Full Coverage: Cameroon

23.04.2008 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.

31.08.2007 The populations of the rural areas where telecentres exist are not sensitised enough on the importance of such technology.

21.11.2006 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?

14.11.2006 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).

04.05.2006 The Cameroonian government has refused to release nine men acquitted on charges of homosexuality after more than a year's detention.

24.04.2006 Nine men detained for homosexuality in Cameroon have been acquitted of all charges after being detained for almost a year.

02.12.2005 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.

05.10.2005 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.

05.10.2005 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.

28.09.2005 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.

13.07.2005 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.

02.03.2005 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.

24.11.2004 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.

20.09.2004 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.

21.05.2004 Em busca de práticas bem-sucedidas que tenham ajudado a diminuir a evasão escolar e o índice de repetência, representantes do governo da República de Camarões visitaram o Brasil na semana passada.

14.01.2004 A gay asylum seeker faces deportation from Britain even though he fears persecution in Cameroon after claiming an affair with a high-level politician.

04.11.2003

04.09.2003 About 200 students successfully completed intensive computer training in Cameroon during their summer holidays. The Institute Africain D'informatique in Yaounde offered the course – which focussed on the Internet mechanism and word processing skills – to the students on a token monthly fee.

17.07.2003 Students in universities across Cameroon, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia now have easy and better access to the Internet. A joint effort by Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), UNDP and Cisco Networking has made this possible. Giving technical support and training in networking, Web design and office tools, the project aims at maximizing business opportunities for these communities.