Public transport in Manyu division has virtually come to a standstill as angry drivers there have grounded their vehicles to protest the poor state of roads in the area.

Littoral Governor Fai Yengo Francis has warned professional drivers to desist from participating in the so-called Week of Martyrs organised by opposition groups in memory of the scores of people killed during the February 2008 uprising.

Despite Cameroon’s diverse agriculture potentials, it is increasingly dependent on imports to feed its growing population.  Latest statistics from sundry sources indicate a rise in imports of cereals and fish last year compared to 2010.

The minister of transport has threatened unspecified reprisals if engineers erecting maintenance and repair units at the Limbe Shipyard fail to accomplish their tasks in a month.

Plans to fit the Central Africa sub-region with a road link stretching from Ouesso in northern Congo [Brazzaville] to Sangmelima in Cameroon and then onwards to Gabon, the Central African Republic and Chad are becoming progressively tangible.

This cable was written the day after Cameroonians went to the polls to elect a new parliament and municipal counsellors in July 2007.

Cameroon has taken the unusual step to request international assistance to feed its people purportedly affected by drought, the Inter Press Agency (IPS) has reported.

Cameroon is on track to realise its goal to significantly increase gold production as new gold deposits have been identified in different parts of the country, including in the South West and North West Regions.

Thousands of students who expected to begin school in the newly created University of Bamenda (UNIBA) this year are now stranded at home as the institution is yet to open its doors.
 

The University of Camerino, UNICAM, in Italy has built, equipped and handed over to the management of a Buea-based primary school christened, United Action for Children, UAC, a modern library.
 

A United Nations group has advised the state of Cameroon to compensate iconic artiste Lapiro de Mbanga who was detained in 2008 for criticising Paul Biya’s life presidency manoeuvres.