DW | Economic hardship, inflation and the high costs of living worsened by Cameroon’s separatist crisis is pushing many to seek a way out. The US Diversity Immigrant Visa Program provides hope for a better life abroad. Luc Evembe, who works at an internet cafe near Cameroon’s Yaounde city, was …
Read More »Five Priests, Nun Freed In Anglophone Cameroon
Barron’s | Nine hostages, including five Catholic priests and a nun, have been freed more than a month after they were seized in violence-torn anglophone Cameroon, the church said on Monday. “With great joy, I announce the release of the nine people who had been abducted,” Bishop Aloysius Abangalo Fondong …
Read More »Yannick Noah raconte son retour au Cameroun dans son 12e album, “La Marfée”, et part en tournée en France | + vidéo
BFMTV | Yannick Noah sort son 12e album studio ce vendredi, “La Marfée”, marqué par son retour au Cameroun.
Read More »Cameroon: Skin-lightening still a ‘public health problem’ despite ban
Cameroon has banned skin-lightening products following a spate of high profile cases of users developing skin cancer, but shops continue to sell the products and the products fly off the shelf, with many women saying they feel under pressure to use them to meet perceived standards of beauty.
Read More »Cameroonian government fights against skin bleaching | + video
africanews | The practice of skin bleaching can have devastating consequences for the skin. Faced with the increasing popularity of whitening creams, the Cameroonian government was recently forced to ban the import of these cosmetic products due to the growing cases of skin damage. Some local craftswomen did not waste …
Read More »Cameroon: Locals accuse Chinese mining companies of land grabbing | + video
In Cameroon’s mineral-rich eastern region, the sight of artisanal gold miners getting expelled from mines by the military is getting more and more common. In the town of Kambélé for example, landowners are in conflict with Chinese mining companies.
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