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  About 25 journalist have been shooled by Draufsicht Bamenda on fact-checking, investigating sources of information before sharing to the public.The training took place under the umbrella of Church Center Makon on 19 February 2020 with strict respect of Covid-19 measures. According to the facilitator, the community have placed their trust in Journalist for information and inorder for media practitioners to maintain that trust, they have to be sure of the information they put out. The social Media has played a huge part in the proliferation of fake news which has  caused conflicts, wars and led to the  lost of lives. Consequently,  Vianney Forewah a Digital Security expert  and one of the facilitators at the capacity building workshop  walked the participants through a practical session shared in groups after schooling them on what fact Checking and the  verification of sources entails both offline and online.    Group Session.   When...

Do you often ever stop to think we have been told by people to change our appearances? how we have continuously been told “you need to lose weight, “You are too fat," you sweat that way because of your size," or "That belly fat isn’t good for you," sometimes without even knowing us and how hateful their comments are, and its impact on us?          Body shaming has moved from face-to-face to social media. Strange people behind their computers, laptops, or phones, dictating how people should look like. Social media, created as a medium for communication, trade, and socialization has been used as a tool to body shame people, especially young girls and women. Since it gives everyone the right to write how they feel, some have decided to make it toxic for others with their hateful comments on people's posts and private chats. When asked the reason for such, most say they are just “joking" or it's just an opinion that must not be taken seriously using a...

The  Center for  Strategic Communication, Peacbuilding and sustainable Development joined other CSos in Bamenda over the weekend to celebrate the International Day of persons with Disability themed not Not all Disabilities are Visible.  Celebrated all over the world annually on the 3rd December 2020 This year's  Celebration took place  at the CBC field where person's with disability showcased various talents such as Craft, racing, football, Amputee amongst others. This gesture of theirs revealed to the population that, no matter their disability, they can practically exhibit  any activity they so desire to do.   According to Fon Dieudonne one of the participants, people with disability should be given the chance to what the desire. " We want to encourage those with impavements to join us to project their talents and show the World they can do great things by building an inclusive society. To him, this will create more awareness on the fact that pe...

  Early life….. Born in 1955 in Fotabe,a locality in Manyu Division, South West region of Cameroon,  Prof . Enow Tanjong childhood days was spent in the village with his parents while schooling at one of the primary schools. Later in  1967, his older  sibling  Hon. Enow Tanjong  brought him out of the village  which gave him the opportunity  to pursue his secondary education in the Saint Joseph’s College SASSE.Upon making both the General Certificate of Education  ordinary Level  in 1972  and moved to CCAST Bambili where he had his Advanced Level in 1974. He was then admitted at the University of Lagos popular called "Unilag "to study Mass Communication.      Career…..  His career kicked off  from  when  he returned home from Nigeria on  September 3, 1979; worked for a year and a half, before traveling to the USA for his  Masters and PhD program  precisely in December 1981....