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GBHS Nkambe Students Say No to Child Trafficking (PhotoNews5)

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When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)

Combating Gender Based Voilence: GBHS Nkambe Students Ignite Hope( with US Embassy, HOFNA, PhotoNews4)

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When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)

Combating Gender Based Voilence: Greatness Begins Here ( US Embassy at GBHS Nkambe PhotoNews3)

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When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)

Combating Gender Based Voilence: Greatness Begins Here ( US Embassy at GBHS Nkambe PhotoNews2)

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 GHBS Nkambe student leaders with US Embassy, HOFNA and Mandela Washington Fellows in Nkambe When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)

Euphoria at GBHS Nkambe with US Embassy, HOFNA, Mandela Washington Fellows (PhotoNews1)

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Left to Right: Ken Martin, Ma Yaah Viban, Christelle Bay Left: Merilyn Shultz US Cultural Attache  VIPs Ma Yaah animating HOFNA Coordinator When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)

US Embassy, HOFNA, Mandela Washington Fellows Tackle Gender Based Violence

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 By Fai Cassian Ndi Donga Mantung Division, in the North West Region of Cameroon of late has been considered as hub for cheap labour, child trafficking, forceful marriages and unbearable widowhood rites. To eradicate these obnoxious practices which hinders sustainable development, the US Embassy in partnership with Hope for the Needy Association-HOFNA a not for profit making organization based in Bamenda have taken the bull by the horns to empower student leaders and community leaders (fons, ardos and Ma Yaahs) to act as agents in the fight.  Specific focus was on understanding GBV and engaging men and boys in the fight against child traf ficking, Child/early/forced marriage and other forms of Gender Based Violence. group picture with student leaders The sensitization programme which started at GBHS Nkambe with over 500 student leaders in attendance was greased by talks from a group of Yali Fellows code named Mandela Washington Fellows told their stories to ent...

Scramble for Bar Presidency: Constitutional Council is Prime Suspect

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  By Fai Cassian Barrister Sama Francis Worries as to whether the ruckus that reigns supreme within the ranks of Common Law Lawyers (Anglophones) ahead of the elective General Assembly could be put to rest before January 31, looms large. This is so because of the huge scramble for the position of the Bar Council Presidency and the dichotomy that has disfranchised the quest for positions. Ahead of the 2012 Bar Council Elections in Bamenda, Barrister Ntumfor Nico Halle staged a reconciliation move that reunited the Common Law Lawyers. Ex-Batonnier Akere Muna was in Bamenda at weekend for a similar exercise to ensure that as Common Law lawyers (Anglophones) should have a certain interest to protect that has to do with the nature their practice. The idea was to put in place a common front ahead of the elections billed for January 31 in Yaounde. It has been tradition that the Common Law Lawyers present only one candidate to the position of Bar Council President during election...