...

By Martial Gnoukapasi Emmanuella Limnyuy Emmanuella Limnyuy lives in Mulang, a locality within the Bamenda city council area in the North West region. She specializes in traditional dress marking, from which she earns a living.  Despite being a Degree holder in Theatre Television and Film Studies, the 26-year-old in an exclusive with MNews said, one of her greatest challenges till date remains the fact that she can't easily go to a pharmacy to get pregnancy prevention pill, following a series of stigmatization experienced from most pharmacy attendants.  She said the situation is same each time she also tries to get a condom, reason why she seldomly go to get these items herself. "The stigma is so so bad that it makes me ashame each time I go to a pharmacy. One of my encounters with a nurse when i got there to get a pill after sexual intercourse comes to mind. She looked at me funnily and told me i was too young to buy it. I looked at her and thought to myself - is the money c...

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  Mayor Mbigha Felix receives Award from Herald Tribune Publisher Nde Richard Lajong The award ceremony handed over to the mayor salutes his inspiring ingenuity in galvanizing the population of his municipality to beat security threats, thereby creating an enabling environment for development. Dubbed the Herald Tribune Excellence Award " the colorful ceremony of Saturday April 29, which took place at the Club 58 premises in Bamenda, saluted hard work, sportsmanship, community movers and shakers, local development experts, entrepreneurship etc. Worthy of note is that, mayor Mbigha Felix in his distinguished administrative style has manage to return the Bamenda I municipality to normalcy. Hardly will one these days, hear of separatists attacks or other security challenges that had before rocked this municipality. To also note that Mayor Mbigha Felix, few weeks back, received a standing ovation from commission charged with the follow up and execution of public i...

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...

President of the steering committee touring reconstruction projects Inhabitants of the South West Region and those in Fako division in particular, have taken a firm commitment to protect and guard jealously,  projects which have realised under the Presidential Plan for the Reconstruction and Development of the South West Region. Projects already executed alongside those still under reconstruction within the same framework on Wednesday March 22, came under scrutiny. On the ground himself to inspect these projects was the Minister, Director of Cabinet at the Prime Minister's office, President of the Steering Committee of the reconstruction plan, Balungeli Confiance Ebune. During his meeting with the beneficiaries, local development actors and implementing partners at the Buea Mountain Hotel, the activity report for 2022 was presented. The meeting held on the high instruction of the Prime Minister, Head of Government, Chief Dr Joseph Dion Ngute. The Mayor of Buea Council, Mafany Naman...