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India finds ‘violations’ at cough syrup maker linked to Cameroon deaths

Reuters | August 2, 2023 – India found violations related to manufacturing and laboratory practices at drugmaker Riemann Labs, whose cough syrup was linked to child deaths in Cameroon, Reuters news agency reported on Wednesday citing a government health official. Authorities stepped up scrutiny of drugmakers after some cough syrups …

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Paul Biya a regagné Yaoundé

Le président de la République du Cameroun, Paul Biya, et son épouse, Chantal Biya, ont regagné Yaoundé hier soir après avoir participé au deuxième sommet Russie-Afrique à Saint-Pétersbourg. Le président a été accueilli par le Premier ministre, Joseph Dion Ngute, et le ministre d’État, secrétaire général de la présidence de …

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Cameroonian sculptor transforming wastes into arts | + video

africanews | In Yaoundé, Cameroon, a painter and sculptor Joseph Francis Sumegne presents his exhibition “La citadelle des anciens” (“The citadel of the elders”). Half-man, half-animal sculpture made from objects of all kinds. The result is an impressive display of creations from another world. “The artist uses what I’d call …

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Leading Cameroonian journalist held arbitrarily for seven years, health failing

Reporters sans frontières | As Amadou Vamoulké, the former director-general of Cameroon’s national radio and TV broadcaster CRTV, completes his seventh year in arbitrary detention today (29 July), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) voices concern about his failing health and calls on the Cameroonian authorities to allow him access to appropriate medical care, …

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Cameroon’s anglophone conflict has lasted for six years: what citizens say about how to end it

The Conversation | The armed conflict in Cameroon between separatist groups and the military is in its sixth year. Armed groups are fighting for secession of the English-speaking north-west and south-west regions and establishment of the Republic of Ambazonia. The government rejected a Canadian peace initiative in January 2023. Cameroon is officially bilingual. However, the minority …

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Cameroon’s late opposition leader Fru Ndi laid to rest | + video

Reuters | Fru Ndi, who dominated the opposition in the Central African country for a generation and was arrested and kidnapped for his politics, had suffered from a long illness before dying last month, aged 81. An English-speaking businessman from Cameroon’s northwest region, Fru Ndi formed the Social Democratic Front, …

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