Unveiling Tomorrow's Cameroon Through Today's News the Ambazonian Defense Forces (ADF) launched a brazen attack on the Divisional Officer’s (DO) office in Jakiri a town in the Bui Division of Cameroon’s restive North West region shows the fighters setting fire to the building and displaying an AK47 allegedly seized from one of the security guards stationed at the office which has since circulated widely on social media captures the moment when one of the fighters ignites a fire through a window The attackers can be heard claiming responsibility for the assault and vowing to destroy the DO’s office it remains uncertain whether there were any casualties or injuries during the attack Jakiri has been one of the focal points of the ongoing conflict between Cameroonian separatists and government forces The conflict initially began as peaceful protests by the Anglophone population who took to the streets to demand an end to their perceived marginalization by the central government in Yaoundé which included significant participation from Anglophone lawyers and teachers quickly escalated into a full-blown armed conflict referred to as "bulu" by local sources—a term often used pejoratively to describe government security personnel—were killed at the Jakiri gendarmerie brigade and other security officers reportedly fled The incident underscores the volatile security situation in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon where separatist groups have been fighting to establish an independent state called Ambazonia The conflict has resulted in significant loss of life Local sources in Jakiri described the town as one of the hardest-hit areas in the ongoing conflict The attack on the DO’s office is the latest in a series of violent confrontations that have plagued the region with government forces and separatist fighters frequently clashing The Cameroonian government has yet to issue an official statement regarding the attack the international community continues to call for dialogue and a peaceful resolution to the crisis Human rights organizations have repeatedly expressed concern over the impact of the conflict on civilians including reports of human rights abuses by both government forces and separatist fighters the prospects for peace appear increasingly bleak The attack in Jakiri serves as a stark reminder of the deep divisions and ongoing hostilities that continue to fuel violence in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions The need for a comprehensive and inclusive dialogue that addresses the root causes of the conflict is more urgent than ever as the situation on the ground deteriorates further with each passing day Note: Archbishop William E. Lori will ordain five men to the priesthood June 18 at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland. The following is a profile of one of those future priests. Click here to read profiles of the other new priests When Deacon Peter Kiamo-oh was enrolled at the Catholic Nursery and Primary School in Jakiri his parents never imagined their son would convert to Catholicism Growing up in a pagan family and with a practicing Muslim mother Deacon Kiamo-oh was not raised in any particular religion through the example of teachers and others at his school He was received in the Catholic Church at age 12 along with his identical twin brother Deacon Paul Kongnyuy who was ordained a transitional deacon for the Archdiocese of Baltimore May 21 Deacon Kiamo-oh is set to become a priest for the Archdiocese of Baltimore June 18.  “The main thing that made me want to become a priest was to preach the word of God,” said Deacon Kiamo-oh who came to the United States through a partnership with the vocations office of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and church leaders in Cameroon After finishing primary school in Cameroon but his family did not support his decision which led him to discern his vocation at home for two years His Catholic faith not only gave him a vocation “My dad died when I was a young boy,” Deacon Kiamo-oh said “Father Paul Gerla (of the Diocese of Kumbo) was like a father to me He always encouraged us to keep moving forward.” Deacon Kiamo-oh and his brother met Father Gerla at their home parish Father Gerla was a transitional deacon at the time and encouraged the twins in their priestly vocation by inviting them to join him when serving at several ministries He also connected them with Ephraim Lukong from the Diocese of Kumbo who assisted them with enrolling in the seminary where he spent his first seven years of formation people truly believe in God and go to church.” Bishop George Nkuo of the Diocese of Kumbo in Cameroon sent him to the United States on a mission He arrived to the Archdiocese of Baltimore in 2017 to continue his theological studies former vice rector and director of human formation at Mount St became Deacon Kiamo-oh’s spiritual director upon his arrival to the United States and met with him weekly.  “Monsignor Frontiero encouraged me in a foreign country when I did not know anyone and did not have family members,” Deacon Kiamo-oh said Deacon Kiamo-oh enjoys ministering to children participating in the liturgy and visiting the sick One of his favorite assignments was serving at St “I decided to become a priest because I went to a Catholic school,” Deacon Kiamo-oh said “I love the ministry of the parish with the school.” His daily prayers include the rosary and a special devotion to St Deacon Kiamo-oh will minister in the Archdiocese of Baltimore during his priesthood and may possibly also serve in Cameroon He said he looks forward “with joy” to become a spiritual father and to serve at “any place and any parish because being a priest is serving the people of God.”  