Cameroon
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 05:09:58 GMTCameroon, Chad Truckers Protest Bad Roads, Govt Ban On Heavy Trucks
[VOA] Yaounde -- Hundreds of truckers have stopped working on Cameroon's border with Chad to protest a ban on heavy trucking into Chad, which depends on Cameroon for 80% of its imported goods.
Thu, 01 Sep 2022 12:27:50 GMTVera Songwe Steps Down as ECA Executive Secretary
[UNECA] Addis Ababa -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Vera Songwe, has stepped down, effective 1 September 2022, after five years of dedicated service to ECA and its Member...
Mon, 05 Sep 2022 07:40:57 GMTWorldrRemit's Fintech Is Transforming Lives in Rural Cameroon
[New Dawn] According to government data, approximately one in five Cameroonians live abroad1, from where they regularly send money to their families back home for daily upkeep, education and development.
Thu, 01 Sep 2022 06:53:15 GMTCameroon, Congo Demarcate Border to Reduce Poaching in Congo Basin
[VOA] Yaounde -- Officials from Cameroon and Congo-Brazzaville have agreed to demarcate their 100-year-old border to reduce border communities' disputes over forestry and wildlife. The deal follows similar agreements with Gabon in May and the Central...
Mon, 29 Aug 2022 13:56:49 GMTGovt Says Schools Shut Down By Separatists Have Reopened
[VOA] Yaounde -- Education officials in Cameroon say improved security in its western regions have allowed more than 200 schools that had been shut by separatist threats since 2017 to reopen for the new school year. But critics note officials said th...
Mon, 29 Aug 2022 04:58:52 GMTFor Refugees in Cameroon, Digital IDs Are a Life Changer
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] YAOUNDE -- Central African refugees can access education, healthcare and banking with identity cards, but data privacy is vital, say experts
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 04:36:57 GMTCameroon, Nigeria Reopening Border Markets and Schools With Boko Haram Threat Diminished
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Governors from Cameroon and Nigeria plan to re-open markets and rebuild schools along their shared border after declaring the area free of Boko Haram militants.
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 13:57:22 GMTGovt Says Border Conflict Exacerbating Hunger and Malnutrition
[VOA] Kindzeka -- Authorities in Cameroon say thousands of people who fled communal violence near the borders with Chad and Nigeria are suffering from malnutrition with scores of children dying in the past few weeks.
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 05:44:39 GMTGovt Seals Mining Sites to Prevent Deaths
[VOA] Kambele, Cameroon -- Authorities in Cameroon have sealed at least 30 gold mines, including some owned by Chinese, after at least 33 young miners died in landslides this month and scores more were declared missing. Officials said Monday that the...
Sat, 20 Aug 2022 12:50:33 GMTCameroon's Health Minister Says He Was Threatened After Banning Skin Whitening Products
[RFI] Cameroon's Minister of Public Health said in an interview this week with a local television channel that he had received threats after banning skin bleaching products.
Thu, 18 Aug 2022 06:42:12 GMTCameroon Says Deadly Floods Disrupt Cross-Border Trade With Nigeria
[VOA] Cameroonian authorities say record flooding on its western border with Nigeria has killed at least six people, washed away homes, and destroyed thousands of tons of food meant for export.
Wed, 17 Aug 2022 08:14:49 GMTActivist in Cameroon Detained Again
[HRW] Authorities Should Release Abdul Karim Ali
Thu, 18 Aug 2022 04:31:17 GMTLiberté, Egalité, Impunité
[African Arguments] Cameroon's courting of Russian support has left France on the back foot.
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 06:48:34 GMTOfficials Blame War in Ukraine for Food Price Spikes
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Officials in Cameroon are urging people to eat local foods instead of imports, following protests over shortages and price spikes caused in part by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 09:46:11 GMTIndigenous Women Losing Their Forest in Cameroon
[Greenpeace] The world has just celebrated indigenous communities who are the best guardians of the forest. This year, the celebration is titled 'the role of Indigenous Women in the preservation and transmission of Traditional Knowledge'. In reality,...
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 07:24:18 GMTArmy Killings, Disappearances, in North-West Region
[HRW] Nairobi -- Investigate and Prosecute Abusive Security Forces
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 05:33:52 GMTHRW - Cameroon Troops Killed At Least 10 People, Others 'Disappeared'
[DW] Troops in Cameroon's Northwest Region "summarily killed" at least 10 people amid a crackdown by President Paul Biya against Anglophone separatists earlier this year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Thursday.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:09:20 GMTBoko Haram Launches Raids
[Ghanaian Times] Several people, including a soldier, were killed in weekend raids by a Boko Haram group in Cameroon's Far North region, security and local sources said on Monday.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 07:34:16 GMTThe Environment Is the Silent Casualty in the Anglophone Crisis
[The Conversation Africa] Most analysis of Cameroon's Anglophone crisis has been skewed towards the socioeconomic, cultural and political ramifications of the conflict.
Mon, 08 Aug 2022 05:30:37 GMTPrime Minister Says Peace Returning to Separatist Regions - Residents Not So Sure
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Cameroonian separatists have rejected the prime minister's declaration that their fight for independence has been largely crushed. Joseph Dion Ngute said federal troops have brought peace to conflict areas, and said life is...