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Cameroon's Queen of the Mountains runs from poverty to fame
By Nakinti Nofuru BUEA, Cameroon (GPI)-- To win Cameroon’s annual Race of Hope and its prize money, athletes must complete a grueling course up Mount Cameroon, an active volcano that is also West Africa’s highest peak. To earn the title of King or Queen of the Mountain, a racer must win three times in a row. One woman has overcome poverty and illiteracy to become the only competitor in the race ...(6/17/2013 3:56:24 PM) |
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Cameroon boss will contest election
Cameroon FA president Iya Mohammed will stand in Wednesday's elections despite still being in custody on corruption charges.(6/18/2013 9:11:34 AM) |
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Cameroon cocoa prices up slightly, but below farmer hopes
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroon cocoa farmgate prices have risen slightly since May, but remained below farmer expectations due to a lack of buyers in most growing areas, growers and exporters said on Monday. The main harvesting season in Cameroon ended in February, and the world's fifth largest cocoa grower is now harvesting the smaller mid-crop. "Cocoa prices have risen just a bit compared to ...(6/17/2013 6:52:35 AM) |
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Cameroon's Zoua poised to join Hamburg
Cameroon striker Jacques Zoua could be heading to Bundesliga side Hamburg with the German club in talks with his current team, Swiss champions FC Basel, according to reports.(6/18/2013 1:36:01 PM) |
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Cameroon: Aurelien Chedjou in Turkey to Cement Galatasaray Move
Cameroon defender Aurelien Chedjou has arrived in Turkey to complete his move from Lille to Galatasaray according to Sky Sports.(6/18/2013 4:51:28 PM) |
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Cameroon: Journalists Threatened, Obstructed Says CPJ
New York based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Friday June 14 in a press release urged authorities in Cameroon to investigate reports of journalists being threatened and obstructed from covering the site of an airplane crash on Monday.(6/18/2013 7:51:51 AM) |
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Cameroon: Shisong Cardiac Center Successfully Performed 42 Surgeries Since 2013
The lone Cardio-surgical Center of Central Africa, Shisong Cardiac Center in Cameroon’s North West region, has successfully operated upon 42 persons affected by congenital and acquired heart disease since the beginning of 2013, with age range of 6 months to 67 years, the centre’s Public Relation Officer has said.(6/18/2013 7:35:40 AM) |
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Cameroon: US Embassy, Defence Ministry Wage War Against Terrorism, Poaching
A 5-day workshop entitled “Integrated National Security Decision-Making in Combating Terrorism and Poaching” has opened in Ebolowa, capital of Cameroon’s South region.(6/17/2013 10:35:36 PM) |
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Cameroon lifts freeze on U.S. company's palm oil venture
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroon has given the green light to a company owned by New York venture capital firm Herakles Capital to resume work on a giant palm oil plantation, officials said on Thursday, sparking outcries from environmental campaigners. Cameroon in April ordered Herakles Farms to halt development of its proposed 73,000 hectare plantation, an area more than 10 times the size of ...(6/7/2013 3:07:31 AM) |
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Cameroon to Host Third Africa Rice Congress
“Rice Science for Food Security through Smallholder and Agri-business Development in Africa” is the theme of the Third Africa Rice Congress to be held from October 21-24, 2013, in Yaoundé, Cameroon.(6/17/2013 10:35:46 PM) |
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