How technology is aiding the fight against the spread of #COVID19 in Africa

Information courtesy CIPESAAs the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues to spread globally, various African governments have imposed sweeping measures such as travel bans, curfews, prohibition of mass gatherings, mandatory quarantines, closure of learning institutions, entertainment spots and borders to curb the...

“My interest is the development of Tubah Municipality” Tanjong Martin after being re-elected as Mayor of Tubah Council

Story By Pedmia Shatu and Florence Etaka Mayor Tanjong Martin who before the February twin elections in Cameroon crossed carpet fromSocial Democratic Front SDF to the leading Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement CPDM, has been re-elected the Mayor of Tubah Council....

#DefyHateNow launches #FactsMatter237 Fellowship for Monitoring, Collecting and analyzing Data to mitigate the spread of hate speech in Cameroon

  The crisis in the English speaking Regions of Cameroon which began in 2016, gradually turned into an armed conflict in the later part of 2017 with a rise in attacks on ethnic groups, political figures and parties, race, religion,...

CCMN Peace trainers restitute after a 5days workshop at the PCC Synod Office in Buea.

Some members of the Cameroon Community Media Network for the Northwest Chapter (Pedmia Shatu Tita, Mokun Njouny Nelson and Jude Ntam) who were among members of other chapters at a training of trainers workshop, have on the 28th restitute knowledge...

RT Hon Melvin Songwe Shuye Deputy speaker for the African Youth parliament, Central Africa briefs press on AYP advocacy visit to Somaliland

The Deputy speaker for the African Youth parliament, Central Africa RT Hon Melvin Songwe Shuye, has in a press briefing in Bamenda enlightened media men and women on the African Youth Parliaments advocacy visit to Somaliland.

Cameroonian Bloggers build a network on fact-checkers in Cameroon to mitigate hate speech and Fake news

By Pedmia Shatu Tita Hate speech and fake news are no new terms in Cameroon as the dynamics in these two words keep manifesting in diverse ways in the online and offline environment in Cameroon. Political, cultural, linguistic, social amidst...

Peace Builders engage in Field Guide Sprint to contextualize #Defyhatenow project to Cameroon

For two days, some Peace builders drawn from the Northwest, Center, Littoral and Southwest Regions of Cameroon over the weekend engaged in a sprint to reproduce a field guide for the #Defyhatenow campaign that will start effectively this December. #Defyhatenow...

Ngoketunjia Elites and Youths urged to champion the call for peace as the National Peace Caravan engages in the Northwest Region

As fall outs of the Major National Dialogue that took place in September this year, there was the creation of a commission for a peace Caravan to tore all the divisions of the Northwest and Southwest Regions. Headed by Cardinal...

Peace Journalists from the NW/West Chapter of the Cameroon Community Media Network evaluate the role of the media and other actors in de-escalating the ongoing crisis in Cameroon

Story by Chei Marvel Images: Vianny Forewah The continuous rise in violence, insecurity, humanitarian concerns amidst other disheartening circumstances due to the prevailing socio-political and socioeconomic tension in Cameroon Northwest and Southwest Regions have triggered peaceful actions from the media...