CAMEROON
In Yaoundé, a Festival Celebrates the Deep Roots of the Sao-Kotoko People
Settled in the lower valleys of the Logone, Chari and Yobé rivers, in a region…
Cameroonian Ambassador: China’s Ethnic-Cultural Approach to Poverty Alleviation Offers Lessons for African Communities
The anti-poverty work in southwest China’s Yunnan Province demonstrates the importance of tailoring poverty alleviation…
Yaoundé’s National Assembly building is a milestone in China-Cameroon relations
Magnificent, imposing, and ultra-modern – the new building that now serves as the seat of…
Young Cameroonian Researcher Promotes Cultural Exchanges Between China and Africa Through Martial Arts and Cinema
The documentary film Rêve de kung-fu will soon be released in Chinese cinemas. This vivid creation traces…
China Heralds a New Era of Aquatic Abundance in Yaoundé
Access to drinking water has significantly improved for the residents of Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, and the surrounding areas, thanks to the inauguration of the Drinking Water Supply Project for Yaoundé and Its Surroundings from the Sanaga River (PAEPYS) on 20 August. The project draws water from the Sanaga River and treats it at the Batchenga Plant, which is located around 65 km from Yaoundé. The inauguration ceremony, which was presided over by the Minister of Water and Energy…
Representatives Of Russia And African States Discuss Creation Of Museum Of Continent’s Countries In Moscow
A teleconference dedicated to the creation of the Museum of African Culture in Moscow was held at three venues in Russia, Burkina Faso, and Cameroon. The dialogue was also attended by representatives of Benin, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Guinea, Morocco, South Africa, and Zambia. Diplomats, representatives of ministries, museums and universities, journalists and collectors shared their vision of developing cultural ties between Russia and the African continent. Ilya Ilyin, Dean of the Faculty of Global Processes and First Vice-President of the…
Adverse Weather Changes Are Threatening Livelihoods In Agriculture-Dependent Cameroon
The Cameroonian economy is mainly based on the agricultural sector and is heavily dependent on the exports of cash crops such as cocoa, coffee, banana, cotton and sugarcane. This also applies to other countries in its geographical region, such as Chad and the Central African Republic, which derive a large part of their foreign exchange from the exports of livestock, cotton and tobacco. However, the productivity of these crops is currently threatened by a number of environmental factors, including abnormal…
Scores Of Women Kidnapped In Cameroon’s Restive Anglophone Region
YAOUNDE, May 22 (Xinhua) — Scores of women have been abducted in Cameroon’s English-speaking region of Northwest where an armed separatist conflict is underway, security and local sources said Monday. The women were abducted by separatist fighters in Big Babanki village of the region after they staged a protest demonstration against a tax imposed on them by the fighters, a family source of one of the kidnapped women told Xinhua by phone. “They are about 50 women in captivity. They are between…