Cameroon : News

[Daily Trust]Yola -Nigeria's borders with Cameroon Republic, Niger and Chad have been closed as part of the implementation of the emergency rule imposed by President Goodluck Jonathan, authorities said yesterday. (AllAfrica)

[HRW]Yaound? -The Cameroonian authorities should drop the charges against two transgender youth rather than appealing their case to the Supreme Court, four human rights organizations said today. (AllAfrica)

[HRW]M. Jean-Claude Robert FOE (AllAfrica)

[Cameroon Tribune]The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) now has a programming unit for its intervention in Cameroon for the next five years. The document was endorsed in a workshop in Yaounde on Wednesday May 15 chaired by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Jean Claude Eko'o Akoufane. (AllAfrica)

[Cameroon Tribune]The mist is yet to dissipate over the resumption of the championship this weekend. Though the president of the Professional League, Pierre Semengue and the association of elite club presidents jointly signed a communiqu? scheduling the resumption of the championship for the weekend running from May 18 to 19, it is not certain whether the matches are going to take place. The problem this time is due to the refusal of the president of the League to sign the minutes of the board of directors meeting wh (AllAfrica)

[Cameroon Tribune]The Minister of External Relations, Prof. Pierre Moukouko Mbonjo on May 15, 2013 presented Cameroonian born Justice Lucy Asuagbor to some African diplomats in Yaounde as Cameroon lobbies for her re-election as African Union (AU) Commissioner for Human and People's Rights of the African Union. She is Cameroon's candidate to the esteemed position for which elections are due May 23, 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Her re-election would mark the recognition by the continent of her talent and professionalism. (AllAfrica)

[Cameroon Tribune]The people of the South West are mobilising to celebrate the 41st edition of the National Day come Monday, 20 May 2013 on the theme; "The Army And the Nation, Working Together Towards Meeting Security Challenges for an Emerging Nation." Committees have been holding meetings to give the event the significance it deserves. (AllAfrica)

[This Day]Few days after he declared a state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States, President Goodluck Jonathan and his Camerounian counterpart, Mr. Paul Biya, Thursday met in Abuja, where they resolved to strengthen cooperation and collaboration on trans-border security. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust]Nigeria and Cameroon have resolved to strengthen their cooperation and collaboration on trans-border security. Presidential spokesman Reuben Abati, in a statement yesterday, said: "In the aftermath of the declaration of a state of emergency in the North-Eastern States which share borders with Cameroon, President Goodluck Jonathan met with the Cameroonian Vice Prime Minister, Mr. Ahmadou Ali, who brought a special message to State House, Thursday. The special message from President Paul Biya included an inv (AllAfrica)

[This Day]A couple of days after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States, he and his Cameroonian counterpart, Paul Biya, Thursday met in Abuja resolving to strengthen cooperation and collaboration on trans-border security. (AllAfrica)

[CAF]Since making his top-flight debut in 2008 and turning heads with his assured performances for Monaco, Nicolas N'Koulou has grown to become one of the most coveted young players in French football. The Cameroonian defender is in the final stretch of a successful second season with Marseille, and continues to impress with his intelligence, positioning and shrewd reading of the game. N'Koulou received his schooling at the Kadji Sport Academie, a producer of some of the biggest names in Cameroonian football. (AllAfrica)

[Cameroon Tribune]The Audit Bench of the Supreme Court on May 16 organized an information workshop. (AllAfrica)

[Cameroon Tribune]The first accused was acquitted by the Special Criminal Court yesterday 16 May. (AllAfrica)

[Cameroon Tribune]Raphael Fute has replaced Martin Foncha promising a speedy compensation of victims. (AllAfrica)

[Cameroon Tribune]Barely 48 hours after her consecration as Miss Beach 2013, Valery Kesse Ayem has embarked on field work. Thus on Tuesday May 14, the 19-year-old beauty queen made a stopover at the Douala based office of the Cameroon News and Publishing Corporation (SOPECAM). After a brief presentation of the different services, she was received in audience by the Littoral Regional Director, Alain Tchakount?. The major recommendation of the discussion was for the Miss to maintain her grip on her education, which the (AllAfrica)

[Cameroon Tribune]The campus was deserted yesterday, with no lectures taking place and most offices closed. (AllAfrica)

[Cameroon Tribune]The strategy needs to be accompanied by infrastructural development and legal instruments. (AllAfrica)

[This Day]About 111 officers and men of the Nigerian Army Wednesday departed the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar, the Cross River State capital for Cameroon to participate in the country's independence anniversary. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust]Calabar -Commander of the 13 Brigade of the Nigerian Army Brig-Gen Okwudili Azinta has confirmed that the federal government approved the deployment of 102 officers and men from the Brigade to participate in this year's Cameroon national Independence Day. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust]Cameroonian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Salaheddene A. Ibrahim, said Cameroon and Nigeria would construct a hydraulic structure on the tribulation of River Benue in order to regulate flow of water from it and to prevent flood disaster from affecting both countries during this year's raining season. (AllAfrica)

[Cameroon Tribune]The court adjourned the case to May 31, with prosecution requested to ensure their presence. (AllAfrica)

[Cameroon Tribune]After the 14 April 2013 senatorial poll, proclamation of the results on the 29th, and yesterday's opening session, Cameroon's first senate of 100 representatives is at last in place. (AllAfrica)

[Cameroon Tribune]The cosmopolitan locality in the South Region, Monday may 13 hosted the second phase of the launch of activities. (AllAfrica)

[CPJ]New York -The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the closure of an independent radio station on April 22 in retaliation for its broadcast of an interview that authorities said incited secessionism. (AllAfrica)

[Cameroon Tribune]The Director of the African Department in the International Monetary Fund, IMF, Antoinette Sayeh has recommended a better management of natural resources to boost growth and the transformation of the agricultural sector of Sub-Saharan African countries. (AllAfrica)

[Cameroon Tribune]The first-ever Senate in Cameroon will as from today 14 May 2013 meet in its maiden Ordinary Session as of right. (AllAfrica)

[Cameroon Tribune]The International Monetary Fund, IMF, Director for African Department, Antoinette Sayeh says for Cameroon to become an emerging country by 2035, the country requires significant strengthening of structural reforms, environment for the private sector and continuous infrastructure investment. (AllAfrica)

[Cameroon Tribune]Ambassador ?mer Faruk Dogan gave a lecture at the Protestant University of Central Africa. (AllAfrica)

[Cameroon Tribune]A delegation of the African Regional Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie (APF) was at the Unity Palace on Friday 10 May. (AllAfrica)

[Cameroon Tribune]The area's agropole programme was launched on Saturday May 11 with a yearly target of 1,814 metric tones. (AllAfrica)

DAKAR 19 February 2013 (IRIN) - The 2013 Sahel Regional Strategy calls for US$1.66 billion to help meet humanitarian needs and build up resilience among vulnerable groups - an identical figure to the 2012 crisis appeal - even though aid agencies estimate the number of Sahelians at risk of going hungry this year has dropped 44 percent to 10.3 million. IRIN spoke to aid agency representatives to find out why the ask has remained constant. (irinnews.org)