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Fact-checks and Social Media Health Reports published by #AFFCameroon fellows, 2020–2025.
How Social Media Campaigns Facilitated the Release of Kidnapped Journalists in NW, SW Regions
Since October 2016, Cameroon’s two English-speaking regions have been plagued with a crisis that has degenerated into an armed conflict. Strike actions to call the government’s attention to specific demands attracted severe military crackdowns resulting in an armed conflict. Such suppression resulted in the radicalisation of some youths who picked
Social Media Impact on Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy, in Cameroon
Cameroon confirmed its first case of Coronavirus case on the 24th of February 2020. Health officials immediately took measures to contain the spread of the virus, but it wasn’t enough due to poor government strategies and a defiant population that failed to respect measures. This led to a second phase
How Social Media has influenced attacks on the Mbororo Community within the context of the Anglophone Crisis
The crisis in the Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon, now four years old, started in 2016 when lawyers and teachers took to Buea and Bamenda’s streets to protest the French language dominating Anglophone courts and schools. The strike action gained public support and turned into a popular uprising demanding
Gender Attacks: Social media as a platform for attacks for abuse and harassment on women and girls
According to Digital 2020 Cameroon, there were 3.70 million social media users in Cameroon by January 2020. The number of social media users in Cameroon increased by 360,000 (+11%) between April 2019 and January 2020. This increase comes with social media misuse, especially on Facebook, where online bullying is rampant.
Social Media’s role in promoting attacks on civilians in NW-SW Cameroon suspected to be traitors ‘’Black Legs,” or ‘Betraying the Struggle.’
Protests in October 2016 around the “Anglophone problem” addressing the marginalisation of the specific anglophone cultural, social, educational, and juristic practices in the two English-speaking regions were solely controlled with an intense military presence and security forces. The situation has escalated into an armed separatist conflict. The radicalisation of particular
Utilisation des réseaux sociaux au Cameroun. Quelles conséquences sociales ?
TEAM 5 MEMBRES : Frank William BATCHOU Yannick ASSONGMO NECDEM Michèle EBONGUE Thème : Utilisation des réseaux sociaux au Cameroun. Quelles conséquences sociales ? Plan de travail Résumé Introduction 1- Définition des concepts et mots clés2- Rappel du cadre légal et réglementaire (National, régional, international)3- Utilisation des réseaux sociaux au Cameroun :