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  For the past few years, Cameroon has experienced an upsurge in hate speech on various social media platforms which goes under-reported though punishable by law. The unrest in the two English-speaking regions of Cameroon has created an opportunity where both opposing camps have used social media and other digital instruments to fan misinformation and hate speech. Ngwa Christel, a social media user says inflammatory remarks have corrupted social media causing chaos. Social media surfer , Ngwa Christel .    " Social media handles especially Facebook has a lot of information. People share false information which angers people most times and the consequences are always alarming when you look at the comment section.  For example in  2018, a social media user called people from Nso, an ethnic group in the North region "illiterates". Since the said surfer was from Pinyin also an ethnic group in Cameroon, these social media accounts targeted in their de...

Participants in session Some media practitioners in the North West Region have been upskilled in Disability inclusion and media. The workshop had as an objective to remind media practitioners of the role they can play in educating audiences about disabilities while effectively changing the perception of development actors/stakeholders in the region to include persons with disabilities in their community-based development actions to prevent exclusion. There are hundreds of persons with Disabilities in the region, many experience stigma and discrimination or are completely left out of media coverage. Persons with disabilities are supposed to be recognized as right holders and not objects of pity and care as some media houses portray through their manner of reporting. According to one of the facilitators, Lohshie Eugene, friendly language and media representation plays an important role in influencing public opinions and challenging stereotypes around disability and every journalist is ex...