Email Priscila González de Doran at pdoran@CatholicReview.org Copyright © 2022 Catholic Review Media  Print Catholic Review Media communicates the Gospel and its impact on people’s lives in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and beyond Catholic Review Media provides intergenerational communications that inform inspire and engage Catholics and all of good will in the mission of Christ through diverse forms of media Catholic Media Assocation Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association The Associated Church Press This report is produced by OCHA Cameroon in collaboration with humanitarian partners It covers the period from 1 to 30 April 2024 The next report will be issued in June 2024 • Continued use of IEDs on main roads and in public places increases protection risks • Repeated lockdowns hamper humanitarian access • Attacks on health and education personnel remain a concern in NWSW • Four suspected cases of Monkey pox reported and two confirmed positive in the Mbonge health district The North-West and South-West (NWSW) regions continued to witness clashes between non-State armed groups (NSAGs) and State security forces (SSFs) The current situation is also characterised by targeted attacks The continued use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) by NSAGs keeps exposing the population to incidents Several IED explosions in public places were recorded in the NWSW civilians and humanitarian workers can be affected particularly when IEDs are used in public places or on main roads Three of the IED incidents recorded in April resulted in civilian casualties one IED incident was recorded in Agong (Lebialem Division) and restrictions on movements by NSAGs continue to occur in the NWSW hampering humanitarian access to people in need in crisis-affected areas as well as the population's access to life-saving humanitarian assistance and services Monday is still observed as a ghost town day in both regions the roadblock along the Bamenda-Mamfe road is still in place The movement of vehicles has been banned along the Bambui-Big Babanki road A lockdown has been imposed in Mezam division for four consecutive Thursdays from 18 April onwards A restriction on movement has been imposed in Bali Central same situation in the Bafut municipality and along the BafutWum main road This impeded humanitarian access and caused delays in response about nine incidents were recorded where civilians were either killed or physically assaulted for not respecting the imposed Monday ghost towns Extortion and demands for illegal payments remain a major challenge Attacks on health personnel remain a concern with two incidents recorded in the SW in April Attacks on education personnel also persist with nine incidents recorded in April (seven in the NW and two in the SW) humanitarian partners advocate for unhindered accused Salivan Jakiri | Photo: Mathrubhumi NewsKalpetta: A Nepali woman was killed by her husband at Meppadi in Wayanad The deceased is identified as Bimala who was an employee at Nirmala coffee estate in Kunnampatta Police took her husband Salivan Jakiri in custody over the murder charges The incident happened on Saturday at the shed in which the family was living Salivan allegedly killed his wife by hitting on her head with an axe The locals rushed to the spot by hearing the screams of their son and they soon informed the police the accused revealed that he killed Bimala as she refused to return to Nepal after quitting their job in Kerala The couple has been working in different estates of Wayanad for the past two years They reached Nirmala estate only two days back Such comments are punishable under cyber laws The opinions expressed here are the personal opinions of readers and not that of Mathrubhumi She was cut out for a niche in the male-dominated profession To positively impact the lives of subordinates Destiny - of sorts - seemed to have chosen where she would grow up in the famous Shisong Catholic General Hospital In the Bui Division of Cameroon's North West Region Jakiri is just 23 km outside Kumbo on the highway to Bamenda The little town boasts the National Centre for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Training One of Cameroon's pioneer training centres for intermediate animal science staff To return and serve in the same centre - some time.  Наслаждайтесь азартом на любом устройстве! 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performance In the document, the CTR recommended "bringing SODEPA's Articles of Association into line with the Law No on the general status of public companies and the implementation of the new organization chart resulting from the Organization and Staffing Plan (POE)" drawn up in 2018 According to the 2017 law, a public corporation is "a legal entity governed by private law with financial autonomy and share capital wholly acquired by the State one or more public companies or decentralized local authorities it is created to offer industrial commercial or financial services to the general public" SODEPA social's capital has increased by XAF11.12 billion (XAF833.75 million to 11.96 billion) The new share capital is divided into 1,196 shares with a par value of XAF10 000 each and a balancing cash adjustment of XAF1 The State of Cameroon thus has 97.67% of shares and 2.33% is owned by the National Investment Corporation of Cameroon (SNI) It's important to note that until this capital increase only 66.66% of SODEPA's shares were owned by the state and 33.34% by SNI SODEPA's mission is the management of pastoral perimeters the development of livestock as well as the transformation and marketing of livestock products and by-products To carry out its duties, the company has a land base of 383,233 hectares ranches in the major pastoral areas of Cameroon (Faro in the Adamaoua region Ndokayo in the Eastern region), and two industrial slaughterhouses in Yaoundé and Douala The Yaoundé slaughterhouse has a capacity of 400 cattle 100 pigs per day while for the Douala house the capacity is 200 cattle Each of these slaughterhouses also has a by-product unit SODEPA focused mainly on slaughtering it slaughtered 210,553 cattle (equivalent to 33,688 tons of meat) 98 pigs According to its ordinary general assembly held in Yaoundé the development corporation recorded a turnover of XAF106 753 652 This performance is up by XAF13.3 million compared with the XAF93 445 949 turnover 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Two weeks after the enforcement of the Open Grazing Law in Benue State herders who do not want or wish to comply with the law have continued to move to neighbouring states in order to find pasture for their animals the herders willing to comply with the law have said they were counting losses on daily basis as they contended with the economic challenges now facing their individual households who breeds cattle in Makurdi and is the Vice Chairman of the National Butchers Union (NBU) in Benue State these are certainly not the best of times for his business as the effect of the law has caused him tremendous economic hardship “I’m being affected seriously in terms of buying and selling cattle Since some of the Fulani herders left the state over their inability to settle for the new law “We now travel to Nasarawa State where most of the herders have relocated to in order to buy cows at costly prices