Month: October 2013

[World Bank]Yaoundé -Entitled “Towards Greater Equity – A Special Focus on Health,” this sixth issue of the Cameroon Economic Update, published by the World Bank Office in Cameroon, assesses the macroeconomic situation and presents a special feature on the health sector in Cameroon.

[AlertNet]Ebolowa -As Cameroon’s cocoa and coffee farmers struggle with difficult environmental conditions and global competition, an information scheme introduced a year ago using mobile phone text messaging is helping them cope with the effects of cl…

[VOA]Yaounde -A malaria upsurge in the town of Maroua, in the far north of Cameroon, has led to the death of hundreds of people. More than 10,000 people have been treated for the disease in the last month, straining the capacity of area hospitals and c…

[VOA]The Chairman of Cameroon’s National Commission for Human Rights and Freedom (NCHRF) has expressed disappointment at the low level of participation by opposition parties in the September 30 parliamentary and local elections.

[Cameroon Tribune]Cameroon’s National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms is currently seeking for additional support and funding to complement governments budgetary allocation to carry out its human rights promotion and protection mission in 2014….

[Cameroon Tribune]The government of Japan, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA, is working on creating centres for the development of Small and Medium-size Enterprises (SMEs) in Cameroon. JICA’s Director for Africa, Inui Eiji, said…