WEST AFRICA- GOMA - DR Congo - On the border with Rwanda in a shootout died in an ambush Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio. A carabiniere escort Vittorio Iacovacci also died with him; they were travelling with a UN convoy when they were attacked and killed. The border area with Rwanda is still a very dangerous zone.
Airborne Troop Battalion routs Boko Haram in Lebialem
Fight against terrorism: Elements of the Airborne Troop Battalion rout attackers at Lebialem
The valiant soldiers of the Cameroonian army, in seven against 15 terrorists, managed to neutralise a group of fifteen terrorists, armed and dressed in camouflage suits, who had set themselves the goal of destroying the supplies and gifts offered by the presidential couple to the population.
Cameroon - Elections 7 October and the Anglophone Crisis
La Chiesa cattolica ha proposto in una lettera episcopale al “popolo di Dio che è in Camerun, a tutti i camerunensi”, di votare alle prossime elezioni, “candidati capaci di far fronte alla crisi socio-politica” che attraversa il Camerun. Nella stessa lettera da cui VOA Africa ha ottenuto …
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 economic 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).
President Paul Biya meets Pope Francis Bergoglio - Visit to the Vatican
Papa Francesco giovedì l 23 marzo 2017 ha ricevuto il presidente camerunense Paul Biya ei due uomini hanno elogiato “il rispetto reciproco tra i vari gruppi religiosi” in Camerun. “Prendendo atto della coesistenza pacifica e del rispetto reciproco tra i vari gruppi religiosi”, i due uomini hanno …
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
Cameroonians 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.
Western separatists attack French secretary of state
Buea Camerun – 30 giugno I – separatisti attaccano il convoglio del Segretario di Stato francese per gli Affari Esteri, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne. Emmanuel Macron era rimasto in silenzio fino questo momento. Fino a quel momento nel paese e davanti all’opinione pubblica internazionale gli Stati Uniti sono stati …