Mamfe: mayor brags of hitch free new year celebrationMan shot in chest at Oshakati

The Mayor of Mamfe, Robertson Tabenchong Ashu has expressed satisfaction after noticing that new year festivities went on unperturbed in his municipality. A victory he beelieves is even more special considering it happened on a traditional ghost town day which has been enforced for several years now in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon. He was speaking on January 1, 2024 as the population came out of their homes massively, celebrating and going about their business activities normally. 'I am delighted for the massive turnout of my population for the new year celebration. I strongly support Minister Paul Atanga Nji's statement that lucifer has rejected Ambazonian fighters and leaders. It is true. Everyone in Mamfe and the entire Manyu division has rejected them. This is the time for us to stand up as one and fight the common enemy, develop our municipality and division. The youths are ready to collaborate with the defence and security forces for peace to reign once and for all,' Mayor Roberts on Tabenchong said. In Kumba, Meme division where New Year celebration was timid, the Senior Divisional Officer (SDO), Ntou'ou Ndong Chamberlain at a musical concert he organized with the aim of promoting peace and living together, begged God to touch 'sinful souls' [referring to seccessionist fighters] to repent. 'We have faced a lot of atrocities in 2023 and difficulties since the start of the crisis. The New Year has just begun. Let us start it with joy and new behaviours, as well as commitments to bring back complete peace in the entire Meme division. We pray the Almighty God continues to guide us and help send away from Meme division all those atrocities we registered last year,' the SDO, Ntou'ou Ndong Chamberlain prayed. President Paul Biya in his end of year address to the nation strongly condemned the Egbekaw - Mamfe massacre over a month ago, and reiterated the perpetrators drop down their arms and join the DDR centres. He also commissioned state forces, and local authorities and the population to work as one to put and end to separatist activities. Source: Cameroon News Agency WINDHOEK: The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in the Oshana Region is investigating a case of attempted murder after a 37-year-old male was allegedly shot by an unknown suspect on Friday. A NamPol weekend crime report availed to Nampa on Monday indicates that the incident took place at a bar in the Oshikango location at Oshakati. It is alleged that the victim was shot in the chest with a pistol after he tried to intervene in an argument between his friend and the suspect. The suspect allegedly found the victim and his friends drinking at a bar, where an argument erupted. The victim allegedly tried to intervene while holding an Okapi knife. As a result, the suspect pulled out a pistol, then shot the victim through the chest, and fled the scene. The victim is said to be in stable condition at the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital. In a similar incident, a 30-year-old male is recovering at the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital after he was stabbed in the stomach at Olupito village in the Okalongo Constituency in Om usati region on Friday. A 45-year-old male suspect has since been arrested for injuring the victim with the Okapi knife. The incident allegedly occurred around 23h00 during an argument. The police in the Khomas Region also reported a case of robbery, during which a male victim was robbed of his items at Khomasdal Extension 16 in Windhoek on Friday. It is alleged that the victim took a taxi from town to Khomasdal at about 19h15 and was robbed at gunpoint of items worth N.dollars 10 000, including N.dollars 8000 in cash. No arrests have been made in connection with the robbery. Police investigations continue. Source: The Namibia Press Agency