Kumba massacre: government eats own words, charges proprietress, others with terrorism, murder
The proprietress of Mother Francisca International Bilingual Academy Fiango Kumba, Ayamu Judith and her husband Suh Gabriel has been charged with terrorism and other related offenses. A source in Kumba has hinted that four other persons have equally been charged following the killing of seven…
Kumba School Shooting Proprietor, Teachers Detained For Acts of Terrorism, Capital Murder
Intimidation, conspiracy theories, and use of force have been government tool since seven students were shot dead at the Mother Francisca International Bilingual Academy in Kumba, Meme division in the southwest region. In an attempt to silence private schools that have witnessed an influx of…
Controversy trails arrest of Kumba school massacre ‘suspect’
The October 24 massacre in Kumba, Cameroon has been and remains a bitter pill to swallow. The government has since the incident been unable to clearly trace the happenings of that fateful day and bring to book those responsible. Its moves to cover up the…
Kumba School massacre: Suspected killer arrested
23-year-old Ngwa Neba is in police custody in Kumba in the South West region of Cameroon. He was caught Tuesday, December 1, 2020, at Fiango Quarter in Kumba II Subdivision. According to a witness who recounts the incident to Mimi Mefo Info on phone, “Ngwa…
MMI Exclusive: Startling revelations about Kumba Massacre; school owner, five others remain under police custody
Following the October 24, 2020 massacre at Mother Francisca International Bilingual Academy Fiango, Kumba, Mimi Mefo Info has been on the field to unravel the circumstances under which seven students were killed and 13 others injured by gunmen. In the line of our investigations, a source at…
Conflict in Cameroon: The schools caught in crossfire
In 2017, Pastor Boniface Tamangoua chose not to send his eight-year-old son, Victory Camibon, to school. It was too dangerous, he thought. The family lived in Kumba, in southwest Cameroon, and that year fighting broke out between the government and rebels demanding independence for English-speaking Cameroon. The…
Police Still Detaining Owners Of Kumba School, Crime Scene
Cameroon News Agency has been reliably informed by a security source in Kumba that the couple, owners of the Mother Francisca International Bilingual Academy, Mr. Samon Gabriel Shu, and Mrs. Judith Ayanu Fombindia are still under Police custody since the day of the incident on…
Cameroon Teachers, Students Abandon Schools After Attacks
A general view of the school following a shooting, in Kumba, Cameroon, Oct. 25, 2020. YAOUNDÉ – Authorities in Cameroon say schools in rebel areas that reopened for the first time in four years are again being abandoned due to lack of security. Separatist forces…
NW/SW: Schools transformed into battle fields?
For the past ten days, schools in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon have become unsafe areas targeted by armed men. A serene atmosphere that is supposed to characterise a school environment has given way to chaos, gunshots, and all sorts of…
After the Kumba massacre: Schools in Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis
Until recently, activists in the diaspora and separatists had insisted that schools remain closed and used violence to ensure it. At a primary school in Cameroon. Credit: GPE/Stephan Bachenheimer. On 24 October, armed men attacked a school in Kumba in the Southwest region of Cameroon. They killed seven…
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