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After National Day Of Mourning,Blood Continue To Flow

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By Raymond Dingana Two days after Cameroonians observed a Day of National Mourning for the seven students killed in Kumba, saturday october 24,2020, blood has not ceased to flow. In the early hours of Monday November 2,2020, three persons were shot to death when Boh Etoma,a neighbourhood in Bali Nyonga came under attack from those eye witnesses say,were men in military uniforms. Three Killed In Bali Monday Morning "Three persons,all young boys including a local player of a musical instrument known in Bali as 'AnkLung' were killed.The young man was just coming from mbufung,a small farming locality in Bali only to meet his death. A corn mill operator only escaped by chance leaving his machines steaming while he dashed in to the bushes. Several persons were wounded and many motor bikes set ablazed.Some shops were also looted," Ni Babila, not his real names,a retired Gendarmarie officer told DrayInfos. Bikes Set Ablaze during the attack. Bali is one of those villages in t...

Bamenda: Women Protest Against Kumba Killings, But D.O. Calls Them Pretenders

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  By Raymond Dingana Women drawn from different walks of life have taken to the streets of Bamenda denouncing the killing of students at the Mother Francisca International Bilingual Academy in Kumba, Tuesday October 27,2020 . They carried  placards bearing  messages like, ''Education is a must for our children,'' ''Education is not negotiable,'' ''End the war in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon,'' ''We need peace'' among others, the women accompanied by their male counterparts marched through the major streets of Bamenda and made a stop at the office of Mr. Nicolas Nkongho Manchang, Divisional Officer, D.O. for Bamenda II Subdivision. The D.O.'s remarks were  not well received by the women. While addressing the women, the D.O. said, many of them were pretending and that, they know where the boys are: “ Most of them who are out here today know where the boys killing are children are hiding, but th...

Kumba School Massacre: Government/Separatists Romance Reduce Youths To Corpses.

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By Raymond Dingana Both the government of Cameroon and leaders of the separatist movement have on several occasions mounted roof tops telling those that care to listen that,they are out to protect their people .The irony here is that,those they say they are protecting are the same people dying in their hands. The recent case is what many have described as a macabre act on children whom to them were only out to gain education for a better future. Victims Being Taken To The Mortuary According to a list said to have been published on line from an unknown source, six students, five girls and one boy lost their lives while and thirteen wounded when gun men attacked Mother Francisca International Academy in Fiango, Kumba II, Saturday October 24,2020.The document also indicated that,the list was drawn in a hurry and that, it was not exact. List Of Those That Died And Those That Were Wounded In The Shootings In Kumba The incident was that of shock and consternation as many could not believe ...

Bamenda: Many wounded as Gendarmerie Truck Destroys Several Vehicles.

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  By Raymond Dingana Many persons have been injured and several others are receiving medical attention in the hospital. This follows a head on collision of a gendarmerie truck and several taxis and other vehicles at mobile Nkwen, Tuesday night. The mobile Nkwen neighborhood was the scene of anger and attraction following an incident that saw a truck belonging to the national gendarmerie destroying several vehicles at about 7pm, Tuesday October 20 th , 2020. The truck that left Finance junction and was heading towards mobile Nkwen reportedly left its own side of the road before hitting the vehicles. After hitting the cars, the soldiers descended from the truck and started punching people causing many other vehicles to be hitting others in the course of trying to escape the wrath of the Gendarmes. Talking to DrayInfos , one of the victims by name Nji Martin whose taxi was badly damaged said, after destroying his car, they came and started threatening him. “It took me by shock...

Back To School:It Is Not About Government,Separatists, Parents Have Decided-Hon.Gerard Ngala

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By Raymond Dingana The Member of Parliament, for Nkambe Central, Donga Mantung division, Hon. Gerard Ngala has said it is not about Government nor Separatists talking about sending childeren to school but that, parents have taken the bull by the horne. Hon. Ngala made the declaration recently on national the state broadcaster, CRTV shortly after stagging a mega rally in Nkambe that has amplified the back to school campaign in his native Donga Mantung and beyond. The people's representative also said among other things that, he is ready to take bullets in his sustained campaign to see that children are educated across the North West and South West Regions. He also said among other things that, he is ready to take bullets in his sustained campaign to see that children across the North West and South West Regions are educated. Read more on Hon Ngala Gerard's outing pin the following interview excerpts. Honorable, your visit to Donga Mantung was at a time of a crusade for e...

Insecurity: Night Life Shrinks As beer Parlours Become Targets.

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  By Raymond Dingana Night life around the mobile  neighbourhood, a popular vicinity in Nkwen Bamenda, highly concentrated with drinking parlours have seen night life activities greatly reduced recently. Reports say; many fear going out to catch fun now and take a drink after two explosive devices went off in two different bars Tuesday;06 October at about 8pm  .One other  was discovered in another bar still in Nkwen on Thursday 08 October 2020. The explosion left customers affected with wounds and some have been hospitalized though other sources say, no one was wounded and that, it would appear the perpetrators were just firing a warning shot. According to Chia Walters, a client to one of the bars that was targeted on  Tuesday, going out to have fun will have to wait for a while. "Going out these days especially at night is risky and has to wait after an explosion occurred in my favourite drinking spot. I was there when it went off and i felt like the world wa...

Nkwain Joseph, Prof.Egbengu, Receive Cameroon Performance Award For Promoting Good Health.

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  By Raymond Dingana Mr.Nkwain Joseph, Director of Florence Nightingale Higher Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Professor Egbe Philip Egbengu, medical director of the Royal Victoria Clinic in Bamenda who doubles as the Head Of Department Of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the Catholic University,  have in two separate events received the Cameroon Performance Award for what the initiators say was for their outstanding efforts in health promotion in Cameroon. Recently at the premises of Florence Nightingale Higher institute of Biomedical Sciences,  Mr.Nkwain of said, the award is an encouragement for them to do more in the domain of health ...."this award encourages us making us to work harder, ”  he said.     He added that, for the ten years the school existed, they have been scoring a hundred percent in competitive examinations organized by the Ministries of Public Health and Higher Education. He went further to say that, the school trains State...