Full Coverage: Cameroon

04/23/2008 Small farmers from around the world celebrated last week the International Day of Peasant's Struggle and honored the communities and organizations in over 25 countries that are challenging escalating food costs.

02/29/2008 Taksilakosta alkaneet mellakat jatkuvat useammissa Kamerunin kaupungeissa, vaikka polttoaineen kohonnutta hintaa vastustanut lakko päättyi. Levottomuuksien taustalla ovat kohonneet elinkustannukset ja kaupunkien köyhien laskeva elintaso.

08/31/2007 The populations of the rural areas where telecentres exist are not sensitised enough on the importance of such technology.

11/21/2006 The economic rewards of tropical hardwood exports are vital both to Cameroon and its local forest communities, writes André Nguemdjom. Can the forests provide these rewards indefinitely?

11/14/2006 An exhibition of photographs taken by disabled people in Bangladesh, Cameroon and the UK is being held in London in the week following the International Day of Disabled Persons 2006 (3 December).

08/02/2006 Helen Angwan, 13, työpäivät kestävät aamuviidestä puoleen yöhön. Hän ahertaa ravintolassa, jonka omistaja osti hänet yhdeksänvuotiaana. Kansainvälinen työjärjestö ILO arvioi, että Kamerunissa myytiin viime vuonna 600 000 lasta. Pojat päätyvät usein työhön viljelmille, tytöt ravintoloihin tai siivoamaan sekä prostituution pariin.

05/04/2006 The Cameroonian government has refused to release nine men acquitted on charges of homosexuality after more than a year's detention.

04/24/2006 Nine men detained for homosexuality in Cameroon have been acquitted of all charges after being detained for almost a year.

12/02/2005 Cameroon is urged to release 11 men detained for the last seven months on suspicion of “sodomy” and to prevent a government-ordered “medical examination” to determine if they are gay.

10/10/2005 As a result of two decades of decreasing economic activities, Cameroon is now in a serious financial crisis that is threatening the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, reports IPS.

10/05/2005 Film-maker Kim Longinotto took it as a challenge when the compere at last year's OneWorld Broadcasting Trust’s media awards ceremony said he hoped that the following year's event would include films with positive images of Africa. “It got me thinking,” recalls Longinotto. “Every film on Africa seemed to be about AIDS or refugees or war. I took it as a direct challenge.” The result of her thoughts can be seen in London on 26 and 28 October.

10/05/2005 A natural dam in the northwest of the country needs urgent attention to prevent erosion that will release a torrent of water and poisonous gas clouds, warned a UN expert.

09/28/2005 Current efforts to prevent two lakes in north western Cameroon from releasing toxic gasses and killing nearby inhabitants, as they have done in the past, are insufficient, say researchers.

09/13/2005 Tšadin ja Kamerunin sopimuksessa öljy-yhtiöiden kanssa kielletään valtioita puuttumasta 650 kilometriä pitkän öljyputken toimintaan. Amnesty International pelkää, että sopimus aiheuttaa ihmisoikeuksien sivuuttamista. Molemmissa maissa ihmisoikeustilanne on jo valmiiksi heikko ja putken vuoksi on jo noussut esille muutama väite ihmisoikeusloukkauksista.

07/13/2005 Community radio practitioners gather today from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali and Niger to attend a week-long training that forms the basis of UNESCO’s “Science of HIV and AIDS” media training programme.

03/02/2005 Tired of negative images of Africa in film? The forthcoming Birds Eye View film festival will feature Cameroon Stories, a disturbing story but one in which strong women stand up and fight for justice.

02/08/2005 Naisten asemaa on ryhdytty parantamaan tietoyhteiskunnan keinoin Länsi-Afrikassa sijaitsevassa Kamerunissa. Nais- ja perheasioiden ministeri Suzane Bombackin mukaan tietotekniikka on otettu avuksi, jotta naisten asema työmarkkinoilla kohenisi. Tavoitteena on tietojenkäsittelyn perustaitojen opettaminen 100 000 naiselle vuoteen 2012 mennessä.

11/24/2004 The Cameroonians of the Bakassi Peninsula have learned, like many other communities, that the prospect of oil can be more of a curse than a blessing.

09/20/2004 It's not a cure. But a group representing 60,000 health professionals is "optimistic" about the health-care deal hatched by Canada's first ministers last week. The Canadian Health Professionals Secretariat says the agreement should boost the number of professionals in the field and improve patient access to critical medical diagnosis and treatment.

09/20/2004 A new report on illegal hunting in elephants identifies China, Thailand, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Nigeria as the most important suppliers, manufacturers, and customers of ivory worldwide. Co-sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund, the report points out that corruption and lack of law enforcement of domestic ivory markets in Africa and Asia are fuelling the thriving illegal international trade.