Daily Mail
African scientists warn that eating monkeys and apes could cause 'the next HIV epidemic'
Cameroon scientists are already tracking a HIV-like virus called simian foamy virus, and fear more viruses could spread and lead to a global health crisis.
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The Sun
Keeper takes aerial route to launch counter-attack
VIDEO: CAMEROON gloveman Alan Tshoumi Tiko performs daring somersault and throw
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The Sun
Keeper takes aerial route to launch counter-attack
VIDEO: CAMEROON gloveman Alan Tshoumi Tiko performs daring somersault and throw
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BBC
Cameroon minister to meet players
Cameroon's sports minister says he still intends to meet senior members of the national team to sort out financial issues.
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Daily Mail
No, I WON'T smile for you! The cute baby gorilla who thinks she¿s a cheeky monkey
These beautiful shots taken at the Limbe Wildlife Centre in Cameroon show little Atibini the baby gorilla stick her tongue out to the photographers and rest in her mothers arms.
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Daily Mail
The cute baby gorilla who think she¿s a cheeky monkey
These beautiful shots taken at the Limbe Wildlife Centre in Cameroon show little Atibini the baby gorilla stick her tongue out to the photographers and rest in her mothers arms.
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Telegraph
The world's rarest gorilla caught on film in Cameroon
Conservationists in Cameroon's Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary have filmed the first camera trap footage of some the few remaining Cross River gorillas.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Video: World's rarest gorillas seen in Cameroon jungle
Video images of the world's rarest and most endangered gorilla species, the Cross River gorilla, have been captured by a forest camera-trap for the first time. There are thought to be no more than 300 Cross River gorillas in the wild.
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BoingBoing
Portraits of apes
Photographer James Mollison took portraits of more than 50 apes. "I decided against photographing in zoos or using ‘animal actors’ but traveled to Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia to meet orphans of the bush meat trade and live pet trade," he said. Mollison compiled the series, titled James and Other [...]
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Telegraph
London 2012 Olympics: Team GB men face Senegal, Brazil and UAE in the group stages, women meet Cameroon, NZ and Brazil
Team GB men's football team will face Senegal, Uruguay and UAE in the Olympic group stages, while women meet Cameroon, NZ and Brazil.
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Goal.com
Barcelona interest is flattering, says Marseille's N'Koulou
The Cameroon international has supposedly caught the attention of the Catalans, and feels honored to have been linked with a move to Camp Nou
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Times of India
Ask India to abolish death penalty, UK Sikh body tells British PM
Legal director, United Sikhs, Mejindarpal Kaur told TOI on Saturday that the Sikh body had sent a letter to this effect to Cameroon on Baisakhi reception held at his official residence at No.10 Downing Street.
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Le Point
Cameroun/élections: contrat allemand de 12 M EUR pour la biométrie
La commission électorale camerounaise Elections Cameroon (Elecam) a signé...
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BBC
Cameroon 'Albatross' jet arrests
Two former ministers are arrested in Cameroon in connection with the allegedly fraudulent purchase of a presidential plane, the Albatross, forced to make an emergency landing on its inaugural flight with the first family onboard.
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Human Rights Watch
Cameroon: LGBT Rights Workshop Shut Down
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Cameroonian authorities on March 27, 2012, illegally shut down a human rights workshop in Yaoundé that was to include discussion of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and arrested one of the workshop organizers. The action violated rights to freedom of assembly and expression under both Cameroonia...
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The Guardian
Salford acid attack may be racially motivated
Greater Manchester police say sexual and racist comment was made before unprovoked daylight attack on young womanPolice believe a random daylight acid attack on a woman in Salford may have been racially motivated.The 29-year-old, who is originally from Cameroon, was pushing a pram through central Salford when a corrosive liquid was thrown at her, burning through her clothes and on to her back a...
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Huffington Post
Robert Walker: When an Elephant Falls in the African Bush
When South Korean scientists announce, as they did earlier this month, that they hope to clone a Woolly Mammoth, the world listens, but if poachers kill 200 elephants in the African bush, as they did recently in Cameroon, does anyone really care?
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USA Today
Cameroon losing battle to save elephants from poachers
Soldiers in Cameroon are losing the battle to save the last elephants in a remote park from marauding poachers believed to be from Sudan.
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Times LIVE
Cameroon women plead not guilty to homosexuality
Two women on trial in Cameroon for homosexuality pleaded not guilty Thursday as their lawyers sought an annulment of the trial over alleged rights abuses.
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Times LIVE
Cameroon elephants suffer unprecedented poaching: WWF
At least half the elephant population in Cameroon’s Bouba N’Djida reserve have been slaughtered because the west African nation sent too few security forces to tackle poachers, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) says.
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physorg
Study underlines importance of Congo Basin for global climate and biodiversity
With its 1.7 billion square kilometres, an area equivalent to 5 times the size of Germany, the Congo Basin forest is the world's second largest tropical forest. The 'State of the Congo Basin Forests 2010' report launched in Douala, Cameroon, at the Annual meeting of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP), provides a comprehensive and detailed assessment of the status of this crucial pool for...
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Amnesty International
Cameroon urged to overhaul laws criminalizing gay relationships
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Cameroon: stop criminalizing gay relationships
05 March 2012
Laws criminalizing consensual same-sex relationships must be repealed by the Cameroonian government, Amnesty International said as it called for the release of those currently in prison for homosexua...
