In a small book "The Trouble with Nigeria", the celebrated Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe painted a captivating picture of even thieves seeking unity to attain their sordid objective.

Members of the Steering Committee of the rural development oriented programme of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Agricultural Professionalism and Institutional Capacity Building better known by its French abbreviation, PARI, met in Yaounde last Friday to examine the milestone covered in 2007 and work out the activities to be carried out in 2008.

Children epitomise innocence, honesty and sincerity. Generally, people cease to be vigilant when in the company of children as they feel completely free and secure. Unfortunately, more and more, some kids are putting on some frightful attitudes.

The present grant are attributed to students from various state universities in Cameroon. The operation started in January 2008.

White or black pairs of shoes with carefully washed, and at times, starched uniforms will on May 20 come out of the boxes in several localities across the country. Some kids must have been dreaming of the excitement that will come with the games and sporting activities organized at various Sub Divisional, Divisional and Provincial headquarters to mark the National Day.

"Peace and Unity have been the cornerstones of Cameroon's development. As we celebrate the May 20, 2008 National Day, I can say that peace has been a priceless commodity. All nations strive for peace. Cameroon has exhibited a lot of maturity in the way it resolves problems that would have disrupted peace.

Created at the dawn of the first oil shock in May 1974 and reorganised in 1998, the National Hydrocarbons Prices Stabilization Fund (CSPH) had worked almost incognito but performed an important mission in stabilising the prices of petroleum products. From every indication, the population did not understand this important role until when price hikes in petroleum products started growing out of ...

The House of Represent-atives may not ratify the Green Tree Agreement between Nigeria and Cameroon signed by former president Olusegun Obasanjo ceding the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon.

Many people under the age of 18 were arrested and imprisoned during riots over high food prices in February and more than two months later some are still behind bars.

Carlos Feudjio Diffo, now 22, spent a year of his life in Douala's notorious central prison when he was 15. He recounted his experience to IRIN.

With barely 87 days to go to the beginning of the 24th edition of the Olympic Games in China, the exact size of the Cameroonian delegation to the Games is not yet known. This is because the qualifiers are still going for some disciplines such as athletics, boxing, judo, basketball and weight lifting.

Preparations ahead of the 36th edition of Cameroon's National Day to be celebrated on Tuesday, 20th May, 2008 are more and more intensive nationwide.

Dr Uphie Chinje Melo, Director of MIPROMALO, explains how the use of local building materials can be popularised in Cameroon.

The Registrar of the GCE Board, Humphrey Monono shuttled through many centres in Fako Division and concluded that all had started off on a good footing.

A new page has been opened in the history of the Ministry of Public Service and Administrative Reforms. The Mutual Assistance Scheme of the Staff of the Ministry (MUFOPRA) was officially launched last Friday during the constituent General Assembly of the staff of the Ministry.

There are some incidents that are deplorable as they bring to light the fragility and vulnerability of some people. The manner in which some artists and even media persons handled the events that unfolded in the Cameroon Music Corporation over the weekend is, to say the least, perplexing.

A few days ago, the board of directors of CIMENCAM, the cement production outfit, came up with some very innovative ideas to appease the Yaounde clientele which was getting quite itchy with the scarcity of cement growing with each passing day.

The 11th edition of the University Academic Orientation and Professionalisation Days of the University of Yaounde 1 ended in Yaounde last Friday. Organised by the University of Yaounde 1, the event brought together personalities of public and private administrations as well as business persons. The theme for the 2008 edition was: "The BMD system : towards the new University Dynamics and ...

Cameroonian defender Boubakary Sadou has been given Rwandan nationality and should make his international debut for the Amavubi Stars on Saturday.

Government has initiated the construction of an FCFA-280 billion deep sea port at Grand Batanga in Kribi, Littoral Province.

The Mfoundi High Court, May 8, rejected a motion that lawyers filed recently demanding that their client, former Economy and Finance Minister, Polycarpe Abah Abah, be released on bail.

Former General Manager of the Cameroon Shipyard and Industrial Engineering Ltd, CNIC, Zachaeus Forjindam, who was arrested and detained by the Judicial Police in Douala on May 7, was in the evening of May 8 moved to the section for high profile detainees at the Douala New Prison.

There was every evidence at the end of the First Round Table Conference of Investors and other actors on the Kribi Deep Sea Port, that investors will participate in the building of the project. This assurance was made last Friday in Yaounde by the Minister of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Louis Paul Motaze.

About 20 inhabitants of Street Four, Great Soppo, Buea, have been rendered homeless by a fire disaster that occurred in the early hours of Thursday, May 8.

Death strikes, and reminiscent of Elechi Amadi's The Concubine, "Death is a bad reaper always harvesting the unripe fruits".