as against the cheaper rates the animals were purchased in Benue State before the enforcement of the law This is besides the cost of transportation shuttling between the two states,” he said Jakiri further disclosed that they bought grass and chaff to feed their cows and as such the price of meat had significantly been affected in a manner that they could hardly make gains 000 before the law now sold for at least N150 while the ones which were formerly bought at N150 He lamented that the worst situation bedeviling his business which he was born into over 40 years ago in Benue State was scarcity of grass as the people they bought from often claimed that someone else had paid in advance “We normally bought grass from the natives Governor Samuel Ortom had booked in advance and bought all the grasses to feed his cows So it has become difficult for us to obtain grass even with money in our hands,” Jakiri lamented who appealed passionately to the government to come to their aid by relaxing the stringent condition of the law to allow them some hours in the day to find pasture for their flocks He explained: “We are facing serious challenges but we are law abiding citizens who are willing to cooperate with the government We voted massively for this government and want the administration to succeed commencement of the implementation of the law and now I have spent so much money on daily basis to buy feed for my flock “Rice chaff which was freely obtained from rice mills has steadily risen from N1 three of our cows died in their pen as a result of starvation and we had to dash them out to the natives soybean and rice are sold at very high prices,” he said said armed robbers were waylaying them along the highway during their trips to buy animals from Nasarawa State He said this had also compounded their problem and economic woes He said the only good news at the moment was the advantage of their pens which were situated close to the River Benue which gave them the opportunity to drive the cows to drink water at 12:00 noon on daily basis after which the animals were returned to their sheds the Benue State Public Relations Officer of Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) affirmed that they were indeed counting regular losses since the law was enforced Naira posited that: “At this Wadata axis of the river bank we have a minimum of 100 cows and we spend at least N120 the local government authorities also showed up to collect revenue adding that the same practice obtained to his colleagues operating at the Makurdi Modern Market he appealed to the government to do everything within its power to ensure a win-win provision of the law as at the moment those of them dealing in cattle business appeared cheated because their business was no longer making profit while the farmers were gaining “We are appealing to the government to assist us because we are law abiding citizens who are ever willing to obey the law The government should take a second look at the law to enable it benefit us also as in a win-win situation “We are citizens of Benue State because we were born here in Makurdi my children were driven away from school a few days ago because of my failure to pay their fees We will enjoy the law if government grants us the permission to graze at least between two and three kilometres away from the pens,” Naira pleaded the Special Assistant to the Governor on Herdsmen Matters admitted that the herders remaining in the state had been complaining about high cost of fodder Tambaya noted that the exodus of the pastoralists had contributed to the increasing prices of livestock improved security in the state as farmers could now go to sleep not the same with the herders who are lamenting high cost of feed This is because their owners are buying water and fodder to feed the animals.” The governor’s aide stressed that the law was positively affecting the economy of the state and improving security of farmers who now farmed without fear price of meat had gone up as a result of the same law even as he concluded that peace was more worthwhile than the temporal discomfort of the cattle rearers A rice farmer in Adikpo-Kwande area of the state posited that the development had impacted positively on the economy of the state as farmers were now easily harvesting their crops and selling same in to make more profit “The level of this year’s yield has increased within this short while since there are no cows to trample or destroy our harvest any longer Another farmer in the rural community of Agatu told our correspondent that the farmers in the area were happy more than ever since the law came into effect as they were harvesting their crops and planting fresh ones without trespass from herders and their animals the farmers were yet to derive economic advantage in terms of selling produce and chaff but that they were happy for the mere fact they could freely harvest their crops this season the state Chairman of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) said the law was the best thing to happen to farmers because previously at this time of the year the herders usually attacked farmers who were harvesting their crops the produce is moved to the market without hindrance and I can say that production level this year will be quite higher This means availability of more food for consumers and enhanced income for farmers,” Kuhe concluded the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources in the state has insisted that the law provided a win-win level ground of all concerned in the interest of peace He contended that despite the increasing price of meat consumers were getting value for their money while farmers’ income was enhanced through the feed which they provided to the cattle breeders who in turn hiked the prices of their animals We are estimating more harvest this year than in previous years when farmers could hardly harvest their crops due to conflicts occasioned by herders’ invasion “Herders too will increase their economic fortune They will get healthier animals and sell for higher prices because their cows no longer wander about They will get more nutrients from the feed-by products of crops reserved for them by farmers So the animals will be more nourished to attract better income for their owners and consumers will have the best meat,” he said UPDATE NEWS: Nigerians can now earn US Dollars through domain flipping buy domain names for cheap and have it resold to earn up to $15,000 Join Daily Trust WhatsApp Community For Quick Access To News and Happenings Around You.