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By Tarhyang Enowbikah Tabe   The South West North West Women’s Taskforce, better known by its viral acronym as SNWOT has wrapped up on a project to scale up social cohesion in five of Cameroon’s ten regions during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The triple phase mission project titled “fostering social cohesion amidst COVID-19 in Cameroon” was being implemented in the North West, South West, West, Littoral, and Centre Regions. Justifying the project, the SNWOT explains that their response to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country is in line with her humanitarian commitment to ensuring decent, healthy, and adequate living standards for all humans.  The Model To this effect, the leading Women’s Peace Advocacy Network in Cameroon, SNWOT had been sensitizing the masses, providing psycho social support and championing advocacy on the need for social cohesion within vulnerable groups like the internally displaced, physically challenged persons and grassroots communities

By Anye Nde Nsoh After attending Bamenda II council Mid-year evaluation session, the Senior Divisional Officer for Mezam Simon Emile Mooh, has banned all forms of sporting activities in his Division of command. This was done Wednesday July 22, 2020. This follows the consistent increase in the number or infected Coronavirus patients in the North West Region and Bamenda II being the heart of contaminated. Stating his aim for attending the mid-year evaluation session, Simon Emile says his aim is to sensitize the population of this municipality on COVID-19 and tasked Coucillors to involve in massive sensitization campaign. "I came here today to sensitize the population of this municipality about the number of infected persons in Mezam which are in the rise."  “We have come with this message, asking all the Councillors to go back on the field and sensitize the population to fight against this COVID-19.  We all know the virus is within our community and it

By Anye Nde Nsoh At the wake of the Anglophone crisis in 2016 that started with teachers and lawyers protesting for reforms, the educational sector was also brought to its knees in the North West and South West Regions. In 2019, no pupil could brave the odds and write the First school Leaving Certificate. However some 60 pupils are sitting the exams at GMI Bamenda. This mark of strength demonstrated by the pupils was saluted by Ngwakongoh Lawrence, Mayor of Bafut as they sit the first day of the First school Leaving Certificate examination Tuesday July 21, 2020. Writing materials such as pens, pencils, rulers, erasers, sharpeners were provided to these pupils to facilitate writing for a better future. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks were also given to prevent the spread of the pandemic.                             Bafut Mayor The Mayor used the opportunity to promise scholarships for the overalls five best pupils at the exams. “I have come here as

By Ojong Joseph Ojong In Mamfe Huge number of travelers are stranded at the Mamfe Motor Park following a decision by the Manyu Professional Drivers Union to declare today a Non Working Day. The Union is accusing one of its former presidents of siphoning money and using the union funds to run a private agency. The matter is pending in court and will be heard today at the Mamfe court of first instance. In view of this, the president had therefore given an order for no movement across the Division. This decision was arrived at during their last meeting which held at the union office at mile two park Mamfe. This decision has therefore affected travelers across the Division willing to go to Ekok, Bamenda, and Kumba. It is expected that work will resume tomorrow depending on the outcome of the hearing in court today. We keep you posted.

By Shing Timothy M 93, 500 pupils across the national territory have rounded off the written part of the 2020 session of the First School Leaving Certificate -FSLC Examinations, this July 21, 2020. On the first day of the examination, the candidates were tested in Mathematics, English Language and Information Communication Technology. Unlike in previous occasions, this year’s examination will not have sporting activities because of fears of the novel coronavirus. The examination this year was particularly different given the presence of the coronavirus pandemic in the country and the Anglophone crisis in the North Wes and Southwest regions in particular. However, school authorities across the board enforced safety measures in order to protect the candidates from contracting the deadly virus. In most towns and cities in the conflict wrecked North West and Southwest regions, most examination centres were congregated into few writing centre in order to ensu

By Shing Timothy M “The picture of the council we inherited was not good, let me put it in context, we are in a difficult socio-political situation and some of these things impact on other things. We met the council with 228,000FCFA, but God being our helper, the administration and government on our side and the input of councillors and council staff and council stakeholders we have been able to do what we have done” These are the words of the Mayor Of Buea, Barrister David Mafani Namange during the First Ordinary Session of the Buea Council reserved for the examination and adoption of the Administrative, Management and Stores Management Accounts for the 2019 Financial Year. The lord Mayor of the Buea Municipality promised denizens of his council area better days ahead; despite the precarious situation he inherited as mayor. The challenges according to the mayor include a huge debt which the new administration has to service, unpaid salaries to workers and an over s

The Colbert Factor By Gwain Colbert This reflection is inspired by the fact that although it was not until His Most Eminence Highness Fra Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempo di Sanguinetto, visited Cameroon in 2018 that Cameroonians came to understand the official status with which such hitherto secret societies existed, the origin and history of grandmasters and mystical lodges dates back to the ancient Egyptian era as the first mystical order was formed in Egypt and   Westerners only got initiated into it later, and in the process, codifying it. It is the more informed by the fact that although the grandmaster of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta attracted negative publicity during his official visit to Cameroon in 2018 as he was seen to be cautioning President Paul Biya's reelection bid by throwing his moral weight behind him, traditional African grandmasters are known for their steadfastness, uprightness, and support for just and right courses. It is also

By Prince Oben Agbor Rumours had earlier circulated within the headquarters of kumba III Sub division in Meme division of the South West region that, the long-awaited supply of portable water is to materialize soon. These rumours were confirmed by the Mayor of the Kumba III Sub divisional Council, Dr Isaac Nguba Mukwelle, who took the recently held Council session to announce that Mambanda, the Sub divisional headquarters of Kumba III Sub division would in the days ahead be supplied with portable water. Speaking on the occasion of an Ordinary session devoted to the deliberation and adoption of the 2019 Administrative and Management Accounts of the Council, Dr Isaac Nguba Mukwelle stated:" The project for water to Mambanda that was executed at 100% by the records, yet water did not flow from the taps of Mambanda, has been followed up and the boss of Camwater assured me that I should promise this Honourable assembly that portable water will flow in Mambanda withi

By Shing Timothy M Thousands of people from across the country have paid their last respects the media icon Chief Nkemayang Paul few weeks after his demise in Limbe.   Before his demise, he was one of the leading media professionals in Cameroon and the Publisher of the Star Newspaper. The burial of the journalist, traditional ruler took place July 25, 2020, in Limbe, South West Region of Cameroon. Chief Foanyi Nkemayang Paul, died on June 18, 2020, reportedly because of diabetic coma at the Presbyterian Health Centre in Down Beach Limbe. According to the wife, the late Chief Nkemayang Paul was rushed to the hospital and his vital signs were checked, revealing that his blood sugar level was above 500 which made him to go into a diabetic coma before his demise. In his homily, His Lordship Archbishop Andrew Nkea of the Bamenda Metropolitan Archdiocese said it was a great loss to the country and his Division of origin in particular “We have lost a promoter

By Mbonda Lizzy Noel The Limbe City Mayor, Motanga Andrew Monjimba has said he shall stop at nothing to give Limbe a face-lift. “For no matter what reason, be it humanitarian, social or economic, are we going to sacrifice the beauty and cleanliness of Limbe. The bulldozers and the caterpillars are going to be back on the streets next week.” He said. The City Council Boss was speaking in the inner chambers of the council on July 23 during a council session aimed at examining the administrative, management and stores accounts of the 2019 financial year. Motanga continued   that   “I know there is a lot of distress outside since we embarked on the long announced demolition of makeshift structures on our major streets and which are fast turning our municipality into an eye sore” The session which is coming on the hills of the ongoing demolition, the city mayor said, no amount of consideration will stop the city council from sacrificing the beauty and cleanliness