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Nine dead in Cameroon prison fire - ministry (Alertnet)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:28:58 GMT

Source: Reuters EBOLOWA, Cameroon, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Nine people died in a fire at a prison in the Cameroonian city Douala on Wednesday, the Ministry of Justice said. Around 20 other prisoners in the maximum ...

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Cameroon: Northwest Elite Visit Forjindam in Prison (All Africa)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:00:56 GMT

Some Northwest elite based in Douala recently paid a solidarity visit to Zachaeus Forjindam, sacked General Manager of the Cameroon Shipyard and Industrial Engineering Ltd, SNIC, at the New Bell Prison.

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Olympics: Cameroon celebrates Mbango's gold medal (Afriquenligne)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:29:01 GMT

Douala, Cameroon - Several Cameroonians Sunday celebrated the Olympic gold medal won in Beijing by their compatriot, Françoise Mbango Etonè, in the women's triple jump. Motorists honked their horns as part of street celebrations, while youths were running in all directions, singing and waving the national flag and chanting the name of the athlete.

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GTV, Cameroon FA sign partnership deal (Afriquenligne)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:22:46 GMT

Douala, Cameroon - The African satellite television channel, GTV, and the Cameroonian Football Association (FECAFOOT) have signed a partnership contract to support the development of football in Cameroon, PANA reports from here.

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Life in Douala, One of the World\'s Most Expensive Cities (Afrigator)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:12:35 GMT

When she lost her mother and daughter three years ago, 50-year-old Kanmegne Marie Odile moved to Douala, Cameroon's business hub, leaving behind her home village, Kekem, in east Cameroon. By selling herbs used to treat medical illnesses, she makes about US$1 per day. She and her five children spend everything she earns. Increasingly, she finds it hard to even make that much. "Competition is...

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FBI 'assisting' Cameroon to track stolen funds (Afriquenligne)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:01:20 GMT

Douala, Cameroon - The Cameroon government has reportedly asked America's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to help in tracking and repatriating the huge sums of money believed to have been stolen from the public treasury and squirreled to safe havens abroad, diplomatic sources told PANA here.

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Striking Douala Lecturers Upgraded (PostNews Online)

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:54:32 GMT

By Leocadia Bongben The Minister of Higher Education, Jacques Fame Ndongo, has found reason in the strike action that was embarked on by the two lecturers, Amadou Kutnjem Monkaree and Jean Gatsi and has decided to upgrade them.

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Standard Chartered Bank Plants Trees for Environmental Conservation (All Africa)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:27:31 GMT

Standard Chartered Bank, Friday, July 25, planted 50 trees along the popular Boulevard de la Liberte in Douala.

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Standard Chartered Bank Plants Trees For Environmental Conservation (PostNews Online)

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:38:42 GMT

By Philip Fomenky Standard Chartered Bank, Friday, July 25, planted 50 trees along the popular Boulevard de la Liberte in Douala.

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Cameroon: Orange Cameroun Honours Its Workers (All Africa)

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:02:35 GMT

All was joy at Orange Cameroun, July 11 in Douala, during a ceremony to honour some 96 meritorious workers of the leading mobile telephony company in Cameroon, with medals.

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Sudan: Lawyer Explains ICC's Call for Arrest of President (All Africa)

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:31:47 GMT

The call by the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, ICC, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, for the arrest of Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir, is already a subject of debate among journalists in Douala.

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Cameroon: MTN Elite I Starts September 13 (All Africa)

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:31:46 GMT

The opening date for Cameroon's 2008/2009 football season has been slated to start-off on September 13 at the Douala Reunification Stadium with an opening MTN Elite One derby to pit newly promoted Elite Two sides AS Matelot of Douala and Danay FC of Yagoua from the Northern Province.

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Orange Cameroun Honours Its Workers (PostNews Online)

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:02:58 GMT

All was joy at Orange Cameroun, July 11 in Douala, during a ceremony to honour some 96 meritorious workers of the leading mobile telephony company in Cameroon, with medals.

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Lawyer Explains ICC's Call For Arrest Of Sudanese President (PostNews Online)

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:40:07 GMT

By Joe Dinga Pefok The call by the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, ICC, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, for the arrest of Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir, is already a subject of debate among journalists in Douala.

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MTN Elite I Starts September 13 (PostNews Online)

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:45:58 GMT

By Francis Tim Mbom The opening date for Cameroon's 2008/2009 football season has been slated to start-off on September 13 at the Douala Reunification Stadium with an opening MTN Elite One derby to pit newly promoted Elite Two sides AS...

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Cameroon U-17 soccer team wins Central Africa soccer Cup (Afriquenligne)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:06:18 GMT

Douala, Cameroon - Cameroon's U-17 national football squad won the first edition of the Cup of the Union of Central Africa's Football Associations (UNIFAC) after beating the DR Congo 2-1 Tuesday in Limbe, south-west Cameroon.

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45 Chinese doctors in Cameroon (Afriquenligne)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:33:43 GMT

Douala, Cameroon - A Chinese medical team comprising 45 doctors has arrived in Cameroon within the framework of cooperation between the two countries, official sources told PANA here Monday.

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Sultan Intervenes In Protesting Lecturer's Case (PostNews Online)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:40:33 GMT

By Joe Dinga Pefok It took the intervention of the Sultan of Foumban, Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, for the Minister of Higher Education, Prof Jacques Fame Ndongo, to receive the striking lecturer at the Douala University, Dr Amadou Monkeree.

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DRC, Gabon withdraw from Central African Soccer cup contest (Afriquenligne)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:44:55 GMT

Douala, Cameroon - After failing to travel to Limbe, in south-western Cam eroon, where the first edition of the Union of the Central African Football Asso c iations (UNIFAC) under-17 tournament is taking place, the organising committee of the event has declared that the DR Congo (DRC) and Gabon have withdrawn from the race, PANA reported here.

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Douala University Ignores Protesting Lecturers (PostNews Online)

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:42:29 GMT

By Joe Dinga Pefok The 25th session of the Douala University Council held on July 10, but ignored the grievances of two lecturers, who have been protesting their 'unfair treatment' by the Rector, Prof Bruno Bekolo Ebe.

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