Cameroon

The country "has made education a priority and it was essential that UNESCO provide its support", stated the Global Partnership for Education as UNESCO pledged to mobilise $44 million to support education in Cameroon through GPE

Milk production increased by 2% in 2023, attributed to revitalisation policies, including greater involvement of private sector and import of high-yield dairy cows; despite this, there remains a milk production deficit of almost 120.000 tonnes per year

Junior Ngombe, a 23-year-old hairdresser and social media activist, was arrested in Douala and has been detained for several days for 'inciting rebellion' and 'spreading false news', for videos posted on TikTok

An alarming drop in the passing rate of the general secondary education baccalaureate is is widely reported in headlines: only 37,6% of students graduated, down from 75,73% in 2023

Online registration platforms were launched for the Youth Economic Inclusion and Business Plan Competition programmes, initiatives part of the Adaptive Social Safety Net and Economic Inclusion Project with World Bank loan

The coming out of Brenda Biya, 26, daughter of the President of Cameroon and aspiring rapper living in Switzerland has caused a scandal; she hopes her story will help change the law against homosexuality, currently punishable by up to five years in prison

At 91 years of age, 41 of which have been spent in Cameroon's presidential chair, Paul Biya could still be a candidate for his own presidential succession next year as his political entourage does not hesitate to support his potential re-election

The capacity of two solar parks will be doubled as Eneo, Cameroon's largest electricity company, signed two new agreements to increase the generation and battery storage capacity

The construction of the first Sas Manta chocolate factory was inaugurated in Nkol-Melen; managed by the Sas Manta company, at an estimated cost of around EUR 1,5 million, the factory will open its doors to regional and international markets

The country is failing to meet its 2030 poverty reduction targets, according to the 5th Cameroon Household Survey published by the National Institute of Statistics, which shows that poverty rate increased from 37,5% in 2014 to 38,6% in 2021

A 14,5% increase in the value of wine and spirits imports was registered in 2023, bringing the total to CFA 22,3 billion ($37 million), the National Institute of Statistics revealed

In Cameroon and Congo, exploitation of the immense and promising Mbalam-Nabeba iron ore deposit has begun, including the construction of a 600 km railway line to the autonomous port of Kribi

Cocoa farmers are trying to find suitable treatments for pod diseases that are weakening the crops; as many local producers sell in Nigeria rather than on the local market, competition among buyers had already driven up the price for chocolate producers