Value for Human Life

Last week was terrible for Cameroon. The week was filled with reports of death, death, death. On Wednesday October 21 it was reported that a boat carrying 25 passengers capsized in Lake Guerre, Mokolo in the Far North Region. 19 persons drowned in that accident. On October 22 a road accident at Sa'a claimed 32 lives. As if that were not enough health authorities announced that 59 people had died following the outbreak of a cholera epidemic in the North and Far North Regions. In all, the nation had lost more than one hundred of its citizens within a few days in tragic circumstances. And that was only the reported cases. If one were to record complete statistics across the country, the figure would be more alarming. Our area of concern here is not the deaths of these citizens. Far from it. Our concern is the attitude we adopt... [read full story]                    

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