Douala, Cameroon News

THREE vicars and a youth worker have been recognised for their hard work by being made honorary canons of Gloucestershire Cathedral.

Morroco's leading home builder Addoha Group will start construction of a 20 million euro cement plant this month in Cameroon's economic capital Douala, the company said on Wednesday, in one of its first international ventures.

Problems facing agriculture in the country came under scanner in Douala. A number of issues, including government policy and non-inclusion of the private sector contributions, diagnosed during the meeting were imputed to the slowing down of productivity, according to agriculture experts and members of the Cameroon Business Cartel .

The Minister of Forestry and Wildlife, Philip Ngole Ngwese, on Thursday in Douala launched the information campaign and awareness-raising about the organization, operation and implementation of Cameroon's Domestic Timber Market in a bid to enhance its functioning.

This discussion paper was prepared for two workshops delivered by the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins at the World Agroforestry Centre which took place in Douala, Cameroon, and Hanoi, Vietnam, in May 2011.