THE VILLAGE SQUARE
News from Guneku
Announcements, events and community records from the Fondom — kept in order, so that what happened in earlier years is not lost behind what happened last. 39 records across 9 years.
2026
- Munam F.C. reach the final of the maiden Mujang and Berto Prince TournamentMunam F.C. of Lower Guneku were beaten on penalties by Hilltop Strikers of Gunenung in the final of the first Mujang and Berto Prince Tournament, played in torrential rain at Njindom on 15 August 2026.
- How we communicate — and how to check a request for moneyAt least two members had their WhatsApp accounts compromised in 2026 and the accounts were used to ask others for money. Here is how official Guneku announcements work, and what to do when a request looks wrong.
- Guneku Holiday Workshop 2026 held at the PalaceThe second edition of the Guneku Holiday Workshop ran from 11 to 21 August 2026 at the Palace of Guneku, teaching mushroom production, edible maggots, organic fertiliser and cooking gas, and tomato paste.
- GS Guneku ex-pupils open a free-will donation drive for the schoolFormer pupils of Government School Guneku opened a free-will donation drive for their old school in August 2026, collected by mobile money.
- Guneku Christians at Njindom for the handover of parish priestsChristians from Guneku, Sang and Munam gathered at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Njindom, on Sunday 5 July 2026 to bid farewell to Fr. Ngu Emmanuel and to welcome Fr. Ngeh Joseph.
- Rescue at the Ngong stream — and the water shortage behind itA village rescue team saved a child after the river overflowed at the stream in Ngong on 5 June 2026. The community response was immediate — and it raised a harder question about why people were at the river at all.
- GUDECA Europe gathers at the Fon's Palace in BonnThe European branch of GUDECA held its 2026 Michi Ebeng gathering at the Fon's Palace in Bonn on 28 March 2026, deliberately on the same day Michi Ebeng was celebrated in Guneku village.
2025
- A word from the President of GUDECA EuropeIn his end-of-year address, GUDECA Europe President Constantine Ndenge described 2025 as a year of unity, and set out what the branch delivered for the village — solar street lights, the FUN electricity project and the Mbengeghang water project.
- Ifuh Itah — the Fringyeng Yam Festival returns for its 2025 editionFringyeng held Ifuh Itah, its yam harvest festival, on Tuesday 16 December 2025. An agricultural show was the edition’s main innovation, alongside a horse display by the Mbororo community and the Kwem of Guneku.
- A new bridge links Wumnembug to NjinebaiThe Mbengwi Council built two bridges handed over around the April 2025 WUCUDA annual general meeting. One of them links Wumnembug to Njinebai, a quarter of Guneku — a direct road link into Guneku territory.
- Afor Foundation scholarship examination draws 200 pupils to the PalaceTwo hundred pupils sat the Afor Foundation scholarship examination at the Guneku Fon’s Palace on 22 February 2025, out of 201 registered, overseen by thirteen invigilators.
2024
- A piggery model in Mbengwi, and a Guneku applicationMECUDA USA funded a piggery for the Tobho youths under a memorandum requiring them to pass two piglets on to the next group. Munam youths are among six groups that applied to be next.
- Rev. Ekole Alexander sent off from Presbyterian Church GunekuA send-off service was held on Sunday 23 June 2024 for Rev. Ekole Alexander, leaving his post as Parish Pastor of Presbyterian Church Guneku to take up appointment as Presbytery Treasurer in Bali.
- Guneku Fondom Welcomes 2024 with Inspiring New Year Speech by HRH Fon Fomuki Walters Ticha IXGuneku, Cameroon - January 1, 2024 Guneku Fondom, a vibrant rural community nestled in the heart of Momo Division in the Northwest region of Cameroon, is excited to announce the release of a special New Year speech video by its esteemed leader, HRH Fon Fomuki Walters Ticha IX.
2023
- Journeying back to our roots, 2nd edition of Michi Ebeng festival in April 2024From the exhibition of ancient arts and craft to consuming only traditional delicacies, expressing oneself only in the mother tongue and dressing only traditionally, the maiden edition of the Michi Ebeng festival that took place in the Guneku Palace last April is still like it was yesterday.
- GUDECA-US CHAPTER Celebrated a Grand Cultural Event to Welcome HRH Fon Fomuki in the USIn a momentous occasion on July 29, 2023, the Guneku Indigenes, gathered under GUDECA-US CHAPTER, organized an extraordinary event to extend a warm welcome to His Royal Highness (HRH) Fon Fomuki in the United States.
- Democracy in Guneku; Fon Fomuki Injects New "Blood" for Easy AdministrationGuneku village, the biggest in the Meta clan in terms of land surface is currently undergoing some administrative structural readjustment. The exercise, called for by H.R.M Dr. Ticha W. Fomuki, the…
- Festivity in Guneku Palace as Councillors Installed, Others AwardedFestivity in Guneku Palace as Councillors Installed, Others Awarded For years now since the advent of the Anglophone Crisis, hardly have cultural festivities been taking place in Mbengwi. The palace…
- Visit Of The Fon Of Guneku To North AmericaGuneku Indegenes under the canopy of its cultural association (GUDECA-US CHAPTER) are mobilizing to welcome HRH Fon Fomuki in the US this summer.
