Massive Ghost Town Rocks Bamenda As Parents Withhold Children From Going To Schools

There has been uncertainty, fear and a tense atmophere in Bamenda, The main city of the NW region of Cameroon early Monday, 5. February 2018. Streets across the city are all empty and businesses closed.The situation is tensed.This comes after a weekend of heavy gun firing by unidentified individuals all across the city over the weekend, which convinced parents to defy gov't orders to send their children to school".

Seasoned journalist Elie Smith reported that,after verifications from different sources on the ground, I can confirm that, exchange of gunshots took place in several neighborhoods of Bamenda as at when I made my first tweet on the subject. I will be bringing you causality figures soon.

Meanwile in Mamfe, there is also a serious town,Elie Smith writes. I have just been told that, like in Bamenda, intense gunshots throughout the night, has forced inhabitants to stay in doors. Unlike Bda, where those shooting are not known,in Mamfe, my contacts said, it was Cam security forces shooting, in a bid to frighten off Amba Tigers infiltrations.