Shatu Pedmia, #FactsMatter237 & #AFFCameroon Cohort 2 Fellow “#AFFCameroon started as #FactsMatter237 until the need to make it favourable for the continent. I was privileged to be part of the first cohort and witnessed this transition. I came into #AFFCameroon with a journalist’s mindset but left transformed owing to the
Frank William Batchou, Boursier #FactsMatter237 Et #AFFCameroon 2e Cohorte « J’ai été boursier de #FactsMatter237 et de #AFFCameroon. Cette formation m’est tombée sur la tête au début comme par hasard. Et après 3 jours de rencontres à Douala avec des « influenceurs web » sous la houlette de #defyhatenow, j’étais quasiment
Fotso Fonkam, Boursier #FactsMatter237 Et #AFFCameroon 2e Cohorte « Ce que je peux dire des différentes formations que j’ai reçues, c’est que c’était des mois de travail acharnés, mais satisfaisant en fin de compte parce qu’on apprenait beaucoup de choses auprès des formateurs (dans une ambiance très relax). Surtout, et c’est
Paul Joël Kamtchang, Secrétaire Exécutive ADISI Cameroun « Une telle Bourse vient à point nommé, dans un contexte où la prolifération de l’information et l’altération a la bonne information. Une l’information de qualité n’est pas la chose la mieux partagée au Cameroun. C’est vrai que c’est une tendance mondiale mais
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
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
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
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.
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
