Cameroon

The Telecommunications Regulatory Agency has fined mobile operators Orange, MTN, Camtel and Nextel for poor quality of service and non-compliance with coverage obligations contained in respective specifications

There are more than 3 million people in a food crisis situation, according to the Harmonised Framework of Areas at Risk and Identification of Food Insecure Populations; the total population of the country is around 27 million

In April 2023, the three dessert banana producers operating in Cameroon exported 13.928 tonnes, according to figures just published by the Cameroonian Banana Association, a decrease of 23,6% in relative value

Darryl Nganou Tiogueu, a young electromechanical engineer, has created a three-seater electric vehicle, entirely manufactured in Cameroon, called 'Atoum'

For residents of economic capital Douala it is a routine to get up early and queue outside a brewery to fill water bottles: unreliable public water service makes water drilling profitable

Enable Youth Cameroon, an gricultural value chain development program financed by the African Development Bank, has just launched recruitment to train 512 aspiring young Cameroonian entrepreneurs in agribusiness

President Paul Biya has signed a decree validating a 5,2% salary increase for civil and military personnel

The government has stated that the killing of journalist Salomon Mbani Zogo last month is now being used as a pretext to put state of Cameroon itself on trial, pointing to French newspaper Le Monde and Reporters without Borders as primarily responsible

A group of women demonstrated in Ekona, a locality in the English-speaking region of the South West, to denounce repeated and unjustified arrests of their sons by defence and security forces

Shakiro, a Cameroonian transgender woman persecuted by the Cameroonian justice system and victim of aggression, has been granted protection in Belgium, where she has arrived