The Advocate Cameroon

 By Ojong Joseph Ojong The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is running a pilot project for youth empowerment (human capital investment) to revitalize the local economies through youths. The project has as objective to empower 1,000 youths each in some municipalities of Cameroon. Changing Mentalities and Empowering Groups (CHAMEG Cameroon) was given the mandate to implement the pilot phase of the project in the South West Region, CHAMEG Cameroon. To execute this, CHAMEG then hired some experts to facilitate the training. TABOKO Samson MENGE, the CEO and Co-founder of Manyu Development Group (Ma.De.G) was recruited as the Lead Trainer in Kumba. According to Tabogo, “We succeeded to train 5 youths in the pilot project for 3 months. The first 2 months was dedicated for classroom work. He added that they have covered 10 modules carved out in 2 courses. After 2 months of classroom work, trainees chose the line of business they intend to operate. They were then sent for coachin...

By Anye Nde Nsoh Out of 20 players called up for camping a total of 16 players are present in camp, four absent so far. The 16 amputee players have been involved in work outs twice daily working on resistance, ball possession and control, passes and others. As the days go by and with powerful opponents to face during the Cup of African Nations for Amputees, the team is in camp, fine tuning tactics for a better performance and output when they eventually travel to Dar es Salam Tanzania for CANAF 2021 to run from November 26, to December 5. Their training is expected to last till November 23 wherein they are expected to travel to Tanzania for the 15 national tournaments. Cameroom Amputee Football league dubbed CANAFL 2020 was recently concluded and Lead trainer Mankwa Donald says so far he can see the strength and determination of the players as they fine-tune tactics through more is expected. "I can weigh the strength of my players, I can see it coming already eventhough ...

  By Anye Nde Nsoh Bafut, an agricultural area noted for the production of cash crops such as ginger, cocoyam, maize, plantain and others have had its agricultural potentials drastically reduced due to the armed conflict plaguing the area since 2016.  Farmers have been unable to exercise their full agricultural potentials despite the availability of farm lands. Commercialists have been unable to effectively market these products produced caused by gun battles. Bafut equally plays host to tributaries of River Mezam, a major river from which Mezam division derives its name, which has become bedrock for river sand exploitation, employing hundreds of youths and serving as a major source of income generation to the Bafut Council.  This has ruined the economy of Bafut causing poverty low standards of living since some farmers have lost their lives, others are unable to cultivate and market their products. The New Divisional Officer of Bafut Subdivision Fokou Njukeng And...

  By A Correspondent The owner of Queen Mother Consultancy Mme Ngo Bahiha Caroline popularly known as Queen, has appealed to the government of Cameroon and Elites especially from the Anglophone Region to assist small entrepreneurs because private businesses have great potentials. She made the appeal on Saturday October 23, 2021 during a one day seminar in prelude to the upcoming AFRICAB2B Industrialization Exhibition & Awards scheduled to take place at the city council hall in Yaounde from the 18th to 22nd November 2021.   Queen Mother Consultancy’s   at the   seminar at Seme Beach in Limbe with over 25 business owners   and   leaders of cooperatives was to discuss on the role of SMEs in the inclusive and sustainable development of industrialization in Africa and mechanisms put in place to support businesses in the South West region. She mentioned that to be part of the fair, registered companies will pay a registration fee of 75,000 FCFA while ...

  By Valerie Halimatou The Population of the South West Region will soon smile with the advent of a Modern Cement Grinding Plant in Ombe, with a capacity of 600.000 tons. This idea of the plant which will be the first in the South West Region, and the first Cameroonian majority owned Company Cement Plant in Cameroon was revealed to some Journalists from different Media Outlets during a Press briefing which held on Wednesday, the 20 October, 2021, in the Conference Room of Mboka Industrial Services PLC at Mile 2, Limbe.   Speaking during the Press Briefing, The General Manager of Mboka Cement, Dr. Mukete Beyongo Dynamic, disclosed that the Cement Plant will be built by a German Company, Gebr Pfeiffer which has over 160 years experience in engineering, designing and building Cement Grinding Plants. He mentioned that the aim of Mboka Industrial Company is to produce premium cement and affordable construction materials. He added that the Company equally aims at providing...

By Imma MKONG   Stakeholders in peacebuilding are poised to ensure the protection of human rights and the fight against Gender Based Violence - GBV, as conditions cine qua non for building peace. They took the commitment recently in Yaounde, after a 3-day workshop organized by UNDP and partners, to train stakeholders in human rights protection and the implementation of UNSCR1325 on women, Peace and Security in Cameroon. After presentations on the basics of GBV and what UNSCR1325 is all about, deliberations focused more on data   from the National Institute of Statistics, indicating that 44 percent of men suffer gender based violence.  This was somewhat shocking to some participants who thought the data didn't represent reality. The conclusion however was that, what is most important in the Fight against GBV is not the number of victims but the response from survivors. Unlike the yesteryears, actions on the implementation of UNSCR1325 will hence be focus more on th...

