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AFRICA IS NOT FOR SALE: AFRICANS REITERATE OPPOSITION TO WATER PRIVATISATION IN COMMEMORATING WORLD WATER DAY
On the occasion of the 2022 World Water Day, civil society, labour and community activists under the auspices of Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) have described the vicious…
CAMWATER: Do not give corporates (another) opportunity to control our water!
African Center for Advocacy (ACA) has called on the Cameroon Water Utilities (CAMWATER) and the Ministry of Water and Energy to take full responsibility after a labour union declared their…
African Center for Advocacy urges UN member states to negotiate a global legally binding agreement to address the plastics crisis.
The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) will take place – in person and online – at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya from February 28 to March 2.…
World Bank Supports Cameroon and Chad to Improve Regional Connectivity and Resilience
Central African country Cameroon and its landlocked neighbor Chad are getting a significant boost to improve the efficiency and safety of cross-border trade and transit. The World Bank today approved…
Ali Sangare: Ivory Coast goalkeeper loses his father a day after howler against Sierra Leone
The 35-year-old was culpable for the Leone Stars’ last-minute equaliser, which was scored by Alhaji Kamara. Sebastien Haller put the Elephants in front in the first half but Sierra Leone…
Decade of Sahel conflict leaves 2.5 million people displaced
YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Armed conflict in Africa’s Central Sahel region has forced more than 2.5 million people to flee their homes in the last decade, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency…
Separatists vow to derail Africa’s biggest soccer tournament with bullets and bombs in Cameroon
DAKAR, Senegal — On the fourth day of the Africa Cup of Nations, broadcasting from Cameroon to 150 countries this month, the rebels acted on their threat. A dozen men…
CAMEROON: Uvariopsis dicaprio, a tree species discovered in the Ebo Forest
This is the first plant new to science to be officially named by scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew since the beginning of 2022. Discovered in the Ebo forest…
Why COP26 was a failure — Environment activists
Environment activists at a media roundtable have described the recent climate change conference called COP26 as failure because participants failed to question policies about climate change affecting African countries. At…
COP26 is “most exclusive” climate negotiations since Paris Agreement – African CSOs
Another COP has ended with very little ambition. Civil society and grassroots organisations from Africa have described the Climate negotiations in Glasgow which ended today, as the “most exclusive” COP…