19 - 23 May: Been offline? Catch up on the development-related news, images, infographics and reports that matter José Mourinho, who has been awarded the role of UN ambassador against hunger . reproductive rights are human rights. great discussion Melinda Gates and panel #womenandgirls ; thanks @GuardianGDP for the opportunity Continue reading... ...
Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Chad and Benin pledge to cooperate against militant group that has kidnapped 200 schoolgirls African leaders at a summit in Paris have agreed on a regional plan of action to combat Boko Haram, the Islamist group that has abducted more than 200 girls and threatened to sell them into slavery. In a rare show of unity, the leaders of Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Chad and Benin pledged...
World Health Organisation says all residents must show proof of vaccination before they can leave the country Pakistan's failure to stem the spread of polio has triggered global emergency health measures , with the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommending all residents must show proof of vaccination before they can leave the country. The emergency measures also apply to Syria and Cameroon, which...
Anti-gay laws were introduced to Africa by Western colonialists. Now, as former colonisers recognise LGBT rights Africa is still stuck in the past, writes Val Kalende At a time when more countries are moving towards inclusive human rights , Africa is taking steps backwards. Backwards, that is, specifically on the issue of gay rights, though sadly not to before colonialism, the era in which anti-gay...
From Tiwa Savage to WizKid, Afritorial pick the brightest stars emerging from Nigeria's afrobeat scene, known locally as Naija beats The first things that hit you when you touch down in Lagos are the humidity, the heat and the sound of Nigerian music bumping in the cars and shops. While youre in long traffic queues, you cant help but notice the big billboards with local artists on them all over the...
17 - 21 March: Been offline? Catch up on the development-related news, images, infographics and reports that matter Eliza Anyangwe ...
Dwarf lamb was born weighing 1lb 4oz and is 661st in the world, says Artisan Rare Breeds charity A British animal charity has welcomed the arrival of one of the world's rarest breeds of sheep normally found in Africa. The unnamed male Cameroon lamb weighed in at 1lb 4oz (570g) at Artisan Rare Breeds in Dartford, Kent, this week. Charity director Wayne May said there are just over 650 of the domesticated...
As we celebrate the art, the international organisation defending writers' freedom offers a selection of voices that have been silenced by repression • Poetry Parnassus: read a poem from every Olympic nation Aron Atabek – Kazakhstan The poet, journalist and activist Aron Atabek has been in prison since 2007 and has spent much of his incarceration in solitary confinement. In December 2012, following...
Five-year conservation project could revive the population of Cross River gorilla in their only remaining habitat in Africa Adam Vaughan ...
Association and co-founded African Action on Aids . As a UN staff member dealing with issues related to poverty eradication, I felt uncomfortable when I heard demeaning portrayals of my home country. I retired in 2005 and headed home to Cameroon. Though I spent over 20 years there, it was not difficult for me to leave New York. I love the city and think it is the most democratic place in the world,...
unique experience' in Africa, but it is a federation of unequal parts Yaoundé (Cameroun), February. The aeroplane still carries the steamy hothouse atmosphere of Douala, so that when you emerge an hour later the almost cool and balmy air of Yaoundé hits you with quite unexpected pleasure. The Germans, before the First World War, knew what they were doing when they built a summer station in the rolling...
Witnesses say at least 90 people are dead after Islamist insurgents target Izge, near border with Cameroon Suspected Islamist fighters have killed at least 90 people in an early-morning attack on a village in remote north-east Nigeria, according to witnesses. Boko Haram gunmen surrounded the village of Izge, near the border with Cameroon, spraying it with bullets, setting off explosions and burning...
s fishing and oil industries. Since 2011, technical and logistics teams have travelled from Senegal's capital, Dakar, to lay down the concrete pillars that form the Cameroon-Nigeria border. The UN support team to the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission (CNMC), which is charged with physically demarcating the land and sea boundaries, is based in Dakar. The job poses enormous physical, logistical and legal...
t ask me for anything, but you can't be ungrateful with people who you owe your life to." The impoverished country has plunged into sectarian violence since a coup by the mostly Muslim Seleka rebel group in March 2013. Rogue fighters attacked the Christian majority, who responded by forming vigilante groups. Thousands have been killed in the unrest and about a quarter of the country...
s climate, but also working to find clean energy solutions that will enable people and regions to have access to reliable electricity without increasing emissions of heat-trapping gases. In support of this effort, I recently traveled to Cameroon, which is on the western coast of Africa. There, in a town near the coast called Buea, I spent two weeks with my family and colleagues, working with a new...
s move comes as Nigerian jets reportedly drop bombs on Cameroonian border post Nigeria's president, Goodluck Jonathan, fired all his military chiefs on Thursday and appointed an air force officer from the troubled north-east as the top military commander, in a major shakeup of the high command. Officials in neighbouring Cameroon, meanwhile, said Nigerian jets dropped bombs that exploded around a border...
m very much in love with you", and who was later declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, has died, according to a lawyer who worked on his case. Roger Jean-Claude Mbede, 34, died on Friday roughly one month after his family removed him from the hospital where he had been seeking treatment for a hernia, Alice Nkom said. "His family said he was a curse for them and that we should...
t understand what was going on, but it was very difficult to speak about." Her mother continued the practice for a year, causing permanent damage. Now aged 29, Elizabeth is a member of Came women and girls development organisation ( Came W&G ), which encourages girls to advocate against the practice of breast ironing in Cameroon. Research from 2006 suggests it affects 24% of Cameroonian girls as young...
Georges Vandenbeusch says he felt sadness and anger with his kidnappers as he thanks those who worked towards his release A French Catholic priest released on Monday after being kidnapped in northern Cameroon said that he had spent the weeks he was held captive pacing his tent prison, torn by a mixture of boredom and anger. Georges Vandenbeusch, 42, was kidnapped on 13 November. His seizure was one...
With swaths of forest being cleared by loggers, Cameroon's indigenous Baka people explain how deforestation is affecting them ...