Mbam and Inoubou SDO wages war against homosexuality in schools
In what has been a continuous decline in moral standards in secondary and higher institutes of learning in Cameroon, the Senior Divisional Officer for Mbam and Inoubou, Monono Absalom Woloa has launched a tirade against the practice of homosexuality in school establishments across his sphere…
How Etombi Foundation Is Changing The Lives Of Underprivileged Children In Cameroon
Access to quality education and healthcare services throughout the world are fundamental human rights. But these crucial inalienable rights are still regarded by many in Cameroon as a luxury reserved for a privileged few. The situation is further compounded by the high rate of unemployment,…
Cameroon Condemns Killing of School Children, Calls for Investigation
Schoolchildren, their parents, and teachers hold a protest after gunmen opened fire at a school, killing at least six children as authorities claim, in Kumba, Cameroon, Oct. 25, 2020. YAOUNDE, CAMEROON – There has been widespread condemnation in Cameroon over an attack on a school…
Cameroon Closes Schools as Boko Haram Suicide Bombings Increase
YAOUNDE – Cameroon says it has again closed more than 60 schools on its northern border with Nigeria to save children and teaching staff from increasing Boko Haram attacks. The central African state has deployed its military to teach displaced children in locations they say are safe. Boko Haram…
Teacher in NW, SW writes to government, asks for life insurance for teachers
A teacher in Cameroon’s North West region writes to the Yaounde government I am a teacher teaching in the North West region of Cameroon. I am very angry with the way the government is handling the crisis in the North West and southwest regions. The…
Cameroon Teachers Reject Military Convoys to Schools
FILE – A woman stands outside a damaged school dormitory after it was set on fire in Bafut, in the northwest English-speaking region of Cameroon, Nov. 15, 2017. YAOUNDE – At least 3,000 Cameroon teachers have refused offers…
In Cameroon’s Anglophone Regions, Some Schools Reopen After 4-Year Closure
YAOUNDE – Civilians in Cameroon’s restive English-speaking regions have braved separatists’ threats and reopened close to 140 of about 475 schools closed by fighters in the last four years. Some Anglophone activists have, for the first time since the crisis began, backed the civilians in…
North West: Teachers’ trade unions reveal pathetic school attendance figures
The number of students and pupils attending school in the North West region of Cameroon has witnessed a significant drop since 2017 when the anglophone crisis started. Going by statistics from members of teachers’ trade unions meeting in Bamenda, seventy out of five hundred and…
Back To School: Ambazonia Leaders Maintain Boycott, Activists Advocate For Resumption
Every start of each school year since 2017, is lit up with debates on whether the armed conflict could continue while schools continue to be active in the Anglophone regions. Four years down the line, some Ambazonian Activists believe that the war has gone past…
Cameroon Reopens Schools After 7-month COVID Closure
YAOUNDE – More than seven million Cameroon children and their teachers have returned to schools for the first time since their institutions were closed to stop the spread of COVID-19, seven months ago. The government of the central African state says it has been able…
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