Up Station Mountain Club

Cameroon To Design Own Economic Programme

By Leocadia Bongben

Following the end of the government's triennial economic programme with the International Monetary Fund, IMF, signed in 2005, government has decided to design its own programme.

Teacher Faces Trial For "Plotting To Kill" President Biya

By Kini Nsom

A Chemistry teacher of English High School Yaounde, Roland Fube Funwi, is facing trial at the Yaounde Magistrate Court for what has been termed "plotting to kill President Paul Biya and four ministers".

 

Fube: Paying the price for commenting on 'no go area'

Cardinal Tumi Is In Good Health

By Charles Ndi Chia

Contrary to reports in certain local media that Cameroon's lone Cardinal, is critically ill and hospitalized, His Eminence Christian Tumi is, on the contrary, in pretty good health and just about proceeding on annual leave.

Mendo Ze May Soon Be Arrested

By Kini Nsom

The former General Manager of the Cameroon Radio and Television, CRTV, Prof. Gervais Mendo Ze, may soon be closed up in the dragnet of the police.

Dante's Corner

Walls Without Borders

By Mwalimu George Ngwane

(Notes to the African Powercrat)
The collapse of the Berlin wall in Germany and before it the Apartheid wall in South Africa and the Iron Curtain in Russia must have shaken the foundation of the neo-liberal wall in Obama's America today.

If Cameroon Should Change, We Need The American Model

By Mola Tennyson Luma Ekema

The wind of change is blowing across the world and Cameroon is no exception. Time has come when Cameroonians should grow wiser. Gone are the days of "Civil Disobedience" that ruined our beloved nation.

Douala University Wins Best Brain Trust Prize

By Leocadia Bongben

The University of Douala has received the first prize of the University Brain Trust that took place recently in Douala.

Credit Union Picks Exco After Crisis

By Willibroad Nformi

The Kimbo Police Cooperative Credit Union Ltd, KIPCCUL, that has been rocked by a series of crises has put in place a seven-man board of directors, to pilot the affairs of the Union in the coming years.

Lake Awing Risks Landslide, Gas Explosion

By Azore Opio

Two geologists from the University of Buea have assessed Lake Awing in the Northwest Region and are wary that its steep banks and location along the volcanic belt that is prone to landslides might cause disaster.

     

Ayonghe & Ntasin, UB goelogists:Ringing the alarm bell on imminent disaster

First Agricultural School Announced For Southwest

By Francis Tim Mbom

Fako SDO, Jules Marcellin Ndjaga, has announced that a delegation from Yaounde has already visited his office on a fact finding mission that would culminate in the creation of the first-ever agricultural school for the Southwest Region.

Taxation Chief Projects FCFA 30 Million Monthly Recovery

By Olive Ejang Tebug Ngoh

The Chief of Centre for the Kumba Taxation Department, Denis Nkwelle Wang, has announced that he would strive to recover FCFA 30 million monthly from taxes.

CDC Hit By World Economic Crisis - GM

By Francis Tim Mbom

The General Manager of the Cameroon Development Corporation, CDC, Henry Njalla Quan, has disclosed that the CDC is presently suffering the effects of the on-going economic down turns following a big drop in the world market prices for rubber; CDC's highest selling export crop.

88 Projects Allocated For Ngoketunjia Division

By Jeff Ngawe Yufenyu

Government has allocated 88 projects for Ngoketunjia Division, Northwest Region, in its investment credits for the Division, for 2009. 

CATTU Gives Gov't Ultimatum On Anglophone Education

By Peterkins Manyong

The Cameroon Teacher's Trade Union, CATTU, has given government up to March 26, 2009, to salvage Anglophone technical education or face dire consequences.

Cameroonian Inventor Honoured

By Joe Dinga Pefok

The International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, has honoured the ingenuity of an agriculture technician, Louis Djilemo, for inventing an oven to ease cassava processing.

Nfon Mukete Sues SDO, Mayor Over Land

By Olive Ejang Tebug Ngoh

The Bafaw Paramount Ruler, Nfon Victor E. Mukete, has dragged Meme SDO and the Mayor of former Kumba Urban Council to the Southwest Regional Court of Appeal in Buea.

 

Nfon Mukete

ELECAM Appointments: Wrong Questions And Wrong Answers!

By Tazoacha Asonganyi, Yaounde

It is usually said that there are several types of bad scientists, including those that provide the right answers to the wrong questions and those that provide the wrong answers to the right questions.

Gaddafi Invites SCNC

By Peterkins Manyong

The new African Union, AU, Chairman, Muammar Gaddafi, has invited Southern Cameroons National Council, SCNC, leaders to Addis Ababa in connection to their case at the African Commission for Human and People's Rights, ACHPR.

Cameroon Tops World Classification In Agroforestry

By Daniel Gwarbarah

Cameroon has been classified first amongst ten top countries in the world recognised for their efforts in the promotion of agroforestry.

 

Dr. Zac Tchoundjeu: Regional Director, ICRAF

Gov't, Partners Mobilise Against Avian Influenza

By Edith Wirdze

Avian Influenza, AI, a virus that has been a threat to poultry and wild birds is forecast by scientists to become a serious threat in human health.

Kumbo, Wum, Bali Identified As Vulnerable To Child Trafficking

By Jeff Ngawe Yufenyu

The Regional Bureau of the International Labour Office for Central Africa based in Yaounde, has identified Kumbo, Wum and Bali of the Northwest Region, as most vulnerable to child trafficking in Cameroon.

Breast Cancer Facts

By Calypse Agborsangaya, PhD student (Cancer Epidemiology)*

Cancer is a global problem accounting for up to 12.5 percent of deaths worldwide. The World Health Organisation prospects 15 million new cases of cancer by the year 2020, of which 70 percent will be from developing countries where there is least control and preparedness to harness the growing cancer burden.

Villagers Frustrated By Absence Of Fon

By Wamey Panky

Villagers of Talla in Ndu Sub-division, Donga Mantung, have expressed frustration following the abdication of their Fon, His Royal Highness Dickson Ngala Ngwang, who abandoned the throne a year after his enthronement.

Pastors, Teachers Awarded American University Certificates

By Olive Ejang Tebug Ngoh

The American Bible College University January 31 awarded some pastors, teachers, deacons and students in Cameroon and Nigeria end-of-course certificates.