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RIGHTS-CAMEROON: The Reverend Raped Me By Ngala Killian Chimtom YAOUNDE - A countrywide survey of the incidence of rape in Cameroon has returned disturbing statistics: 20 percent of the nearly 38,000 women surveyed reported having been raped; another 14 percent said they had escaped a rape attempt. MORE >>
CAMEROON: 'Our Lives Are Defined By This Forest' By Ngala Kilian Chimtom YAOUNDE - Pauline Siembe, a Baka pygmy in South East Cameroon, comes out of her smoky hut licking her fingers after a meal of pounded yam and bush meat soup. MORE >>
CAMEROON: Gearing Up for Copenhagen By Ngala Killian Chimtom YAOUNDE - "Developed countries have failed to respect the Kyoto Protocol which compelled them to reduce latest 2008 emissions of greenhouse gases by five percent. There is therefore need for new engagements to be taken at the Copenhagen Summit." Decisive words from Cameroon's minister for the environment, Pierre Hele. MORE >>
SOUTH SUDAN: Complicating the Vote for Women By Ruth Omukhango JUBA, South Sudan - In April 2010, the people of South Sudan will vote in a milestone general election, and for the first time, South Sudanese women will be able to participate. MORE >>
DRC: Respect and Protect Civilians Kristin Palitza interviews AIMEE ANSARI, acting policy and advocacy coordinator DRC for Oxfam GB KINSHASA - A government offensive against rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that began in January has dramatically increased sexual violence in the provinces of North and South Kivu. MORE >>
AGRICULTURE: Cultivating Rural Prosperity in Cameroon By Tamfu Hanson YAOUNDE - Emilie Nyate has a two million CFA smile on her face these days. She's one of the beneficiaries of the Roots and Tubers Market- Oriented Programme, known better by its French acronym of PNDRT, which is transforming the lives of small-scale farmers in Cameroon. MORE >>
ENERGY-CAMEROON: Dam Project Questioned By Ngala Killian Chimtom LOM-PANGAR, Cameroon - Construction has begun on a new dam at the confluence of the Lom and Pangar rivers in Cameroon. The government is pushing the project as key to addressing an energy shortfall, allowing for economic growth; observers believe the plan may only increase the country's vulnerability to drought. MORE >>
CAMEROON: Fears for Forest as Dam Construction Begins By Ngala Killian Chimtom* - IPS/IFEJ LOM-PANGAR, Cameroon - Crouched on a low wooden stool in front of his mud hut in the village of Pangar, Alain Selembe puffs away at his clay pipe, his gaze lost in the surrounding forest, quite oblivious to the noise made by his two playing daughters. All he hears is the rumbling of bulldozers opening up a 30 kilometre road from Deng Deng village to the confluence of the Lom and Pangar rivers, where the government plans to construct a new dam. MORE >>
RIGHTS-UGANDA: 'Our Mission is To End Impunity' - Moreno Ocampo By Wambi Michael KAMPALA - On a visit to Uganda, Luis Moreno Ocampo, prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) has again called for joint action by governments in the region to arrest the top commanders of Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). MORE >>
HEALTH-AFRICA: Neglected Diseases Under the Microscope By Joyce Mulama NAIROBI - Neglected diseases, neglected people. Marcel Tanner uses the phrase to emphasise the attitude of drug developers towards tropical diseases that primarily affect the marginalised poor. MORE >>
POLITICS-SUDAN: 'Darfur Was Just A Place Where Evil Lived' Kristin Palitza interviews MAHMOOD MAMDANI, professor of anthropology and political science CAPE TOWN - Analysing the colonial and historical roots of the violence in Darfur, Mahmood Mamdani concludes that the crisis in Darfur is not genocide, but a fight for land, triggered by drought, which has been racialised by outside powers. MORE >>
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