Politics | Human rights | Technology
Cameroon limits social media services
afrol News, 9 March - The government of Cameroon has ordered mobile operator MTN to suspend an SMS service that had proven a powerful tool for protest movements in North Africa.
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Politics | Human rights
Police easily cracks down Cameroon protests
afrol News, 23 February - Cameroon's nation-wide anti-government protests started modestly today, with calls for President Paul Biya to step down. But protesters in Douala and Yaoundé were outnumbered by police.
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Politics | Human rights
Cameroon plans "Egypt-like" protests
afrol News, 22 February - Opposition groups, trade unions and Diaspora groups are preparing "Egypt-like" protests in Cameroon tomorrow, 23 February, to call for President Paul Biya to step down. The US Embassy warns of possible trouble.
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Environment - Nature | Science - Education
Cameroon "new gorillas" need protection
afrol News, 2 November - A Cameroonian environmentalist group is lobbying for the establishment of a new national park at Cross River on the Nigerian border to protect a little known sub-species of gorillas only living there.
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Environment - Nature | Economy - Development
Cameroon timber exports to get license
afrol News, 5 October - By 2012, all shipments of wood products from Cameroon to the EU will be required to carry a license showing that they contain timber and wood products from a legal origin, excluding illegal logging, it was announced today.
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Society | Environment - Nature
Central African bushmeat hits European market
afrol News, 1 July - More than five tonnes of illegal bushmeat is being smuggled in personal luggage each week through the Paris airport alone. Most bushmeat comes from Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Congo Kinshasa (DRC).
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Society
Cameroon TV sales campaign is "development aid"
afrol News, 8 June - A UN agency has teamed up with Sony Corporation to market TVs in poor areas in Cameroon during the World Cup, showing example matches to the football loving nation. Short anti-AIDS statements turn the campaign into "development aid".
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Politics | Science - Education
How many million Cameroonians?
afrol News, 16 April - Five years late, the national census report is presented, concluding there are now 19.4 million inhabitants in Cameroon. "Foul" cries the opposition, claiming figures are manipulated. Researchers agree they could be false.
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Labour | Society
Cameroon hit hard by brain drain
afrol News, 16 March - Cameroonian emigrants stream into neighbouring Gulf of Guinea countries, Europe and the US, mostly representing the country's most educated citizens. Far more Cameroonian medics now work abroad than in Cameroon.
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Agriculture - Nutrition | Economy - Development
West Africa enters intl organic food market
afrol News, 9 March - Consumers in Europe and America are willing to pay extra for trusted quality organic food products. Now, a new project helps thousands of farmers in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal and Sierra Leone to enter this lucrative market.
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Politics | Society | Human rights | Media
Cameroonian journos tortured
afrol News, 3 March - Cameroon's secret service has tortured two independent news journalists when they were detained in February, the country's press union, said in the statement.
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Politics | Human rights | Society | Media
Two journalists arrested in Cameroon
afrol News, 9 February - Cameroon's secret service has arrested two journalists working for independent publications for possessing a document that could compromise powerful figures, news sources have said.
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Health | Society | Environment - Nature
Killer malaria found in gorillas
afrol News, 19 January - Researchers have found the parasite which causes malignant malaria in humans from the faeces of the wild gorillas in Cameroon and blood from a captive gorilla in Gabon.
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