General News of Wednesday, 24 August 2016Source: cameroonpostline.com30 years on, Lake Nyos survivors still struggling to surviveLake NyosAt sunset on August 21, 1986, inhabitants (mostly farmers and herders) of the neighbourhoods of Lake Nyos in Menchum Division of the then Northwest Region of Cameroon, heard a loud rumble from the lake. (Read the stories about Lake Nyos, what happened, testimonies, arguments, interviews and explanations, plus what is happening today to the survivors, on pages 7 – 10). Till date, there are people who believe it was a bomb tested in Lake Nyos. According to him, what happened in Lake Nyos, even scientists agreed, has never occurred anywhere in history. Meanwhile, the Lake Nyos Disaster victims aver that they have been abandoned to fate, unlike victims of the NsamFire Disaster (February 14, 1998 ),whoreceive gifts year-in year out by State authorities.
