I phoned my friend Dorothy today.  Wanted to check up on how she is doing now.  Learned that her entire village (three of them in fact) has emptied out.  People have fled to safety to get away from the fighting.  The road is blocked to her village.  Only the resistance fighters are there.  She and her elderly mother are living with her brother and his wife in Bamenda.  They are just grateful to have a safe place to live for the time being.  Don't know when this will all calm down and it will be safe to go back home.  

The U.S. Ambassador has talked with the President.  Urged him to call both side together to discuss the problems and work towards solution.  Listed things the government is doing wrong and that the the resistance party is doing wrong, too.  Challenged the President to think of his legacy.  One day his life will end.  How does he want to be remembered?  He needs to be working towards leaving a good legacy.  Sadly, his words fell on deaf ears.