Nigeria Surrenders Oil-rich Bakassi to Cameroon

The peninsula believed to hold significant amounts of crude oil deposits boost Cameroon’s declining economy and oil production up from the current 90,000 barrels per day.

The peninsula believed to hold significant amounts of crude oil deposits boost Cameroon’s declining economy and oil production up from the current 90,000 barrels per day.
Posted by Guest Author on June 3, 2008 in Cameroon, Community Report, Discussion Lounge, Life & Culture
Cameroon got its name from the Portuguese who, upon arriving on the coast in the 1400s, found seafood in such abundance they decided to call the main estuary Rio dos Camarões, or River of Prawns. Yet today the people of Cameroon import most of the seafood they consume, while local fishermen are going out of business.
Posted by CareTaker on February 10, 2008 in Africa, Cameroon, Discussion Lounge, Egypt, Life & Culture, Sports
African Nations Cup, Ghana Accra: The 2008 African Nations Cup came to a close in Accra, Ghana earlier today.
Egypt, the defending champions of the African Cup of Nations cup won the 2008 tournament by beating Cameroon 1-0. Egypt has a record of six win and the second back-to-back win. Egypt added the 2008 [...]
Posted by Emmanuel.K. Bensah on February 8, 2008 in Africa, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Discussion Lounge, Egypt, Ghana, Life & Culture, Sports
African Cup of Nations 2008, Ghana: The defeat of the Ghana Black Stars by the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon with a scoreline of 1-0 in their favour has gone to further shatter to smithereens the idea of the “host-and-win” concept. When my Cameroon colleague told me that Cameroon would beat us—and that the home crowd [...]
Posted by CareTaker on February 6, 2008 in Africa, Cameroon, Cote D’Ivoire, Discussion Lounge, Egypt, Ghana, Life & Culture, Sports
African Cup of Nations, Ghana, Accra 2008: The ongoing African Cup of Nations enters the semi-finals stage on Thursday: Ghana v Cameroon, Semi-Final, 17:00 GMT; and Ivory Coast v Egypt, Semi-Final, 20:30 GMT.
These matches promise to be exciting and explosive encounters. The teams have demonstrated their staying power, will, and soccer mastery, but at [...]
Posted by CareTaker on December 24, 2007 in Cameroon, Discussion Lounge, Podcast
VOA:
In Cameroon, the pygmies have shared the dense equatorial forest for centuries with gorillas and other wildlife. One of Cameroon’s pygmy groups, the Baka, consists of semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers who live in the south and southeast. Today, loggers and poachers are driving them out of their homes, but groups defending indigenous peoples want them to be [...]
Posted by Guest Author on November 9, 2007 in Business & Technology, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Information Tech, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, USA
By Remmy Nweke. HANA Correspondent, Lagos, Nigeria
Cisco Systems is to invest $10 million to develop its network infrastructure on the continent.
According to the report, five African countries who stand to benefit from the initiative are Nigeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Kenya.
Cisco, a global leader in networking is known to have transformed the way [...]