The social history of the Republic of Cameroon

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Pygmies Face Challenge of Integration
By Tansa Musa, IPS, 3 August 1997. Bantu economic development has been at expense of forest in southern Cameroon, forcing the pygmies there to give up their traditional hunting and gathering economy to settle down as farmers. To face up to the challenge of Bantu integration, the Bagyeli formed the Committee for the Advancement of the Bagyeli people of Bipindi and Kribi (CODEBABIK) in 1994.
Marche de protestation des enseignants du public le 16 janvier
Panafrican News Agency, 7 January 2001. Les enseignants camerounais du secteur public ont décidé d'organiser une marche de protestation le 16 janvier prochain à Yaoundé. Les enseignants veulent faire pression sur le gouvernement pour l'application de l'accord conclu en décembre dernier portant sur leur statut particulier.
L'enfer quotidien des jeunes esclaves de Douala
By Félix Cyriaque Ebolé, Panafrican News Agency, 18 January 2001. Des adolescents abandonnés par leurs familles et soumis à toutes sortes d'humiliations et de tâches dégradantes. Face au phénomène, les pouvoirs publics camerounais avouent leur impuissance (in French).
Baka Pygmies Want Civil Status Registry
By Emmanuel Kendemeh, Cameroon Tribune, 18 June 2003. Baka pygmies dispersed in settlements deep inside the forest in Upper Nyong Division of the East Province are gradually understanding the need for complete social integration. For this to happen, they have equally come to the full knowledge that their rights to get registered in the civil register at birth and the subsequent right to nationality and education are fundamental.
Fighting AIDS: Cameroon's Efforts Recognised
By Irene Morikang, Cameroon Tribune (Yaoundé), 18 June 2003. Recognition of the efforts made by President Paul Biya, the government, and people of Cameroon to curb the spread of the HIV virus and care for AIDS patients. Cameroon has intensified the fight and there now exits a coherent national strategy to fight the disease.
South West: Government To Assist Retired Council Workers
By Yai Martin, Cameroon Tribune (Yaoundé), 1 July 2003. The burden of paying retired council workers in the South West Province has been resolved for the time being because the Government has paid in CFA 311 million to the National Social Insurance Fund to permit retired council workers to benefit from their pension.
Cameroon celebrates end of sex ban
BBC News, Tuesday 16 December 2003. The 6,000 women in the north-west of the country were protesting against the destruction of crops by cattle. Acting through the local women secret society, they also took seven traditional rulers hostage.