Category: General

Fungom Fon Opposes Proposed Creation of Yemge Village

Ankara: A dispute is emerging over a proposal to create Yemge as a third-class chiefdom in Fungom Subdivision, Menchum Division, with the Fon of Fungom Village, Fon Nyah Damian Chuya, formally objecting to the move.

According to Cameroon News Agency…

8-Year-Old Scrap Collector in Douala Hopes to Return to School

Ankara: 8-year-old Alain, a scrap collector from Douala, spends his days searching through discarded materials to provide for his family. Each day, he sets out around 10 am, looking for scrap metal, which he sells to support his widowed mother and thr…

Nguette Community Mobilizes Against Forced Labour

Nguette: Community leaders, workers and residents in Nguette, Mbam-et-Kim Division, in the Centre Region have been sensitized on identifying, reporting and preventing forced labour, amid concerns over vulnerabilities affecting workers in the area.

Ac…

Limbe Floods Expose Drainage and Planning Challenges

Nairobi: Deadly floods and landslides in Limbe and other parts of the South-West Region of Cameroon have exposed long-standing weaknesses in drainage, urban planning, and disaster preparedness, environmental experts say.

According to Cameroon News …

How Two Kenyan Women Are Shaping Marine Conservation

Nairobi: Raabia Hawa stood on a beach in Kenya’s Tana Delta staring at the bodies of several dead sea turtles and dolphins that had washed ashore. Until then, the honorary wildlife ranger had spent years protecting elephants and forests. The ocean was…

Youth and Women Empowered Through Civic Technology in Yaoundé

Accra: More than 1,000 young people and women in Yaoundé took part in a two-day Civic Tech Literacy campaign aimed at promoting informed electoral participation and strengthening digital civic engagement ahead of Cameroon’s municipal and parliamentary…