6, October 2020
Schools reopen in French Cameroun amid COVID-19 0
Primary and secondary schools in French Cameroun reopened on Monday after close to seven months of suspension amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The country’s Minister of Secondary Education, Pauline Nalova Lyonga officially launched the new school year in Mbalmayo, a town on the outskirts of the capital Yaounde.
Officials said classes commenced with every learner in class and teachers wearing face masks and maintaining social distance.
“I am pleased that teachers and students are respecting the anti-COVID 19 measures. We ask them to be more cautious because the virus is still there,” Lyonga said.
Universities will resume next week, according to officials.
French and Southern Cameroons have so far recorded more than 20,000 coronavirus cases. COVID-19 prevalence in the country is generally decreasing with a recovery rate of over 94 percent, according to the Ministry of Public Health.
Source: Xinhaunet with additional editing from Camcordnews
8, October 2020
Will schools be open in Southern Cameroons? Ambazonia Interim Gov’t weighs in 0
Attack and vandalism on Government School (GS) Kooh, Wum, Mechum County by French Cameroun army soldiers
It has been brought to the attention of the Ambazonia Interim Government that soldiers loyal to the French Cameroun regime in civilian fatigues reportedly attacked and vandalised Government School (GS) Kooh, Wum in Mechum County on the 07/10/200 to blackmail our Southern Cameroons Restoration forces.
The Ambazonia Interim Government condemn these acts of barbarism on our people in the strongest terms possible and call on our people to continue to be vigilant and stay safe.
Our position on school resumption has not changed. As a government, we value the rights to life and we have publicly observed that only parents can determine if the conditions are conducive for Southern Cameroons children to return to school. The Southern Cameroons Interim Government wants children to study in a calm and peaceful environment. Correspondingly, where it is unsafe to resume, we advise parents to let their children to stay at home. We will continue to support community schools in areas where there is peace.
It is vital that all Ambazonians at this point should ignore mentors of internal division and rancour amongst an embattled people. Every Southern Cameroonian in Ground Zero should watch out for a repeat of such acts of vandalism by La Republique du Cameroun military in other areas of our homeland. Ambazonians are advised and encouraged not to be distracted. Our citizens are more civilized and humane than the ruling French Cameroun CPDM crime syndicate and their military.
At this stage of emerging response to our consistently declared disposition for a peaceful and just solution to the Southern Cameroons and La Republique du Cameroun” conflict, we need to focus our physical, intellectual and spiritual energies towards the following urgent tasks: –
These are confidence building measures of goodwill which will herald the finding of a lasting solution to the conflict and will definitely achieve a negotiated settlement that will provide Southern Cameroonian children their desired curriculum and not any imposed on the people of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia.
Dabney Yerima
Vice President Federal Republic of Ambazonia