  By Tarhyang Enowbikah Tabe It was a standing ovation that faithful day of Wednesday October 13 at the Hall of the Synod Office when the organizers of the 2021 PCC Peace Award declared that the winner of the Peace Man of the year Award was the very dynamic, creative and compassionate Educationist and School administrator with over 15 years experience and steward leader, Ngantchui Fandio Makarios. Uncle Makarios as he is fondly called is a man of few words with a lot of experience in leadership and peace studies both in the French System of Education and the Anglo-Saxon system. The Christian to the core and Son of Rev. Fandio Zacchaeus and Mme Emilia Mbiako picked up the award after the Rev Fonki Samuel in 2019 and the late Cardinal Tumi in 2020. To him, stepping in those two shoes is too much for him and only God can see him through as he moves on with peace work. The Peace Man of The Year, flanked by his wife, another peace merchant and "Do No Harm Principle" Expe...

  Compiled By Ndassi Gilbert The winner of the 2021 Peace Woman Award, Adah Mbah Muyang has dedicated the award to her husband for standing by her throughout her career as humanitarian and activist. The Award winner is a dedicated humanitarian; a passionate activist, an educationist, a women and girls championing leader, a human rights advocate and community developer. She is founder and the executive director of Mother of Hope Cameroon (MOHCAM). She also the co-founder of the Women Peacebuilder’s Network(WOPEN)and a graduate from the International Relations Institute of Cameroon (IRIC) where she studied Humanitarian Action, Peace and Conflict studies. She is an educationist with over twenty years of experience. She is part of the peacebuilding advocacy carried out by women networks in Cameroon. As a women’s leader and a frontline advocate for peace, Adah led the first women action for peace in the North West Region through a sit down lamentation. She has also been st...

  Compiled By Ndassi Gilbert The Executive Director of Local Youth Corner, Achaleke Christian Leke ,was conferred the Title of Peace Youth of the Year in a ceremony that took place at the Synod Office hall in Buea last Wednesday October 13. He is a is a peacebuilding, counter violent extremism and international development expert from Cameroon with 14 years of experience as a practitioner and academician.  He holds an MSc in Conflict Security and Development from the University of Birmingham UK. His passion for peace was inspired by his childhood of growing up in Fiango Kumba which was known for crime and violence. The realities of violence drove him to the determination to build violent free communities with young people at the forefront. Achaleke Christian Leke currently serves as the Executive Director of Local Youth Corner Cameroon; a youth-led peace-building organization based in Cameroon. He grew up in the organisation as a volunteer and served in different role from ass...

  By Mbonda Lizzy Noel with Reports   The Organization for the Dialogue on Safe Abortion, ODAS, has reiterated its commitments to the values of the association on pushing for safe and legal abortions. According to the members, every woman should have the right to be able to use a safe and effective method of contraception to prevent unintended pregnancy and to have access to safe and legal voluntary termination of pregnancy. To pass on this message to the population, the Organisation known by its acronym as, ODAS Center that works with laws that govern sexual and reproductive health (SRH) rights, has launched its activities at the national level. Themes related to safe abortion in ODAS member countries such as Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon and Madagascar will be on the agenda.   In Cameroon, the launch was led by local partner, Women for a Change in the capital city, Yaounde, Cameroon on Septe...

By Mbonda Lizzy Noel  The Cameroon Association of Media Professionals, CAMP, has launched a national training for Mid Career Media Professionals on Fact Checking COVID-19 related stories. The task which is part of a series of projects under the Coronavirus Fact initiative is sponsored by The European Union through UNESCO. The project entails 3 training workshops for 20 journalists in Buea, Bamenda and Douala. It shall also include two physical Meetups for experience and best practice sharing and two online meetings. The Buea workshop was officially opened by the National President of the Cameroon Association of Media Professionals, Solomon Agborem. According to Solomon Agborem, the project aims at empowering 60 Mid-career reporters, commentators and bloggers reporting on the COVID-19 Pandemic with necessary Fact Checking skills to combat Fake News, Misinformation, Disinformation and Infodemic both online and offline. The Southwest Regional Coordinator of the Association...

By Tarhyang Enowbikah Tabe Cameroonian Lawyer and Human Rights Defender, Barrister Felix Nkongho Agbor Balla has been nominated for the 2021 Dutch Government Human Rights Tulip Award. The lone Cameroonian nominated amongst the 12 is Felix Nkongho a human rights lawyer and renowned activist who defends and promotes universal rights and non-violence from his office in the conflict zone in Cameroon. He is the founder and president of the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa (CHRDA), a NGO dedicated to the protection and advancement of human rights and the promotion of democracy as a political culture in Africa. According to a release from the Organizers of the Award, those nominated have been selected because of the innovative, creative ways in which they work to defend human rights, the courage they demonstrate doing this work under difficult circumstances and the positive impact their work has on their community and their country.   An independent jury composed...

  By Tarhyang Enowbikah Tabe   There has been a series or reports and information going around online and offline indicating that a group of elite of Southwest extraction wrote a memo to elite of Northwest Region, indicating that there is no way South Westerners can live happily with North Westerners in a two state federation. According to reports, this memo or letter was intended to be a secret letter to be handed to the Prime Minister and Head Of Government, Chief Dr Joseph Dion Ngute during his recent Visit to Buea to evaluate the implementations of the resolutions of the Major National Dialogue. We are equally told that due to disagreement between these Southwest Elite, the decision to hand the document was challenged and soon found itself on the social media. After fact checking the above and more, The Advocate Newspaper can authoritatively state that it is fake and Big Fat Lies. Original Document The original document first appeared online in the early hours ...