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Domestic Price for Meat in Cameroon Higher than Global Market Price

By Ernest L. Molua

Cameroonians may have munched beef, mutton, pork and chicken for the festive season oblivious to the prices producers receive in the world market place, far away from Muea, Deido, Ndop and Mokolo. This is because most of the producers who supply Cameroon’s local markets are weakly chained to the global market, relying on rudimentary extensive production systems. So, what dictates the prices they charge rests largely on their local cost of production and consumers' acumen to bargain or willingness to accept the prices offered by meat suppliers.

Bamenda Police Co-operative Credit Union Holds 33rd Annual General Meeting

By Tayu Innocent in Bamenda

Members of the Bamenda Police Cooperative Credit Union (BAPCCUL) recently had their 33rd Annual General Meeting, AGM. The meeting that took place in the Bayelle Catholic Hall, Bamenda brought together about 12.000 people including members and non-members. After a soul searching prayer led by one of the members, there was the reading and adoption of the 2005 AGM minutes.

Namanga Ngongi Has Ideas to Move Buea and Cameroon Forward!

"If chosen to be mayor of Buea I cannot refuse"

Dr Amos Namanga Ngongi, former Deputy Executive Director, World Food Program Dr Amos Namanga Ngongi, former Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Program and currently member of the United Nations' Performance Management Board, has expressed his readiness to continue serving the nation back home even as Mayor of Buea. Dr Ngongi, who dutifully served the United Nations for 19 years in various capacities and retired in 2003 while in Democratic Republic of Congo as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, says if chosen to be Buea Mayor "I can't refuse" Dr Ngongi also talks about his political party, development in the Southwest province, embezzlement of public funds, the Inoni-led Government and more in the following interview with Recorder Editor, Christopher Ambe Shu.

RDMC Party Challenges Youths in Cameroon to Register and Vote in Forthcoming Elections

By Akere Maimo

As preparations heat up ahead of the June 2007 municipal and legislative elections, expectations are high though dismal as to which political party will grab the largest portion of the electorate. Pundits are busy polishing their political machinery and revising their dog-eared notebooks to keep pace with the changing political weather. “What difference would it make after all?” many desolate Cameroonians question in utter wonderment, owing to past experiences on fraught election results. Past incidence of electoral malpractice and other technicalities have led to voter apathy, scaring millions of Cameroonians from the polls. Statistics reveal that the overall number of voters has not gone above the 5 million mark.

Journalists in Cameroon Challenge the Validity of Press Cards

Press Card: An Insurmountable Barrier?

By Akere Maimo in Yaounde

On January 25, 2007, members of the commission in charge of issuing press cards met in Yaounde to examine the application files sent in by media persons practising Journalism in Cameroon. The commission was chaired by its  President, Sam Ekoka Ewange. A sprinkling of Cameroon journalists were present to be enlightened on the modalities of obtaining the press cards. Working under the watchful eyes of the Ministry of Communication, the commission is attempting to infuse sanity in a profession that has so far been treated with contempt and flooded by charlatans. Though a laudable initiative, it has so far met with some resistance and grimace.

Monsignor Bushu's Light Shines on Mt Cameroon

Installation of the new Bishop of the Diocese of Buea

By Harry McYemti on Assignment in Small Soppo, Buea, Cameroon

The inThe installation of the new bishop of the Diocese of Buea,stallation of the new Bishop of the Diocese of Buea, His lordship Immanuel Balanjo Bushu, took place last Tuesday, January 30, 2007. The installation which came exactly 60 days after his appointment on November 30, 2006, took place during a pontifical Holy Mass presided by the Apostolic Pro-nuncio to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, at the ordination ground of Regina Pacis Cathedral Small-Soppo, Buea. More than 18 bishops and 50 priests assisted in the high mass.

Praying For Peace and Prosperity

By Mohmbah Emmanuel

Religious leaders in Buea met on Saturday January 20, 2007 at the Baha’i Center of Learning in Molyko, Buea, in the Southwest Province of Cameroon, to commemorate this year's World Religion Day. The theme of this year's celebration was 'religion and world peace.'

Les jeunes Camerounais n'entreprennent pas

Par Léopold NGODJI à Yaounde 

Entreprendre, prendre l'initiative de…, rendre réelle une idée. Voilà des expressions qui méritent que la jeunesse s'y habituent aujourd'hui. Le problème est profond dans notre continent l'Afrique, qui compte le plus grand nombre de jeunes actifs capables de booster notre économie. Un continent où les potentialités et les pistes d'épanouissement restent très peu exploitées. Un engouement à donner une lueur d'espoir à l'Afrique se pose avec acuité. Et une jeunesse pauvre, qui chôme et qu'on qualifie avec raison ou pas de "paresseuse".

Cameroon Businessmen to Win 1.000.000 FCFA in Strategic Management Seminar Series for Entrepreneurship Capacity Building

By Ben Nakomo

A Strategic Management & Globalization Seminar on how to do business with the United States of America is to be presented by an American firm, Global Business Dynamics Inc, Chicago, USA. The seminar series will kick-off in Cameroon in February 2007. The seminar that would be held in Douala at Immeuble ONZFI and in Yaounde at the Hilton Hotel, is destined for businesses and persons who are ready to do business with the World and the United States of America. The seminar will provide a wealth of knowledge on funding sources and US agencies that facilitate US-Africa trade.

Cameroon’s Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni Bolsters Government

By Ben Nakomo

Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni kicked-off the year 2007 with surprised visits to government offices. His trademark on-the-spot check of government employees kicked-off in the early hours at the start of the working week in January 2007. With sanctions meted on absentee employees, frenzy has gripped the work-force of recalcitrant lacklustre civil servants who lackadaisically stroll into their workstations with heightened disutility for work.