Society

ACI Africa | A Catholic Priest was shot and severely injured when militants attacked St. Martin of Tour’s Kembong Parish of the Diocese of Mamfe, Southwest Cameroon. Fr. Elvis Mbangsi sustained fractures when the militias, suspected to be separatist fighters in Cameroon, shot him in both legs and the left …

Digital TV Europe | Cameroon’s media regulator, the Conseil National de la Communication (CNC) has demanded the suspension of Canal+-owned thematic channel Canal+ Elles for airing content that it says promotes homosexuality. The watchdog issued a statement condemning Canal+ Elles for acting as a vehicle for what it described as …

RFI | The government of Cameroon and the indigenous Baka people in the country’s southeast have agreed to an updated memorandum of understanding that provides them with more access to natural resources in the country’s protected forest areas. The memorandum, that was signed on 19 September in the regional capital …

Jeune Afrique | La direction de la cinématographie et des productions audiovisuelles (DCPA) du ministère de la Culture du Cameroun a interdit « oralement » la diffusion du film à succès « Barbie ». Alors que le célèbre film Barbie connaît un succès retentissant de par le monde, notamment en …

RFI | Aminatou Ibrahim scoops water from the floor of her seven square metre hut at the Dana camp site for internally displaced people in Maroua, in Cameroon’s Far North Region. It’s become a familiar routine for her. “Each time it rains our houses are flooded,” she says. Like more …