- Meta People Start Going Back to their RootsIndigenes of the Meta clan in Mbengwi central subdivision, Momo division of the North West Region of Cameroon have begun going back to their roots after donkey years of a near cultural abandonment and…
- MECUDA APPRECIATES THE GUNEKU GREAT EVENTBONGOB, MECUDA/Meta is matching on whether someone likes or not. It is not a coincidence, that the entire clan has been galvanized within the past few months following the MECUDA end of 2022 Meta…
- Meta cultural festival holds in Guneku villageThe Meta people in Mbengwi subdivision, Momo division in the North West region of Cameroon have gone back to their roots, rekindling memories of their cultural practices in the yesteryears. A cultural…
- Mɨchi Əbeŋ: Clash of Mukonge Dance Groups in the OffingMembers of Organising Committee and Participating Dance Group Leaders Pose for a Family Picture after Meeting The long awaited date for the pioneer clash of Mukonge Dance Groups in Meta has been made…
2022
- The Mukonge dance competition is announced for the Palace of GunekuAt the MEDA home branch meeting in the Mbengwi palace hall on 22 October 2022, the first Mukonge dance competition was announced for the Palace of Guneku — the seed of what became Mɨchi Ǝbeŋ.
- 470,000 FCFA in scholarships awarded to Class 6 pupilsOn 26 August 2022, 470,000 FCFA was distributed in scholarships to Class 6 pupils of P.S. Mbengwi Annex Guneku for their performance in the 2022 Common Entrance and First School Leaving Certificate examinations.
2021
- F.H.E.D donates to twenty-eight people living with disabilities at the PalaceIn the courtyard of the Guneku Palace on 16 December 2021, Fons for Health, Education and Development distributed birds, feed, wheelchairs and medication worth 1,381,000 FCFA to twenty-eight people living with disabilities.
- Policy statement to all Guneku elements for 2016-2017
- The Fon and his Sacred Heart class donate to the House of Hope orphanageOn 29 July 2021 the Fon of Guneku and his silver jubilee class from Sacred Heart College, Mankon, donated grinding mills and 200,000 FCFA to the House of Hope orphanage at Ngyen-Mbo — with a basin of fish from the Palace pond.
- A hundred per cent pass at Presbyterian School GunekuThe newly established Presbyterian Primary School Guneku recorded a full pass for every pupil who sat the Common Entrance Examination in the 2020/2021 academic year.
2020
- GUDECA USA posts a nurse to Munam Integrated Health CentreThe USA branch of GUDECA recruited and posted a nurse to the Munam Integrated Health Centre in December 2020, on a renewable three-year contract — a concrete delivery by a diaspora chapter into the village.
- The Fon of Guneku sits on the MECUDA Renaissance commissionA commission of five Meta Fons, including HRH Dr. Walters Fomuki IX of Guneku, produced the MECUDA Renaissance Report for the Meta Fons’ Union in 2020.
2019
- Christmas at the Palace with people living with disabilitiesOn 21 December 2019 close to a hundred people with disabilities from across Mbengwi subdivision were hosted at the Guneku Palace arena, and a cheque of 500,000 FCFA was presented for socio-economic empowerment.
- The Fon answers a broadcast: support for people with disabilities, and microphones for Rainbow RadioA radio programme in the Meta language reached the Fon in Germany. On 4 June 2019 he answered it where it had been made — at Rainbow Radio, Mbengwi — with 150,000 FCFA for twenty-six people with disabilities, and two studio microphones for the station.
- The Easter homecoming — how GUDECA used to meetBefore the crisis, sons and daughters of the Mbengwi villages came home every Easter, and Easter Saturday was the day the village associations held their annual general meetings — GUDECA among them.
2016
- Proposals from His Royal Highness Fon Fomuki during the GUDECA AGM at Mutegene, 20161. Revision of the annual development levy - 20 000 frs for men out of home - 10 000frs for women out of home - 2 000 frs for men at home + labor - 1 000frs for women at home + labor - Guneku elements…
- GUNEKU VILLAGE COUNCIL HOLDING IN THE FON'S PALACE GUNEKU 23RD APRIL 2016 IN THE HEARING OF THE THEFT THAT OCCURRED IN THE FON'S PALACE ON THE 14TH APRIL 2016That on the 14th April 2016 at about 10am that Mrs. Fomuki Rebecca, Fon's Mother returned from Bamenda, she discovered that thieves had entered the house through the frontage of the house that is…
- Minutes of MeetingMINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE INSTALLATION OF COMMITTEE LEADERS TO RUN THE AFFAIRS OF THE GUNEKU FUNDOM FOR THE 2016 FISCAL YEAR THAT HELD AT THE GUNEKU FON’S PALACE ON THE 1ST APRIL 2016 The meeting…
- Public Announcement:Copies of letters to the communityI have the honour to inform you that; considering the water crises affecting the village despite the several water supply sources for constant flow of water in the village, the need to motivate a…