THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF BAMENDA NOW A NIGHT MARE!!!

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This is the town of Bamenda looking so awful, destroyed, and dirty due to the ongoing crisis. Bamenda is situated in the Northwest Region of Cameroon which is known for its beautiful infrastructure, a peaceful place that everyone who comes in refuses to go back, a home for education that has the best schools in Cameroon and which always stood tall in sending out the highest number of successful candidates in the GCE. 



A home for food where tourists enjoyed all varieties of food, a place where the people are so welcoming, a home where you can see the cultural display of the continent is now a place of suffering, killings, homelessness, gunshots has become the order of the day. Military vehicles patrolling the area and this has been going on for the past 7 years. A call for ceasefire and negotiations have been denied by the Cameroon government.  More than 80,000 people have been killed in the Northwest and Southwest Regions of Cameroon so far many buried in mass graves.




There have been reports of human rights abuses, including violence against civilians, arbitrary arrests, and displacement. These violations contribute to a climate of fear and insecurity. The conflict has had adverse effects on the local economy, with businesses closing, markets being disrupted, and livelihoods being jeopardized. The economic hardships exacerbate the overall challenges faced by the population of BAMENDA and yet the government has chosen to remain silent.
The international community, including organizations like the United Nations, has expressed concern about the situation and has called for a peaceful resolution to the conflict. Just calling for a seize fire in the north west region will not solve the problem. the United Nations needs to start doing more than just rhetoric.













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