Informes

Heavy rains over the past days left at least 8 dead and thousands homeless in northern Cameroon, especially in the Pouss area. Based on a preliminary toll released by the government cited by the Cameroon Tribune, eight are dead,…

YAOUNDE, July 26 (Reuters) - Cholera has killed 77 people in northern Cameroon since early June, the government said on Monday, raising concern that the worst epidemic since 2004 may spread into neighbouring Nigeria and Chad. Cholera, a disease generally…

Mohamadou Houmfa YAOUNDE , 23 juil (IPS) - Au total 293 cas de choléra dont 30 décès ont déjà été enregistrés cette année, avant même le début de la saison des pluies, dans la région de l'Extrême Nord du Cameroun,…

Ten million people in eastern Sahel are affected by drought and food shortages. Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre commented: "The situation is very serious for the population in this area. We have therefore decided to increase…

Summary: CHF 51,028 was allocated from the IFRC's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 19 February, 2010 to support the Cameroon Red Cross National Society in delivering assistance to some 16,561 beneficiaries. After the confirmation by the World Health Organization (WHO)…

By Ismael Beah Earlier this month, UNICEF Advocate for Children Affected by War and author Ismael Beah attended a regional conference in Chad on ending the recruitment and use of child soldiers in six Central African countries. His op-ed on…

Par Ismael Beah Ismael Beah, Défenseur pour l'UNICEF des enfants affectés par la guerre et auteur, a assisté au début du mois au Tchad à une conférence régionale sur l'abolition du recrutement de l'utilisation des enfants soldats dans six pays…

SYNTHESE ET RECOMMANDATIONS Après 28 ans sous la présidence de Paul Biya, le Cameroun est dans une situation de grande instabilité potentielle à l'approche de l'élection présidentielle prévue en 2011. Le flou constitutionnel et légal qui prévaut, les rivalités entre…

Africa Report N=B016124 Jun 2010 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS After 28 years of the Biya presidency, Cameroon faces potential instability in the run up to the presidential elections scheduled for late 2011. Constitutional and legal uncertainty; rivalries between the regime's leading…

Highlights - A protest march against the atrocities of the LRA on the population of Haut-Mbomou and Mbomou - A regional conference in N'Djamena to end the recruitment of child soldiers in armed groups - Premiere Urgence assists refugees from CAR in…