The Advocate Cameroon

By Robert Abunaw With Reports Cameroon has been described as ‘Africa in miniature’. By every standard, the rich flora and fauna of its equally rich forest helps sum up to this acclamation. Knowledge of what constitutes the forest cover of Cameroon as a Congo Basin country is available but limited to the offices of researchers, plant biologists and other university dons. In a nutshell, the Congo Basin is the world’s second largest river basin, next only to the Amazon, comprising an area of more than 2.3million square km. The Congo basin is also having the second largest rain forest in the world, with Cameroon accounting for 20 million hectares of this area. 75% is dense closed semi – deciduous tropical rain forest. Consequently, Cameroon is considered a biodiversity hot spot. The main characteristics of Cameroon’s biodiversity include, abundance, endemism, diversity, threat, invasion, over- exploitation. A rich biodiversity like any other human activity, comes with its own challenges.

  By Ojong Josph Ojong A   young man whose   only name we got   as Njaka was killed   on the early   hours of   Saturday   the 11th day of February   at kajifu village   in Akwaya   Sub division   Manyu Division   south   west region of Cameroon. Reports from Kajifu hold that alleged separatist fighters stormed the locality of Kajifu and took the community members hostage. Armed with guns , the Alleged   separatist   fighters   engaged   in torturing   the   villagers   some   seriously   injured while others left with life threatening   injuries. It's unclear how the lone person was killed but a family sources say he was already heading to his farm before the incident happened.   His body was later discovered by villagers escaping the horror of the alleged separatist fighters. The chief of Kajifu 1 Chief Mbua and some of his closed aids were ferried to an undisclosed location. At the time of this report nothing has been heard of them as Community members are now taki

  By Ojong Joseph Ojong The Sub-Delegation of Agriculture and Rural Development headed by Mme Etonenkwelle Grace Munge and the Mayor of Eyumojock Council Ntufam Ayamba Jacques recently donated farming equipment to farmers of Eyumjock Sub-Division worth FCFA 23.000 000 millions. The aim of the donation was improving the socio-economic situation of cooperatives, common initiative groups and that of small and large scale farmers. Speaking at the occasion, the Sub-Delegate of Agriculture urged beneficiaries to make good use of the equipment and farming inputs donated to them by the government and improve productivity in quantity and quality. she further admonished beneficiaries not to sell the farming equipment and inputs ranging from cassava processing equipment, Mist blowers,tarpaulins, wheelbarrows, cutlasses, spraying canes , push carts, spades, diggers, fungicides, insecticides, fertilizers, rain boots amongst others.   “The donation falls within the government’s framework o

    Cameroon is currently ranked 141 st out of 189 countries on gender equality, with gender-based discrimination against women and girls being extremely apparent throughout much of the country.        Across Cameroon, just 32.5% of women have some level of secondary school education , while only 1.6% of women own a property title in their name despite them making up 71.6% of the workers in the informal agricultural sector. Overall, women's and girls’ woes are driven by multidimensional poverty . According to the World Bank, the number of people living in poverty in Cameroon has risen since 2007, and the ongoing cost of living crisis is expected to worsen the national inflation levels. However, international remittances are providing a positive solution, helping to alleviate the financial divide.        As per the World Bank, remittances allow lower income households to improve children’s health and educational outcomes, in addition to increasing their savings. At the national l

  By Anthony Nde Ahead of the National Youth day celebrations billed for February 11, the Governor of the Northwest Region, Adolphe Lele Lafrique has announced an award to a brave female college administrator for campaigning on school resumption despite threats by separatists for school lockdowns. Irene Neckano Abam, who works in a popular government college in Bamenda has of recent, gone to churches and the radios to talk about school resumptions. According to reports, the college where Irene manages was shutdown in 2019 due to the crisis. The school campus had been for years serving as headquarters for the separatists. The military had for that reason accused her of complicity with the separatist’s fighters who were using the campus for a base. She had attempted to reopen the school upon request from the hierarchy of the school but she was kidnapped. She was manhandled by the separatist’s fighters for days and only released after a ransom was paid. Before her release