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Cameroon: Anglophone Crisis Towards Resolution? National Dialogue in Yaounde

This includes the adoption of a special status for English-speaking regions and the recruitment of 500 translators.

The year 2019 ended satisfactorily for the participants of the Grand National Dialogue why, after reviewing the recommendations of these meetings, Paul Biya, the President of the Republic, moved on to their implementation.

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Cameroon - Elections 7 October and the Anglophone Crisis

The Catholic Church has proposed in an episcopal letter to the "people of God who are in Cameroon, to all Cameroonians", to vote in the upcoming elections, "candidates capable of dealing with the socio-political crisis" that Cameroon is going through. In the same letter from which VOA Africa obtained a copy, the Cameroonian bishops also proposed to Cameroonians to choose only those who are capable of "promoting the unity of the country, its true independence". To this end, Bishop Samuel Kleda, who signed the letter, in his capacity as president of the Cameroon National Bishops' Conference, urged Cameroonians to only take an interest in political programmes that "bring real solutions to the problems afflicting the country. ". Among these problems, Samuel Kleda, Archbishop of Douala, cites "corruption, the loss of a sense of the common good, the crisis in the north-west and south-west regions, social inequalities, youth unemployment, the fight against Boko Haram, the challenges of the judiciary, health, education, infrastructure, ... etc.". The bishops' letter is also a call for massive participation of the people to "exercise their sovereignty by freely, peacefully and responsibly choosing their leaders". However, the Catholic Church urges its faithful and people of goodwill to make choices that do not conflict with their Gospel-inspired beliefs. The Catholic Church also calls through the channel of the bishops 'for free and transparent elections'. Statistics show that 38.4% of the Cameroonian population is of Catholic obedience. Under the auspices of an influential member of this church, the former Archbishop of Douala, Cardinal Christian Tumi, the general conference of Anglophones will be held from 21 to 22 November 2018, which aims to find solutions to end the crisis North-West and South-West regions. The Catholic institution is the only player capable of 'promoting dialogue between the insurgents and the government', said the International Crisis Group last April africaaedic.eu

CAMEROON - Jesuit Fathers develop training projects

Douala - The Jesuit Fathers promote both micro-entrepreneurship projects and also save banana trees from extinction. This is the project launched in Douala capital jesuit reproduction bananaeconomic by the Cameroon Jesuits. An initiative that has a double value, educational and naturalistic, in a context not as simple as that of the African country.

Fides Agency is carrying out these interesting projects in Cameroon where more than three million boys and girls have not reached the minimum level of schooling. 70% of girls are illiterate.

This phenomenon is particularly visible in the northern regions, where more than one million girls between the ages of 10 and 19 cannot read or write (31.9% of girls in the region).

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President Paul Biya meets Pope Francis Bergoglio - Visit to the Vatican

Pope Francis on Thursday l 23 March 2017 received Cameroonian President Paul Biya and the two men praised "the mutual respect between the various religious groups" in Cameroon. "Noting the peaceful coexistence and mutual respect between the various religious groups," the two men stressed "the importance of promoting national cohesion, valuing the richness of the various historical and cultural traditions," a statement from the Vatican said. The Vatican and Cameroon, who reiterated the importance of 'respect for human rights and the rights of minorities', also raised international issues, 'in particular the current challenges facing the region'. The Argentinean pope and the Cameroonian president also spoke of "in a cordial atmosphere the good relations between the Holy See and Cameroon and the important contribution the Church makes to the development of the country, especially in the fields of health and education. " Biya also met with the Vatican's number two, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and the Pope's 'Foreign Minister', Paul Richard Gallagher. africaaedic.eu

Padua: Wigwam sponsors the 5th edition of the Cameroon Festival of Italy

Feast and Interchange, cultural and economic. The edition is held in Padua from 09 to 12 August 2018

wigwam-festival-cameroon-padova-2018 italy-cameroon cooperationCameroonians resident in Italy have formed an important and strong community for some years now, consisting of doctors, nurses, engineers, pharmacists, workers, students, athletes and many others.

Although they have different horizons, they have remained ambitious and all aspire, on the one hand, to a successful integration in the host country and, on the other, to consolidate ties with their homeland. Motivated by their love for Cameroon, their country of origin, they decided as a diaspora to create the association "Challenge Camerounais Italie".

Platform bringing together all Cameroonian citizens and sympathisers, resident in Italyto celebrate their culture and enhance the integration of both Cameroonian and Italian cultures; the Challenge Camerounais Italie "CCI" has as its main aim to foster peaceful cohesion between the two peoples, and serve as a prerequisite for the realisation of a fruitful and lasting exchange between Italy and Cameroon.

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Cameroon Fra' Giacomo Dalla Torre of the Temple of Sanguinetto Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta visits President Paul Biya

17 July 2018 His Eminence, Fra' Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Maltamade an official visit to Cameroon at the invitation of the Head of State, President Paul BIYA at the Palace of Unity. President Paul Biya receives Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

The Head of State and the Grand Master Fra 'Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto reviewed 57 years of bilateral cooperation and agreed to raise cooperation to a higher level to bring humanitarian aid.

Fra' Giacomo Dalla Torre visited the new Apostolic Nuncio, Monsignor Mario Murat. Early in the morning, Brother Giacomo Dalla Torre visited the new Apostolic Nuncio, Monsignor Mario Murat. 

The Order of Malta runs a modern hospital in Cameroon, the St John of Malta Hospital in Njombéin the coastal region, which was visited by the Grand Master.

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