Wache Francis Forever:

‘The Post’ Publisher Dies Suddenly In Buea

By Doh Bertrand Nua in Yaounde

Wache Francis, publisher of The Post Newspaper is no more

The death has been announced of the Mayor of the SDF-run Nkor Council in Noni, Bui Division of the Northwest Region. Francis Wache who doubles as Publisher of Cameroon’s authoritative biweekly newspaper, The Post, died Friday 20 December 2019 at the Buea Regional Hospital Annex where he was being attended to by medics shortly after suffering a malaise.

                He was head of the SDF list ahead of the February 9, 2020 Municipal elections. The former lecturer at the Local Government Training Centre, CEFAM, is said to have been in good shape last week as he actively took part in the production of the newspaper at their Buea Head Office.

                Wache began professional journalism in 1990 as Senior Writer when he joined the pioneer editorial team of Cameroon Life Magazine. He contributed as a freelance to the weekly English language edition of Cameroon Tribune and also edited Cameroon Today, a weekly that was short-lived.

                He was part of the 1996 team that attempted to revive Cameroon Post, the one-time leading Anglophone newspaper, which was declining as a result of repression which obliged its Publisher, Paddy Mbawa, to flee into exile. He alongside other colleagues founded The Post in 1997.

                He was 2006 voted National President of the Cameroon Association of English Speaking Journalists, CAMASEJ. The forefront crusader for improvement of Anglophones in Cameroon actively participated in the All Anglophone Conference (AAC) that took place in 1993 in Buea as Rapporteur. He equally served as National President of Bishop Rogan Ex-Students Association, BIROCOLESA after graduating from the College. The late publisher has been described by many journalists as a fallen journalism colossus who inspired and trained many.