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UN
Head of UN-backed treaty voices concern at mass elephant killings in Cameroon
Voicing grave concern over reports of mass elephant killings in northern Cameroon, the head of the United Nations-backed convention on endangered species called for effective action to manage and conserve these animals and for the control of trade in elephant ivory.
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The Nation
500 elephants killed in Cameroon park
BOUBA NDJIDA - Nearly 500 elephants have been killed in a Cameroon national park in less than two months by poachers from Sudan and Chad, a park official told AFP on Thursday.
“As of today we estimate that 480 elephants have been slaughtered in our park,” said Mathieu Fometa of the Bouba Ndjida National Park in northern Cameroon, near the border with Chad, where the animals ...
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Huffington Post
Liberia's Senate Considers Strengthening Anti-Gay Laws
MONROVIA, Liberia -- Liberia's Senate will consider a bill Thursday to strengthen the nation's existing anti-gay laws, a senator said, as another West African nation, Cameroon, announced the arrest of 10 women suspected of being lesbians.Cameroon Radio Television reported Thursday that the 10 women are being detained in Ambam, some 190 miles (300 kilometers) south of the capital of Yaounde, unt...
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CNN
Nearly 300 elephants slain in Cameroon for ivory, government minister confirms
Poachers in search of ivory in northern Cameroon have slaughtered nearly 300 elephants for their tusks since mid-January, according to the country's minister of forestry and wildlife.
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Irish Times
Botswana raises 1.82m for projects
Diamond exploration company Botswana Diamonds has raised £1.51 million (€1.82 million) to help back its projects in Botswana, Cameroon and Zimbabwe.
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Reuters
Poachers kill 200 elephants in Cameroon killing spree
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Poachers have killed more than 200 elephants in Cameroon in just six weeks, in a "massacre" fuelled by Asian demand for ivory.
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Scientific American
Poachers Kill 200 Elephants During Six-Week Spree in Cameroon
By Tansa MusaYAOUNDE (Reuters) - Poachers have killed more than 200 elephants in Cameroon in just six weeks, in a "massacre" fuelled by Asian demand for ivory.A local government official said heavily armed poachers from Chad and Sudan had decimated the elephant population of Bouba Ndjida National Park in Cameroon's far north in a dry season killing spree."We are talking about a very serious cas...
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Irish Times
Botswana Diamonds raises £1.51m
Diamond exploration company Botswana Diamonds has raised £1.51 million (€1.82 million) to help back its projects in Botswana, Cameroon and Zimbabwe.
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New York Times
World Briefing | Africa: Cameroon: 200 Elephants Killed in Park
The International Fund for Animal Welfare called the scale of the killings, which occurred in the last five weeks, unprecedented, and urged the government to take action.
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Krone
Hunderte Elefanten in Nationalpark massakriert
Ein Massaker an Elefanten schockiert Behörden und Tierschützer im Kamerun. In den vergangenen Monaten sind bis zu 300 Dickhäuter in einem Nationalpark getötet worden, berichtete die Tageszeitung "Cameroon Tribune" am Donnerstag. Nach Informationen des Blattes steht eine Bande von etwa 50 Bewaffneten, die es auf das wertvolle Elfenbein abgesehen hat, hinter dem Blutbad. In Südafrika wiederum mac...
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SI
Jonathan Wilson: African Cup of Nations a wonderful spectacle for both host and fans
This has been a tournament that has restored the joy to African soccer. Without the traditional powers of Cameroon, Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt, it is as if a great weight both of expectation and fear has been lifted. Only Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana are playing with the albatross of favoritism around their necks, and both have been notably cautious in their opening matches; everybody else seem...
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BBC
Raids in S Korea 'diamond scam'
South Korea prosecutors raid foreign ministry offices over claims that government officials rigged share prices in a diamond mine in Cameroon.
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Daily Mail
Sebastien Bassong wanted by Lille and Lyon
Tottenham defender Sebastien Bassong is wanted on loan by French sides Lille and Lyon. The Cameroon international is frustrated at his lack of first team action at White Hart Lane.
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Daily Mail
Fulham target Ajax midfielder Eyong Enoh
Fulham are showing interest in Ajax midfielder Eyong Enoh. The 25-year-old, who is a Cameroon international, is not involved in the African Nations Cup.
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Mail & Guardian
Cameroon pins hopes on Mobilong diamond field
Electricity lines that carry no current are strewn across eastern Cameroon, but residents hope a diamond mine will help turn on the lights.
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Reuters
Nigeria's Jonathan declares state of emergency
ABUJA (Reuters) - President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency on Saturday in parts of Nigeria plagued by a violent Islamist insurgency, and ordered shut the borders with Cameroon, Chad and Niger in the northeast.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Etoo ban causes consternation in soccer-mad Cameroon
Star striker suspended 15 matches for persuading team mates not to travel to Algeria
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The Lancet
[Case Report] HIV-1 group N: travelling beyond Cameroon
On Jan 21, 2011, a 57-year-old man living in France attended our emergency unit with fever, rash, lymphadenopathy, and genital ulceration, 8 days after returning from Togo. He reported sexual contact with a Togolese partner, and HIV primary infection was suspected. Fourth-generation ELISA (ARCHITECT HIV Ag/Ab Combo, Abbott, Chicago, IL) was weakly positive, and HIV-1 western blot (New Lav Blot ...
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NEWS.au.com
Rare AIDS virus strain reported in Paris
A RARE strain of AIDS virus previously found only among a few people in Cameroon has most probably spread outside the West African country, according to a case reported by The Lancet today.
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