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PWD Bamenda social football club have secured three points after defeating Dragon FC of Yaounde 3 goals to 0  on day 14 of the Cameroon Elite One football. This was in a match played at the YOSA arena  at mile 6 Nkwen on Wednesday july 14 2021. the Abakwa boys took advantage of the favorable weather condition along side playing on home ground and   sent three goals into the nets of the visiting team. The boys of coach David Pagou and Max Makole started the match with tension as there were efforts made as to who will have the first goal. Then Mael Dindjeke in the 25 th minute was able to score the first goal which was followed by another in the 50 th minute.           Players in action The first two goals seemed to have held the luck of Dragon players, then Boung Joel Ondoua through a well placed assist from Aboubakar Mohamed found the net of Dragon. Worth applauding is the fact that all three goals were scored through headers. Fans According the Dragon FC’s ...

A two day work shop organized by DefyHateNow in collaboration with the Student and Youths Empowerment Forum(SYEF) was geared towards training students on "Combating Hate Speech Offline and Online for a Peaceful Society". It had as aim to school youths on how to change the society and promote peace, how young people can participate in peace building activities ,how to identify the causes of hate speech, how to combat it and mitigate conflict among socio-cultural divides.          Organizer, Bahiru Adamu Bahiru Adamu  a student of Higher Teachers Training College(HTTC) in the University and the organizer of the workshop says he is one of the young Cameroonians trained in Yaounde in February 2021 by DefyHate. He also noticed that there is a lot of hate speech in the university. “ after the training in February where we were given the resources in other to come and train other young people in the fight against hate speech,  we brought together these participants from differ...

30 Adolescent Girls and Young Women have on Saturday May 15 attended a workshop titled; combating prejudice, a driver of violenc Organized by Common Action for Gender and Development (COMAGEND). The project which is funded by #defyhatenow Cameroon and her partners with COMAGEND being an partner is contribution of #defyhatenow Cameroon’s agenda on Mobilizing Civic Action to Encounter Violent Extremism, is meant to build the capacity of Adolescent Girls and Young Women on how to overcome prejudice based on identity and context which has proven to be on of the drivers of Violence and Hate in Contemporary Cameroon. With the hope that people let go of their personal biases and prejudice especially through them getting involved in inter dialogue sessions in the face of the violent conflict the North West and South West are experiencing now. According to Sally Mboumien the executive director of COMANGEND the conflict the North West and South West regions are experiencing is as a result...

30 female community leaders from six communities within mezam division in the North West Region of Cameroon have been trained with skills and processes that can enable them engage their communities in trauma healing.          The four day training of trainers organized by Common Action for Gender Development (COMAGEND) in collaboration with Cameroon Association for Bible Translation and Literacy (CABTAL) which took place at the COMAGEND office in Bamenda was titled; strengthening the capacity of Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) as relay agents for trauma healing. This workshop session comes at a time when people living in the Anglophone regions of the country have gone through disturbing moments and are in need of mental freedom. According to the Executive Director of COMAGEND who doubles as the General Coordinator at South West/North West Womens Task Force, Madam Sally Mboumien, the reason for bringing this 30 Adolescent Girls and Young Women is to teach them to be comm...

            Over 26 media men and women have been trained by Women in Alternative Action (W.A.A) Cameroon, on the role of the media in peace building and conflict, ethical and responsible reporting, which will ensure peace and safety. The training that took place at the Catholic Women Immaculate Conception Home Finance junction, on May 6th 2021, aimed at equipping media personnel, with skills on humanitarian reporting which will go a long way to build peace in the region.  According to the facilitator of the day Madam Rosaline Obah, a journalist's pen has so much power and whatever is reported, will either go a long way to incite hate, violence or build a peaceful society. Therefore, the duties and responsibility of a journalist, is to  report fairly, report the  background of the conflict and its causes, present the human side of the story and also  report on peace efforts being made and not only dwell on the negative angle. Afterwards, the facilitator walked the participant...