Day: June 21, 2024

On June 21, 2024, a group of women from the Hausa quarters of Fiango, Kumba 2 subdivision, staged a protest against the rising tide of illicit drug use in their community. The women, citing threats to public safety and harm to their families, called for authorities to crack down on drug dealers and users.

The protestors expressed deep concern about the impact of drug use on their children. Several women claimed their children, some of whom are drug users themselves, have committed crimes like rape and torture. This personal connection fueled their outrage and their demands for action.

The Fiango women’s protest involved the destruction of ‘illicit drug arenas’ within the community They also directly petitioned authorities in Kumba 2 to track down and apprehend drug dealers. The protest comes on the heels of recent arrests by local authorities, with 22 individuals, including five women, apprehended for drug consumption just days prior. Despite this action, the Fiango women expressed frustration and threaten
ed to take matters into their own hands if the drug problem persists

Source: Cameroon News Agency

By Nchendzengang Tatah

Insights into the International Humanitarian Law, (IHL) is the center of discussions at a three-day seminar for course lecturers of the Universities of Buea and Bamenda located at the core of a sociopolitical crisis since 2016.

The workshop which began June 19, at the University of Buea, was organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). According to the ICRC Head for the Buea Sub-Delegation, Sabrina Frutig, the seminar addresses a plethora of challenges stemming from misunderstanding of the IHL.

‘In this context, perceptions, and interpretations of IHL are under pressure. The gap between acceptance of the law and visible compliance with it may feed doubts about its ability to protect people in contemporary armed conflicts,’ Sabrina Frutig explained.

She went on to point out that, humanitarian disasters caused by armed conflicts have become one of the major problems today. In the inaugural lecture, the Head of UB’s Department for International Relations and Confl
ict Resolution, Prof. Kiven James Kewir, said the wars across the world coupled with technological evolutions have made the teaching of IHL complex needing a dynamic approach.

Prof. Kiven James noted that IHL protects those who do not take part in the fighting, such as civilians, and religious, medical military personnel. It also protects those who have ceased to take part, such as wounded, shipwrecked, and sick combatants, and prisoners of war. He underscored that the teaching of the IHL in universities is the best way to promote it.

The session came two months after an earlier one with postgraduate students of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences and the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication. These discussions are expected to greater inform on the provisions of the IHL for the populations of the North West and South West suffering from a political crisis for eight years and reported for various violations by the international community.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

A man has been confirmed dead in ongoing protest across Kenya against a bill on taxes, the Rueters has reported.

Over 200 people are said to have been injured while one hundred are under police arrest.

Five right groups in the area declared, June 21, the use of tear gas and water canons to desperse protester. They also have said live rounds were used.

Authorities confirmed the death of the man, 29, who they noted suffered casualty like some police men.

The man who hadn’t any armunition is reported by local sources to have been outrightly neglected by police officers after the shot.

The protests were inspired by a Kenyan government decision to earn 2.7 billion from additional taxes on it’s citizens.

President William Ruto earlier this week has however, began scraping out some of the levies on bread, car ownership, cooking oil and financial transactions.

Source: Cameroon News Agency