Inside Cameroon

After reflecting last year on issues such as the promotion and competitiveness of Cameroon as a destination, facilitation measures in airports or the implementation of environmental standards in airports and security infrastructure... The Cameroonian Civil Aviation Authority (CCAA) is focusing on the quality of service in the country's airports, as part of a forum which just gathered players in the air transport sector.

 “In its position as supervisor of the entire civil aviation activity in Cameroon, the Aviation Authority found it useful to evaluate the services offered” to passengers, explained André Paulin Ndongo, Technical Advisor n°1 to CCAA, to the pro-government daily.

At the end of a diagnostic which revealed for example the numerous “complaints made by travellers often disappointed or frustrated by the treatment given to their demands”, the Aviation Authority promised to work with air transportation partners, for the passengers to become real “kings” in Cameroonian airports, promised André Paulin Ndongo.

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Rita Akana

11.Nov.2016

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CAMASEJ-D Workshop on Digital Journalism as Future of Journalism, Challenges and Opportunities

A training workshop on Digital (New Media) Journalism as Future of Journalism, Challenges and Opportunities for Journalists takes place in Douala on Saturday November 12, 2016.

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Prince Nfor Hanson

09.Nov.2016

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 At the opening session of a colloquium  organised by the University of Yaounde II in Soa on the “Fundamental Rights and Politics of Solidarity in the Social Actions of the First Lady of Cameroon” on Tuesday , 1, November 2016, the General Coordinator of CERAC, Dr. Linda Yang,called Chantal Biya the "Mother Teresa" of Cameroon.

She was referring to this in terms of the different sectors of intervention of the First Lady notably, health, education, economic empowerment of girls and women and social actions such as assistance to victims of catastrophes such as the Nsam fire disaster amongst others. The association she pointed out, has constructed, renovated and equipped several schools and health centres in all parts of the country.

It should be noted that Mrs. Biya, has not visited the victims of the Eseka train tragedy. Over 65 million CFA was mobilized to organize this conference in a country that lacks roads, hospitals, electricity, and drinking water. Cameroonian "intellectuals" have joined the CPDM governments to examine " social actions "of the wife of the President of the Republic.

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Rita Akana

02.Nov.2016

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Farmers from the village of Nkuv in Bui Division, NW Region Cameroon marched in protest to the palace of His Majesty the Fon of Nso after their crops have been ravaged by cattle own by Fulanis under their Chief MAJIALI. They seem to have lost faith in the administration which installed Majiali in their neighborhood.

The people of Nkuv in nso land gathered yesterday  in the nso palace in front of nwerong's sactum, with tears and heavy hearts as the rich mbororo people in nkuv are killing human beings, destroying land, stock etc, it was a sorrowful event .

In 2014,Nkuv farmers were alleged to have embarked on the burning of huts belonging to graziers, wounding some cows in the process and roasting some calves for a feast as graziers in turn allowed their herd to trample on crops of farmers.

After the incident, the Ardo of Nkuv, Ardorate Ardo Salifu Majaille and other graziers ran to the divisional officer of Kumbo and reported the matter.

The Shufai of Nkuv also went to the divisional officer of Kumbo the same day but was detained at the Kumbo police.

The famer/grazier commission with the divisional officer of Kumbo as the chairman and accompanied by the police visited the scene on October, 21 2014 to assess the damage caused to crops, the huts burnt down and the cows either wounded or killed. They took shots of the scene as evidence for legal action.

The conflict between the farmers and the graziers keeps on coming up every year and the best way to resolve it, observers say, is for a demarcation to be made between grazing land and farm land.

Some quarters are of the opinion that peaceful settlement of the conflict between the farmers and graziers is better than court settlement that would not give the problem a long lasting solution.

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Mbi James

27.Oct.2016

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Lights are off in almost all major cities in Cameroon. Just this evening there have been a symoultaneous power outages in Yaounde, Douala, Bamenda, Edea, Bafoussam, Buea, Limbe, Kribi, Garoua Boulai and other areas. Lights are out in Deido, Akwa, Bonamoussadi, Bessengue, Logpom, Akwa, BONANJO.In fact the whole of Cameroon is in darkness.This is an acclaimed failed Government.

More than 70 percent of Cameroon's current energy supply comes from traditional biomass fuels and the potential of huge gas reserves remain to be explored.

Cameroon has an estimated 12,000 megawatts of hydroelectric potential, but only a fraction of it has been developed.

In January, Cameroon secured an estimated $300 million loan from the International and Commercial Bank of China, or ICBC, to help it build a 75 megawatts hydroelectric power plant at Warak on the Bini River in the country’s Adamawa region. China’s Sinohydro will build the Warak hydroelectric plant, yet the country is constantly suffering from power shortages

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Prince Nfor Hanson

25.Oct.2016

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Inmates of the #Buea central prison, South West Region of Cameroon have made known their desire to enroll at the University of Buea so as to better serve the nation upon their reinsertion into the society.

The inmates through their representative, Gilbert Nyuykong Ntasin, who wrote and passed both Ordinary and Advanced level examinations as a detainee at the Buea central prison noted that access to education is their fundamental right as human beings.
After sitting public exams while in jail, the inmates want more

He tabled their request to the government Wednesday 19 October, 2016 during a solemn ceremony organized at the prison yard by Prison Fellowship Cameroon in partnership with Operation Total Impact, a nongovernmental organization that provides education to inmates of the correction facility.

While it was strange enough to learn that inmates were registered to sit for the Cameroon General Certificate of Education CGCE exams last year, Gilbert currently gives lectures to his fellow inmates after being among the three prisoners who passed the Advanced Levels this year took many by surprise with his request.

Speaking on behalf of the student inmates who took part in the school program, Gilbert Nyuykong suggested that he appreciated the initiative which according to him goes a long way to facilitate their reinsertion.
Detainees express desire to contribute to economic development.

He further added that while education is the backbone of every economy, if permitted to study at the university, they would be able to contribute their own quota to economic development.

Responding to his demand, the chief of service for adult literacy and non-former education at the regional delegation of Basic Education Suh Asoh Vera, said her hierarchy will be duly notified about their request.
Over 56 students inmates receive didactic materials

Speaking during the event which saw the donation of didactic materials to the over 56 students, Sama Raphael Ndaghu, principal of the school and chief executive officer of Operation Total Impact which started the prison’s school program congratulated the four students who passed the GCE exams in both the A/O level.

While calling on those to sit the government exams this year to put forth their best, Sama Raphael took off time to acknowledge the teachers residing both on and off campus for their humanitarian services which is rendered pro-bono.
NGO poised to transform prisons into dormitories

Pointing out that their mission is to transform prisons into dormitory schools, he called on good will ambassadors to chip in something in order to provide education which remains the greatest asset of mankind to those behind bars.

Also present at the ceremony was the superintendent in charge of the Buea central prison, Thierry Fopa, Nana Abunaw Marie, president of Prisons Fellowship Cameroon, representative from the delegation of Secondary Education who promised to table their demand to the government. #2016 Presidential Debates #Prisoners education

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Amos Fofung

25.Oct.2016

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