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In Cameroon, plastic pollution is making floods even deadlier
There are recurring floods in my city, Douala. Every year during the rainy season, we experience flooding of houses and shops, as well as pavements. All this affects the quality…
AustSino’s MoU With Cameroon Raises Sundance’s Heckles
Sundance Resources notes media reports that the Government of Cameroon, through the Minister of Transport, Jean Ernest Ngallé Bibéhé, and the Minister of Mines and Industry, Gabriel Dodo Ndoke, signed…
New Report Details Big Polluters’ Next Big Con
Exposé of “net-zero” pledges uncovers grossly insufficient plans and the strategies polluting industries have used to lock in the ineffective schemes YAOUNDE, Cameroon Report – In the midst of virtual…
Cameroon Environmentalists Tackle Plastic Pollution In Wouri River
DOUALA, CAMEROON – Cameroon produces six million tonnes of waste every year, including 600,000 tonnes of plastic waste. Piles of plastic have ended up in the Wouri River in Douala,…
Thousands of Congolese flee to Rwanda as volcano erupts
KIGALI, Rwanda – Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, erupted late Saturday and forced thousands of residents in North Kivu’s Goma…
In Cameroon, Illegal Logging Of High-value Timber Harms Indigenous Forest Communities
Indigenous people living in forest communities are now facing the worrying consequences of illegal logging when their medicine sources and farms are devastated. In east Cameroon, Société Bois Africains du…
Cameroon: Caring For Creation A Way To Combat Malnutrition
Vatican news Beginning “with the local experience”, with “concrete actions”, “from the grass roots”, to seek new ways in the battle against the “tragedy of malnutrition in Africa”. This is…
Cameroon: Indigenous Platform Demands Apology From WWF, Restitution Of Customary Lands
Cameroon Report- YAOUNDE An indigenous platform has demanded a public apology from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and restitution of customary lands in Cameroon. The demand was made on Dec. 29…
Cameroon To Restore 12 Million Hectares Of Degenerated Landscapes
HumAngle The government of Cameroon through its Ministry of the Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development (MINEPDED) and the World Environment Fund, have signed an accord by which the Cameroon…
In Cameroon, Child Gold Miners Sacrifice Education For Survival
FRANCE24 According to the International Labour Organization, at least one million children aged five to 17 work in gold mines around the world. In eastern Cameroon, thousands of children spend their…