Africa News Update
Cameroon: Combating poverty (editorial)
The 61st anniversary of the United Nations will be celebrated today in Yaoundé. In other parts of the world, the commemoration took place last Wednesday to fit into its creation day of October 24. In Cameroun, the event slated for today will take place at the Ministry of External Relations. Read >
Friday, 27 October 2006
Cameroon Tribune (Cameroon), by Emmanuel Tataw
Cameroon: Government wants order in energy consumption
20 control teams begin headcount of electricity installations in administrative buildings.
Read >Wednesday, 04 October 2006
Camroon Tribune (Cameroon), by Lukong Pius Nyuylime
Cameroon: Police Disrupt Muna's Press Conference
A meeting of Muna's National Executive Committee, NEC, held under police surveillance at its National Secretariat in the Tsinga neighborhood.
Read >Thursday, 21 September 2006
The Post (Cameroon), by Kini Nsom
Cameroon: President halts airline privatisation
President Paul Biya has reportedly put the privatisation of the Cameroon Airlines, CAMAIR on hold. The Post gathered that an American company has made a better offer than SN Brussels Airlines of Belgium who came through First Delta Air Services.
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Tuesday, 12 September 2006
The Post (Cameroon), by Joe Dinga Pefok
Cameroon: NGOs endorse code of conduct to promote transparency
Yaounde - Cameroonian civil societies have welcomed the first global accountability charter that leading international campaigners have publicly endorsed in Glasgow, Scotland, to govern the way non-governmental organisations (NGOs) do business.
Read >Saturday, 24 June 2006
Inter Press Service (Africa), by Sylvestre Tetchiada
Cameroon: 21 detained following clashes
Following the May 26 bloody clash of two factions of the SDF in Yaounde that led to the death of one person and the wounding of several others, the Fru Ndi-appointed Coordinator for the Centre Province, Retired Colonel Chi Ngafor, has been held at the gendarmerie headquarters since last week.
Read >Tuesday, 06 June 2006
The Post (Cameroon), by Nformi Sonde Kinsai
Cameroon: Will a New Penal Code Lead to New Attitudes?
Yaounde, Cameroon - An information campaign is underway in Cameroon concerning a new Code of Penal Procedure that authorities say will strengthen the rule of law -- making the Central African country a standard for human rights.
Read >Monday, 22 May 2006
Inter Press Service (Africa), by Sylvestre Tetchiada
Cameroon: Anti-Corruption net catches 15 big fish
The officials were arrested by the forces of law and order at different locations in Yaounde and taken to the court complex in Yaounde where state prosecutor, Lavoisier Kwangé Kwangé grilled them for several hours.They were only returned to their detention centre late in the night of Tuesday.
Read >Monday, 27 February 2006
The Post (Cameroon), by Clovis Attah and Kini Nsom
Cameroon: HIPC-I completion point is not panacea
Cameroon's foremost economic critic Hubert Kamgang has stated that debt cancellation will never help Cameroon so long as its economy remains at the beck and call of its colonial master - France. In a chat with The Post in Yaounde over the weekend, Kamgang said he was happy that Cameroon will reach the HIPC-I Completion Point soon, but warned that debt cancellation would not bring any succor to the country's ailing economy.
Read >Monday, 20 February 2006
The Post (Cameroon), by Kini Nsom