Author: Martin Akuma
Bamenda – A tragic and shocking incident unfolded on Sunday, December 15, 2024, at the Bamenda Regional Hospital, where the actions of a so-called “Man of God” resulted in the death of a critically ill patient.According to the Director of the Hospital speaking in a video message, a young man entered the hospital ward without the knowledge or consent of the nurses on duty. Claiming to bring divine healing, he approached the bed of a patient who was on oxygen support. In a bizarre turn of events, the man assured the patient that she no longer needed the oxygen mask…
Ngohketunjia – On Monday, November 11, the village of Baba 1 in Ngoketunjia County was plunged into terror as Cameroonian forces launched a brutal raid under the cover of night. Around 1 a.m., heavily armed soldiers swept into the village, with a masked informant—known locally as a ‘blackleg’—leading them to suspected strongholds of the Ambazonian Restoration Forces (ARF). This military incursion, believed to be a retaliatory mission, was reportedly in response to a recent ARF ambush that left about nine Cameroonian soldiers dead, a humiliating setback for the army. Now driven by the need for vengeance, the Cameroonian forces sought…
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON – As Cameroon’s ruling CPDM militants celebrate Paul Biya’s 42-year rule, one must ask: What precisely is there to celebrate? In the heart of Southern Cameroonians—particularly in cities like Bamenda—this celebration becomes not only a mockery of the lives lost under Biya’s regime but also a deeply hypocritical exercise that spits in the face of those fighting for true liberation. How can the elites, men, and women who claim to understand the hardships of their people, find themselves endorsing a regime that has ignored and brutalized them for decades?Biya, 92 years old and in power since 1982, (that…
Reports from Bambui, Tubah in the Northern zone of the Southern Cameroons, confirm the abduction of a pastor and his sister-in-law on the evening of October 22, 2024. The pastor, whose identity remains undisclosed, was returning from Mbingo Hospital, where he had taken his daughter for medical treatment when he was intercepted.According to sources, the pastor and his sister-in-law, a graduate student at the University of Bamenda, were forcefully taken by heavily armed men around Mile 11 on the Bambui-Big Babanki road at approximately 6:30 PM. The pastor’s car was also seized, and their current location is unknown.A classmate of…