2012-02-03
Yellow Fever Outbreaks Hit Cameroon and Ghana
[UN News]
The United Nations is backing a mass vaccination campaign under way in northern Cameroon, where a new outbreak of yellow fever has killed at least seven people.2012-02-03
Fake police officer arrested
[Cameroon Tribune]
Thirty-five years Kemoue Justin is presently cooling his feet in Police cell in Logbaba. The population of Bedi, a neighbourhood of Douala, arrested 35-year-old Kemoue Justin, on Tuesday as he struggled to make away with stolen property. The latter putting on police uniforms was caught transferring the booties from a magazine in the neighbourhood. The incident followed that a gang of unidentified men had earlier broke into and cleared the packing store of hundreds of oil paints at about 8 am. 2012-02-03
National Youth Day - Preparations heighten in Douala
[Cameroon Tribune]
March past and music rehearsals preoccupy most schools. The third session of the Organizing Committee of the 46th National Youth Day in the Littoral, placed under the auspices of the Governor Fai Yengo Francis, met in Douala yesterday, February 2. The official launch of the national event in the Littoral will take place in Douala V Subdivision on Saturday, February 4. Inventions by young people will be on exhibition during the official launch. 2012-02-01
More Young Women Smoke
[RNW Africa]
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More and more young Cameroonian women are taking up smoking. But they are usually doing it out of the sight of their parents. Some in Cameroon society regard tobacco consumption as a sign of emancipation; others see it as a bad sign of the times. 2012-02-02
Commonwealth learning weeks underway
[Cameroon Tribune]
The programme was launched in Yaounde yesterday February 1, 2012. The representative of the Prime Minister, Prof. François Xavier Etoa, has officially launched the Commonwealth Learning Weeks organised by Commonwealth Consultants International/Cameroon. During the launching, in Yaounde, he transmitted encouragements from the Head of Government and urged organisers to continue to help Cameroonians to know more about the Commonwealth. He expressed joy with the programme, saying it was coming at a time 2012-02-02
2012 youth day - Innovations for a colourful celebration
[Cameroon Tribune]
The upcoming 46th National Youth Day will be marked by a National Youth Forum. Cameroonian youths nationwide will celebrate the 46th National Youth Day on February 11, 2012. With the theme, "Youths and participation in major accomplishments for an emerging Cameroon," the event will involve four key activities amongst which will be the official launch on 3rd and 4th February in Bertoua, headquarter of the East Region. A major innovation will be the organisation of a National Youth Forum from February 6 to 8 2012-02-02
Fake police officer arrested in Douala
[Cameroon Tribune]
Thirty-five-year old Kemoue Justin is presently cooling his feet in Police cell in Logbaba. The population of Bedi, a neighbourhood of Douala, arrested 35-year-old Kemoue Justin, on Tuesday January 31, as he struggled to make away with stolen property. Putting on police uniform, he was caught transferring the booties from a warehouse in the neighbourhood. 2012-02-02
Widows, Students Assured of Support
[Cameroon Tribune]
Winners' Chapel International offered FCFA-32-million worth bursaries during a crusade. Widows and scholars have received bursaries from Winners' Chapel International Douala during the six days crusade that rounded up in the Bepanda neighbourhood on Sunday January 29. The bursaries consist of money and exercise books. 2012-02-02
South West Crafts Steal Show at Siarc
[Cameroon Tribune]
The region's 30 flagbearers at SIARC have products of diverse backgrounds and taste. As the curtains gradually drop for the third edition of Cameroon's International Handicrafts Exhibition, SIARC 2012, craftsmen and women from the South West Region will live to remember and probably benefit from the impact they have created during the show. The region is represented at the show by 30 craftsmen and women with mouth-watery products that are leaving no visitor indifferent. 2012-02-01
Biodiversity exploitation - Stakeholders seek more benefits
[Cameroon Tribune]
A Pan-African Access and Benefit Sharing Workshop is going on in Limbe. About one hundred participants drawn from within and without Africa are sharing experiences in the sixth Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Pan-African workshop currently going on in Hotel Seme Beach in Limbe. 2012-02-01
Race of hope - Preparations heighten in Buea
[Cameroon Tribune]
Members of the local organising committees are multiplying meetings for a smooth event. It was a jam-packed South West Governor's Conference Hall that hosted members of the different commissions for the preparation of the upcoming Mount Cameroon Race of Hope. 2012-01-31
2012 elections - SDF wants more female representation
[Cameroon Tribune]
The desire was echoed in Bamenda on January 28 by the party's Socialist Women group. The Socialist Women, the women's wing of the main opposition party in Cameroon, the Social Democratic Front (SDF) has frowned at the non-respect of the 30 per cent quota allotted them by the party. 2012-01-31
Pavement tiles from plastic papers
[Cameroon Tribune]
Plastic papers that litter our streets have until now posed as a serious threat to environmental protection. Environmental experts have been burning night candles devising strategies to get rid of them. 2012-01-31
North West displays culture in craftworks
[Cameroon Tribune]
The North West Region is a crafts destination par excellence. Indigenes from all the seven Divisions, right down to the Sub-divisions, have craft works which are unique to the cultures and traditions, representing their ancestral lineages. 2012-01-31
Kegham Emmanuel Diom - 35 years into craftsmanship
[Cameroon Tribune]
The nurse/wood carver has trained youngsters to take the relay in the crafts when he retires. Kegham Emmanuel Diom is a nurse by profession and works with the Baptist Health Board. 2012-01-31
Siarc 2012 - Littoral regional stand woos visitors
[Cameroon Tribune]
Its 70 craftsmen with diverse products are stealing the show at the SIARC village. The Littoral Region has the heaviest of the delegations of craftsmen and women showcasing their prowess at the exhibition village of the ongoing third edition of the International Handicrafts Exhibition of Cameroon (SIARC). The region is represented by 70 craftsmen and women exhibiting diverse craft works. 2012-01-30
Minsep recommends fresh impetus
[Cameroon Tribune]
The Minster of Sports and Physical Education, Adoum Garoua, has called on his collaborators to adopt new work habits in line with the recommendations of the Head of State during the December 15 cabinet meeting and re-echoed by the Prime Minister's circular which have to do with punctuality, rapidity of service, assiduity and probity of character. 2012-01-30
Golden Jubilee of reunification - Preparations begin in earnest
[Cameroon Tribune]
Major stakeholders and elite of the South West Region met in Buea on Friday 27 January for a planning meeting towards Cameroon's reunification anniversary celebrations scheduled for Buea this year. 2012-01-30
Aftermath of end-of-year feasts - Mixed fortunes characterise markets
[Cameroon Tribune]
With the January payout already available to most salary earners, at least civil servants, many were market people who hoped for an improvement in their businesses after an almost market slump of the post end-of-year festivities. 2012-01-30
Yaounde Handicraft Fair - East regional stands entice visitors
[Cameroon Tribune]
Scores of people streaming into the exhibition village of the ongoing third edition of the International Handicrafts Exhibition of Cameroon (SIARC) are finding soft spots in the stands occupied by the 20 flagbearers of the East Region. |
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