Africa Cameroon The energy generated by solar power plants in the three northern regions (North, Adamaoua and Far North) of the country reached peaks of 8-9 MW in August 2022, allowing the use of thermal power plants to decrease considerably
Africa Cameroon The Centre for Environment and Development says that two Chinese gold mining companies are allowing significant amounts of mercury and cyanide to pour into waterways in eastern and northern Cameroon
Africa Cameroon An Ethics and Monitoring Committee has been set up within the PCRN party to ensure that all activists and supporters scrupulously respect the party's texts and values
Africa Cameroon Pressure group Human Rights Watch accused the Cameroonian military of abuses and murders in the NOSO - North West and South West
Africa Cameroon The illegal sale of fuel has become a very common phenomenon in the country, with petrol bottles being sold on the black market in a high-risk environment that is profitable for the traders, but takes revenue away from the state
Africa Cameroon For the first time, the Cameroonian Defence Minister acknowledged serious rights violations by the military against civilians in the fight against the Anglophone rebels and ordered an end to these violations
Africa Cameroon Ongoing mining activities in the east are compromising the river Mbil due to pollution from mercury and other chemicals, according to Cameroonian non-governmental organisationFoder - Forestry and Rural Development
Africa Cameroon Two people will be tried this week at the Court of First Instance in Bonaberi, Douala, for illegal possession of a mandrill, following their arrest by wildlife officers
Africa Cameroon The country now counts over 300 female diplomats according to a report on the representation of women pursuing careers in the diplomatic profession
Africa Cameroon The Potager club, a project started two years ago by Erik Kontchou, aims to reconnect urban children with nature, agriculture and farming
Africa Cameroon Secondary Education Minister Lyonga has ruled through new rules that pregnant high school girls will no longer be excluded from school, but will be able to apply for maternity leave at 26 weeks and resume classes after giving birth
Africa Cameroon Some eighty families, around one thousand people, were forced by bulldozers to leave their homes in the Bali district of the economic capital Douala to make way for the planned construction of a five-star Marriott hotel
Africa Cameroon Two human rights activists in Cameroon - the English-speaking lawyer Felix Nkongho Agbor and the president of the Network of Central African Human Rights Defenders Maximilienne C. Ngo Mbe - have won the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award 2022