Violence against children, women: Cameroon National Prayer Breakfast seeks divine intervention.

The crowd-pulling gathering was under the leadership of CNPB president, Rev Dr Pastor Jean Libom Li Likeng. It held at CNPB headquarters at the Care and Hope Centre in Nkoulou.

The session was amongst others also marked by intercessions. It brought together religious leaders and several other stakeholders. Top among the key attendees was the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Minette Libom Li Likeng.

Created in 2010, the CNPB is a framework that allows Christian leaders to contribute to building a Cameroonian nation with a view to the country’s prosperity, security, unity, justice, peace, and honor.

The institution is famous for organising national prayer breakfasts assembling religious, political leaders and other stakeholders. 

Speaking at Friday’s session, Rev. Dr Libom Li Likeng said the institution was pushed into organising the special event by the recent disturbing resurgence in violence committed against children and women in the country.

The religious leader said the event was aimed at imploring God’s grace and protection upon women and children in the country. He said the gathering was also strategically designed to serve as a special time of intercession for families to restore moral values in a bid to boost respect for life, responsibility, solidarity and peace as the foundation of a balanced society.

Rev Dr Li Likeng noted that the institution had been left shocked by recent figures indicating that over 50 cases of deaths from femicide and infanticide were recorded in the country between January and April this year up from the equally disturbing 70 of such cases that were registered in 2025.

“We do not hold prayer breakfasts in June. We are doing this now because it was an emergency. We want to become aware ourselves and to spread this awareness to all of u. We do not know where we will end up if God does not intervene,” the religious leader stated.

He said the CNPB is convinced that beyond the necessary legal, security, educational and social responses, the country needs a strong spiritual response.

He argued that the rise in acts of violence reveals a deeper crisis. He cited weakening of moral standards, the decline in the fear of God, the devaluation of human life and the gradual erosion of the family unit.

“The more serious it is, the more it is to the One who can handle this gravity that we must turn: God. That is why we have gathered this panel of people, church leaders, and public, private, and religious institutions, so that we can cry out to God against femicides, infanticides, homicides, and everything that is currently bad in this country,” the man of God added.

Urges collaborative, timely action 

He urged public authorities, civil society organisations, the media, community leaders, social actors and families to jointly step up their efforts in further boosting the fight against the phenomenon which he said is undermining the future of the Cameroonian society.

“We cannot remain indifferent to this reality. We must stand together to say no to violence, no to hatred, no to cruelty, no to the trivialisation of death and human suffering, especially when women and children are involved. The CNPB is deeply outraged by all such acts of violence and condemns them in the strongest possible terms,” the man of God said.

“The CNPB also calls on families to reconnect with the values of dialogue, mutual respect, listening and protecting the most vulnerable. It encourages parents to fully embrace their educational responsibilities and churches to continue their work of providing spiritual and moral support to families,” he added.

Enter Pastor Nsabunda

The main preacher of the special prayer session, Pastor Nsabunda Leonard, further highlighted the views advanced by the president of CNPB.

Pastor Nsabunda, in his sermon inspired from Psalm 82, said CNPB as a moral institution, is calling for justice, self-evaluation and responsibility.

“While we point fingers at judges and authorities, we must first of all point the finger to ourselves. Justice must start with us. Fairness must start with us at our homes and in our different spheres of influence. We must be aware, and the needful must be done,” the preacher said.

This article was first published in The Guardian Post Edition No:3818 of Monday June 15, 2026