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Anglophone Crisis: "Some were very active altar servers and cadet girls" Archbishop Nkea on "Amba Boys"

His Grace Andrew Nkea Archbishop of Bamenda has made an appeal to non state armed fighters currently involved in the armed conflict in the area to reconsider their position. In a recent letter addressed to Catholics in the Archdiocese of Bamenda titled "the time for peace is Now", the prelate makes the following appeal to the fighters he named "Amba Boys" who he says played a crucial role in the life of the Catholic church.

COVID-19: Living with the pandemic in Bamenda's Catholic Church

The current residential Archbishop of Bamenda His Grace Andrew Nkea has made public the new measures of living with the new coronavirus in his archdiocese.

COVID-19: CIfA takes PWDs along

From Bakah Derick in Bamenda Bamenda based Nongovernmental organisation NGO Community Impact for Africa CIfA has donated an adaptive hand wash tool and other basic hygiene kits to support Persons with Disabilities PWDs in Bamenda.The beneficiaries who are either shop owners or customers at the Bamenda Main Market received the donations on saturday May 16. The adaptive tool according to the donor is intended to make easy the hand washing process for PWDs in the fight against COVID-19 and to limit the spread.

Anglophone Crisis: That new Bamenda of Archbishop Andrew Nkea

In a recent letter addressed to Catholics in the Archdiocese of Bamenda, the resident Archbishop His Grace Andrew Nkea wrote on a new Bamenda. Find out that new Bamenda in this excerpt  from his letter "The time for peace is Now." letter

Anglophone Crisis: Bamenda bakeries and households at the cross roads

By Bakah Derick in Bamenda Bamenda: Thursday May 21, 2020 is feast of the Ascension in a typically Roman Catholic city like Bamenda in Cameroon where the feast which commemorates the bodily ascension of Jesus Christ to heaven is observed as a public holiday.In normal times many will go to church in the early hours for prayers and Holy Mass. The times are not normal with a three years old armed conflict and now the coronavirus pandemic.

COVID-19: ACDA-USA pilots prevention sensitisation home

From Bakah Derick in Alatening... First published by The Guardian Post Daily on Wednesday 13, 2020 The Alatening Cultural and Development Association ACDA has challenge Alatening sons and daughters at home to bar the way for the coronavirus pandemic from entering the village.

WPFD 2020: HOFNA CAMEROON founder hails female journalists

By Bakah Derick in Bamenda The founder and executive director of Hope for the Needy Association HOFNA CAMEROON has hailed female journalists working in the North West Region in particular and Cameroon in general for the work they do despite the challenges they face as a result of the ongoing armed conflict and the coronavirus pandemic.

COVID-19: Bamenda III Council on the frontline

Hilltop Courant Team The social welfare, Environment and Education committee of the Bamenda III Council has reported harassment on the council coronavirus pandemic sensitisation team in the municipality.

COVID-19: Waterless hand wash stations inundate streets in Bamenda

By Bakah Derick in Bamenda Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, health experts have suggested regular hand washing with runny water and soap as a powerful weapon against the spread of the Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2   (SARS-CoV-2)

COVID-19: Prevention material set for distribution in Nkwen

Inhabitants of Nkwen in Bamenda III Sub Division Mezam Division will from Wednesday April 15, 2020 begin receiving material  for the prevention of the Coronavirus pandemic.

COVID-19: Nkwen sons and daughters Launch prevention Campaign

Press Release Nkwen-Bamenda

COVID-19: Bamenda City dwellers ignore preventive measures in scramble for food

By Bakah Derick in Bamenda Businesses have remained closed on Mondays in Bamenda since January 2017 as part of a civil disobedience plan againsts government by a consortium of teachers' trade unions all of English language expression and common law lawyers.

COVID-19: NW Administrators talk prevention with a conflict swayed population

By Bakah Derick in Bamenda Regional and municipal administrators in the North West Region have for the past days been involved in meetings and other actions with the objective of stepping up preventive measures against the Coronavirus pandemic.

COVID-19: Artist takes prevention message to streets

SNJC/CJTU: Message from NW Chapter

March 28, 2020 Dear Comrades

COVID-19: Bamenda Archbishop A. Nkea decrees completion of Lenten rituals from home

Sweeping modifications announced.. Bakah Derick in Bamenda The Catholic faithful in the Archdiocese of Bamenda will have to complete the final phase of the Lent season from home.

COVID-19: Wearing a face mask; the challenge of comfort and discomfort in Bamenda

By Bakah Derick in Bamenda Wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the Coronavirus pandemic has become an integral part of the dressing code for many in Bamenda like elsewhere in the world. For those who wear it, it is a feeling of comfort and discomfort.

COVID-19: Bamenda based fine and graphic artist in prevention campaign

 Linus Ngha Beng very well known by his artistic name Bobo Leennox a Bamenda based fine and graphic artist has started a campaign in his city to prevent the Coronavirus pandemic.

Football Transfer: Steve Mvoue joins FC Toulouse on record transfer from Cameroon

By Bakah Derick (debakah2004@gmail.com) Cameroonian footballer Steve Regis Mvoue has made a record move from Cameroon to French Ligue 1 side FC Toulouse. Apparently, it had been sealed some time ago as severa l sources had announced the player in the c lub since the last AFCON but it was only confirm by his agents on Friday March 13, 2020 after close to three years of monitoring and negotiations. Steve Regis Mvoue

CHAN 2020: Goalkeepers trainer assures of quality in the den

By Bakah Derick First Published by www.fecafoot-officiel.com Deputy Coach in charge of goal keepers for the Intermediate Lions Clement Assimba has expressed satisfaction with the quality of shot stoppers he is working with as Cameroon fine tunes preparations for April's African Nations championship CHAN to be played on home soil.   Clement Assimba in white

Peacebuilding: Women urged to take lead

By FAWAH Agather M.  In a world where more than 50 countries are in war including Cameroon, women have been called to be peace builders, complement each other and not compete instead.