A report analyzing the root causes and escalation processes of various conflicts between communities in the Northwest province is to be published soon by LUKMEF-Cameroon. After three weeks in the field, the team of the peace department came back on 13th July 2007 and is currently analyzing the information gathered. The draft report is to be presented to the chiefs and leaders of the Fondoms we visited by end of August and is scheduled to be released in September.

Among the conflicts covered in the report are the most recent ones between Oku - Mbessa and Bali Nyonga - Bawock that made the news earlier this year, but also older conflicts between Balikumbat - Bafanji or Babanki Tungo - Bambili, amongst others. All conflicts pitted two communities or Fondoms against each other over land claims or boundary disputes, making the report, to be published soon, a hallmark document on the root causes of land-related inter-community conflicts."

Nowefu Assembly	Mud Road	Child Warrior

Discussion	Questionnaires

- During the NoWeFU (Northwest Fons Union) Assembly on 23rd June 2007 we were given the opportunity to present our project to the Fons assembled in Bamenda Congress Hall.
- Not all roads were good on our way. Thanks to 4WD and help from various people on our way, we managed to reach all villages in our program.
- Alarmingly from the perspective of peace educators, small boys in conflict areas 'train' on toy-weapons, thereby learning an identity as a warrior.
- A lot of our information had to be gathered through discussions with villagers.
- One source of information was a quetionnaire we had developed to investigate into issues of conflicts and development, to be filled by inhabitants of the community we visited (with our help, sometimes).