Month: March 2013

Health workers from Buea, Tiko, Limbe, and Muyuka health districts have been taught to use rapid tests to diagnose malaria.

This week we were treated to yet another bail-out. You’d think that by now Europe’s policymakers would have this process down to a fine art, but the queues outside Cypriot cash machines suggested otherwise.

[AlertNet]Kribi -Forest dwellers forced off their land in southern Cameroon after it was leased to private companies have been allowed to return by the government, but many still fear for their livelihoods and the future of their homes.

[CPJ]New York -An appellate court in Cameroon should overturn the defamation conviction and jail sentence handed to a newspaper editor on Monday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Days are growing longer and summer is coming. Kids will be out of school and families will be planning their vacation get-aways. Where to go, where to go.

Part 1: U.S. citizens are tracing their ancestors to Cameroon and learning about its culture thanks to DNA tests and trips to the country.

Part 2: Denver’s mayor took advantage of DNA testing to determine his heritage. African Ancestry specializes in helping the descendants of slaves in the United States to discover their family origins.

[Cameroon Tribune]When in June, 2009 Cameroonian and Turkish authorities at the fourth edition of the Turkey World Trade Bridge in Istanbul, organised by the Confederation of Turkish Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) decided Yaounde will host the…

On day three of his official visit to Turkey, President Paul Biya takes part in a Cameroon-Turkey business forum organized in Istanbul this 27th March 2013.

The five year plan for the UN population fund, the UN Development Program, UNICEF and the World Food Program, were jointly adopted during a workshop, chaired by the Minister Delegate at the Ministry of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Ya…

[Cameroon Tribune]The President of the Republic arrived in Istanbul yesterday to close a forum on doing business in Cameroon.

[New Times]A delegation of 12 people who include the wife and family members of the Central African Republic’s deposed leader François Bozize arrived at Batouri in eastern Cameroon on Tuesday, local officials told Xinhua.

The Central African Economic and Monetary Community, CEMAC wants Parliaments of the sub-region to oversee the effective implementation of its directives on the reinforced system of managing public finances.

[Cameroon Tribune]Rudimentary agriculture has over lived its usefulness. True, many of our top ranking personalities owe credence to it for having served as a powerful avenue in financing their education. The evolution of things including galloping pop…

[Cameroon Tribune]Life is becoming unbearable in the urban and semi urban milieu. This is due to an increase in the rate of road accidents especially in big towns and cities.

[Cameroon Tribune]The Central African Economic and Monetary Community, CEMAC wants Parliaments of the sub-region to oversee the effective implementation of its directives on the reinforced system of managing public finances. The Commissioner of the Eco…

[Cameroon Tribune]A new conflict has erupted between the Cameroon football federation and the Ministry of Sports and Physical Education. Despite an injunction from Minister Adoum Garoua calling on Fecafoot to suspend elections within the federation to …

[RFI]In Kenya the size of a snake has been greatly exaggerated. Uganda is under pressure to give more to fighting HIV/Aids. Its police face investigation over an attack on Besigye’s car. Malawai’s Banda praises Botswana. Turkey’s Gul praises Cameroon.

Cooperation with emerging economies like China is a promising alternative to Africa’s traditional partnership with Western powers, African experts say.

Mining executives often like to describe their business as an exercise in earth moving.

Fighters for the Seleka rebel alliance stand guard in front of the presidential palace in Bangui, Central African Republic, March 25, 2013.

[Cameroon Tribune]Under the distinguished patronage of Madam Chantal Biya, First Lady of Cameroon, Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO for Education and Social Inclusion, in addition, founder of the Chantal Biya International Reference Centre, the teachers o…

[Cameroon Tribune]Serious rounds of business begin in Ankara, the Turkish capital this morning