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1 hr ago | AllAfrica.com

Cameroon: Daunting task for new management in Kribi industrial ports complex

Management has changed hands at the multi-billion Kribi Industrial Deep Seaport Complex project and the new team urged to redouble efforts to accelerate work on the general ports site at Mboro, some 35 km from Kribi town.

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Sun Feb 12, 2012

TheNewspaper

Texas, France, Poland, UK: Traffic Cameras Burned, Rammed

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Sat Feb 11, 2012

The Kansas City Star

It's been an uphill battle for Sporting KC's Hedrick

Cyprian Hedrick will be the first to tell you he is blessed, but don’t mistake that to mean that he has led a charmed life.Hedrick, 22, a surprise pick at No.

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Thu Feb 09, 2012

Harvard Crimson

Harvard Sues To Evict Cameroon Embassy from D.C. Building

Harvard University brought a lawsuit this week asking a federal judge to direct the U.S. Marshals Service to evict the Embassy of the Republic of Cameroon from Harvard-owned property that the embassy currently occupies in Washington, D.C. According to a court document, the lease held by Cameroon's permanent ministry to the U.S. expired on Jan.

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Forbes.com

Young African Invents Touch Screen Medical Tablet

Arthur Zang, a 24 year-old Cameroonian engineer, has invented the Cardiopad, a touch screen medical tablet that enables heart examinations such as the electrocardiogram to be performed at remote, rural locations while the results of the test are transferred wirelessly to specialists who can interpret them.

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Wed Feb 08, 2012

Amnesty International USA

Love is a Right, Not a Wrong: Stop Discrimination in Cameroon

Cupid doesn't discriminate when it comes to love -- neither should leaders! Tell Cameroon's president to combat homophobia by releasing those imprisoned because of their sexual orientation.

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Ghanamma.com

Cameroon: Man murdered by brother in Douala

Tongleu FranA ois Xavier was reportedly stabbed on his belly at about 1 a.m. yesterday, February 7. The deceased's younger brother, Temfouet Zebazee, 25, a drug addict and ex-murder convict, allegedly stabbed his older brother with a pair of scissors for unknown reasons.

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Ghanamma.com

Cameroon: Mutengene - Oil tanker crushes 3 people to death

Residents of Tiko Road, Mutengene in Fako Division of the South West Region are still to recover from the shock of a tragic incident that befell them on Monday, February 6, 2012.

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Ghanamma.com

Cameroon: Ministers visit reunification project sites in Buea

It was a busy weekend in Buea, Kumba and Limbe as some cabinet ministers assessed projects on the field that have a direct impact on the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Cameroon's Reunification.

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Tue Feb 07, 2012

AllAfrica.com

Cameroon: Economy Suffers As Boko Haram Infiltrates

Yaounde - Ahmadou Lamine has been forced to close his business selling fuel imported from Nigeria, known locally as "zoa-zoa", because of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram.

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Mon Feb 06, 2012

Reuters

World Bank sees Cameroon's 2012 growth at 5.5 pct

Cameroon's economy is expected to grow by 5.5 percent in 2012 despite the Arab spring and a sovereign debt crisis that has hurt the European zone, the central African nation's most important export partner, a World Bank official said on Monday.

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The Miami Herald

Mount Cameroon sends flames out in brief explosion

Cameroon state radio says that Mount Cameroon, a volcano in the country's southwest region, sent ashes and flames into the air in a brief explosion.

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Fri Feb 03, 2012

World Health Organization

Yellow fever in Cameroon

In December 2011, the Ministry of Health of Cameroon notified WHO of a yellow fever outbreak in the North Region of the country.

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Thu Feb 02, 2012

Canada.com

United Way bolstered by Windsor-Essex school boards

United Way Centraide moved closer Thursday to its $5 million goal for this year's fundraising campaign thanks to a hefty $293,613 joint donation from this area's three school boards.

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Wed Feb 01, 2012

Final Call

Cameroon - China: A wedding with uncertain prospects

The Cameroon government is increasingly turning to China as a privileged partner in its development efforts.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Africa, Paul Biya, Hu Jintao,

Tue Jan 31, 2012

Huntington Herald

Taylor to help build new school in Africaa

Fulbright Scholarships aren't just for 22-year-olds. Just ask Bill Taylor, grandfather, Shelton resident and associate dean of Fairfield University's School of Engineering.

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Thu Jan 26, 2012

Inter Press Service

CAMEROON: Anglophones Feel Like a Subjugated People

The reunification monument in Yaounde. Anglophone Cameroonians say they do not feel like equal partners with their Francophone counterparts.

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Wed Jan 25, 2012

Patch.com

CAC Celebrates Black History Month

The Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville/Douglas County presents "Three Perspectives: Athlone Clarke, Eucharia and Martin Fusung, and Yonrico Scott" during February in celebration of Black History Month.

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Tue Jan 24, 2012

Women's eNews

Cameroon Rape Victims Confront Legal Gauntlet

Sophie Mixte, who is in her 30s, says she was raped three times growing up. But it wasn't until the third incident that her parents found out and reported it to the police.

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Daily Monitor

Biya's in-law seeks another term as mayor

Mayorship. Ms Rosette Bouchouang, mother in-law of Cameroon President, Paul Biya, has been the mayor of Bangou since 2007.

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