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Cameroon news articles
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» Four hostages freed in Cameroon
» CPJ denounces death threats on journalist
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» Congo Basin forest management "successful"
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» Govt refutes rights report
» Cameroon accused of violence to silence opposition
» RSF condemns sentencing of Cameroonian editor
» 10 hostages freed in Cameroon
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Chad expels Cameroon editor

afrol News, 16 October - Chadian authorities have expelled the editor of the privately-owned weekly La Voix published in the capital N’Djamena.

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Politics | Economy - Development | Society
Cameroon’s Etinde permit gets possible farm-in deal

afrol News, 12 August - The Vitol Group, has announced that it has entered into a farm-in agreement with Bowleven, the African focused oil and gas company, in respect of the Etinde Permit (Etinde, Cameroon). The proposed farm-in is however conditional upon normal regulatory approval by the Cameroon Government.

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Politics | Society
Four hostages freed in Cameroon

afrol News, 22 July - Pirates have released four hostages working for a multinational service company providing maritime services to the oil industry, Tidewater, the company statement has confirmed.

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Politics | Society | Human rights | Media
CPJ denounces death threats on journalist

afrol News, 15 July - The media watchdog, Committee to Protect Journalists, has denounced the recent spates of threats and harassment carried out by government on journalists.

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Politics | Society
UN to work Bakassi resettlement programme

afrol News, 15 June - The United Nations said it has not abandoned its programme resettle commitment to the people displaced by the handing over of the Bakassi Peninsula to the Cameroon by Nigeria Federal Government.

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Environment - Nature
Congo Basin forest management "successful"

afrol News, 21 May - Environmentalists celebrate the "rapid progress" made in saving the precious rainforests of the Congo Basin, second only to the Amazon. Vast areas are now effectively protected and sustainably and responsibly managed.

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Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society
Cameroon signs over $13.5 million microfinance development deal with IFAD

afrol News, 11 May - Cameroon will receive a major boost for its poverty reduction activities aimed at helping rural commuities improve their livelihoods, with a total financing of US$ 13.7 million from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

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Environment - Nature
Cameroon creates park to conserve threatened species

afrol News, 19 February - Cameroonian government has created a new national park to protect a population of 600 gorillas, and other threatened species such as chimpanzees, forest elephants, buffaloes, and bongo.

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Human rights | Society | Politics
Govt refutes rights report

afrol News, 6 February - The Cameroonian government has discredited the newly published Amnesty International report alleging the country has a bad record of human rights violations.

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Politics | Human rights
Cameroon accused of violence to silence opposition

afrol News, 29 January - International rights organisation has accused the government of Cameroon of gross violations, torture and killings spanning more than ten years.

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Society | Media | Human rights
RSF condemns sentencing of Cameroonian editor

afrol News, 12 January - Reporters Without Borders has strongly condemned the three year sentence slapped on Lewis Medjo, the Cameroonian managing editor of a weekly La Détente libre last week.

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Politics | Society | Human rights
10 hostages freed in Cameroon

afrol News, 12 November - Cameroonian rebels have freed 10 hostages abducted from an oil vessel in Bakassi peninsular last month.

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Hostage killed in failed rescue operation

afrol News, 5 November - A hostage was killed in a failed rescue attempt by Nigerian Marines in Cameroon's Bakassi Peninsula today, a leader of the militia has reported.

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Society | Politics | Human rights
Cameroonian militia threatens to kill hostages

afrol News, 31 October - Armed pirates have threatened to kill 10 crew members of French company abducted from oil vessel off Cameroon today if their demand for autonomy talks are not met by government.

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Society
Pope to visit Cameroon and Angola next year

afrol News, 27 October - Pope Benedict XVI has announced yesterday that he would next year make his first papal pilgrimage to Cameroon and Angola, where Catholic Church is said to be growing rapidly.

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» 10.10.2008 - Cameroonian songbird jailed for rioting
» 04.09.2008 - Women's health crucial for development
» 27.08.2008 - Cameroon oil discovery impressive
» 22.08.2008 - Biya to protect Nigerians in Bakassi peninsula
» 20.08.2008 - Nine prisoners killed in a fire in Cameroon
» 14.08.2008 - Son charged with killing Cameroonian diplomat
» 14.08.2008 - Nigeria hands over Bakassi peninsula
» 12.08.2008 - Nigeria finally to handover Bakassi to Cameroon
» 11.08.2008 - Cameroon diplomat killed in UK
» 29.07.2008 - Bakassi transfer assured
» 25.07.2008 - 12 killed in Cameroon attack
» 15.07.2008 - Cameroonian soldiers injured in a raid
» 30.06.2008 - Cameroon guards killed 16 prisoners
» 20.06.2008 - Cameroon denies attacks on Bakassi peninsula
» 16.06.2008 - Pirates mutilate five Cameroonians

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