Society

The plight of child hawkers in Bamenda

Child-protection officials in Cameroon say poverty is driving many children to start begging and hawking on the streets. As a result, the English-speaking region of Bamenda is grappling with a spike in child hawkers. In Cameroon’s Northwest city of Bamenda, hawkers sell items in traffic and along busy streets. One …

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Le makossa pleure Djene Djento

CRTV | L’auteur du titre à succès “Débroussaillez” est décédé ce 15 décembre 2022 alors qu’il se rendait dans la région de l’Ouest pour un spectacle. La mauvaise nouvelle intervient alors que le Cameroun tout entier pleure encore Ekambi Brillant, une autre icône de la musique décédée il y a …

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Ekambi Brillant has passed away

The musician and artist known as ‘Ekambi Brillant’ has passed away on Monday, December 12, 2022 at the Laquintinie hospital in Douala, Cameroon following a long illness. Ekambi Brillant, whose real name is Ekambi Ekambi Louis Brillant, was born on June 18, 1948 in Dibombari near Douala, he was 74 …

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Cameroon: Rescue efforts continue, as death toll from landslide increases to 15 | +video

Africanews | At least 15 people died Sunday in a landslide on a hillside where a crowd was attending a funeral in a popular neighborhood of Yaoundé, the Cameroonian capital, the governor of the region told AFP Monday in a new report. A few hours after the tragedy, Naseri Paul …

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