Bamenda: Radio Hot Cocoa To Resume Broadcast , But "Controversial" Program Remains Suspended

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Popular Bamenda based media outfit, Radio Hot Cocoa will resume operations after a 48 hour involuntary recess. Equinoxe TV's Nfor Hanson has just broken the news over the fate of the station that was suspended, Tuesday for fueling the Anglophone problem. He reveals that the President of the National Communication Council, Peter Essoka at the end of a crucial meeting with administrators of the radio and officials of the North West Regional Delegation of Communication today in Bamenda has overturned the ban on the station. However the controversial program, "BIGGEST BREAKFAST SHOW," remains suspended till further notice.

This popular morning show, authorities claim was threatening public peace in Bamenda, a volatile stronghold of the Anglophone crisis. But media practitioners in the region and beyond do not share this view. They believe suspension of Radio Hot Cocoa is the latest in a series of crude attempts to stifle reporting and commentary on the political crisis.

The Ministry of Communications in December wrote to private radio and TV stations to "stop all roundtable discussions... concerning the current political atmosphere" in English-speaking regions of Cameroon. A decision that led to the ban of political debates on the sensitive issue in all broadcast medium in the South West region.

Media groupings since the sealing of the station have been vocal on the state to reverse the ban: