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Can poor people benefit from ornamental fish farming in West Afri…
Sociolingo's Africa | May 13th 2008 by sociolingo
Interesting story this one. It seems strange to think about ornamental fish with all the recent talk about a growing food crisis. I guess most of us thought that these fish which appear in garden centres are grown in the UK or our own country. The read more
Eto'o Breaks Spanish Record
Road to 2010 World Cup | May 5th 2008 by Amunti
It's obvious to anyone that follows the Beautiful Game that Samuel Eto'o is one of the greatest strikers of all-time.While it hasn't been the best of seasons for the Barcelona striker, the Indomitable Lion can at least be content with establishing hi read more
Cameroon and Gabon take steps to fight food cost shock
Sociolingo's Africa | April 26th 2008 by sociolingo
Source: AlertNet Cameroon, Gabon take steps to fight food cost shock 25 Apr 2008 13:42:20 GMT Read the full article read more
Online Shopping Services for the African Diaspora
White African | April 21st 2008
There are more and more services popping up created for Africans living abroad to shop and deliver commodities to their relatives in their home country. As covered in a previous story, the sub-Saharan African remittance market is about $20 billion a read more
E-mail from ONE.org
Volunteer Blog | April 18th 2008 by Volunteer Forum
Dear ONE Member,Shocking headlines from the past week have left me deeply concerned. The world is in a hunger crisis. In just three years, the price of staple foods like wheat, corn and rice has almost doubled. If we don’t do something soon read more
Kevin Keegan Talks About African Players
Road to 2010 World Cup | April 15th 2008 by Amunti
The legendary Kevin Keegan, former Liverpool star and current manager of Premier League side Newcastle United, has hailed the impact of his side's African players, saying they are 'vital' for the future.It's nice to see African players making an impa read more
Quick Time - Oliva Serie G Cameroon Tubo
Cigar Command | April 12th 2008 by Ricky
It was 6:30 AM, and the sun was just coming up. I poured myself a cup of Jose’s Vanilla coffee, and went to the humidor and one of my Oliva Serie G Cameroon Tubos was just calling my name. I’ve had quite a few Oliva’s and th read more
DealTracker - Big Entertainment Acquires DTS Digital Images
WildBlueSkies | April 10th 2008
In it’s first acquisition, Reliance Big Entertainment, the flagship entertainment company of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, has acquired DTS Digital Images (DDI), the digital images business of the US-based DTS, which provides pictur read more
Africa GPS Cameroon video:GPS Mapping by African Hunter-gatherers
Sociolingo's Africa | April 9th 2008 by sociolingo
coconutwirelessfj has a number of Africa-related videos on YouTube. Here is one from BBC NEWS. Source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSOXEBAtRec Logging threatens the territory of Africa’s hunger-gatherer societies. Ths project being coordinate read more
Pottery in Western Cameroon, Africa
Sociolingo's Africa | April 6th 2008 by sociolingo
Source: http://iweb.tntech.edu/cventura/clay.htm Another page from Abdou Mfopa. On this page several potters demonstrate their pottery techniques from preparing the clay to firing the pieces. These techniques are similar to those I have seen in West read more
Wood Carving in Foumban, Cameroon, Africa
Sociolingo's Africa | April 6th 2008 by sociolingo
A nice page of photos showing various stages of woodcarving, with links to other sites http://iweb.tntech.edu/cventura/wood.htm Wooden drum. The beginnings of a carved door. Helmet masks are carved. read more
Two million immunised in Cameroon after polio case update 3-4-08
Sociolingo's Africa | April 3rd 2008 by sociolingo
More on this immunisation campaign from APA Cameroon to launch polio immunisation drive APA-Yaoundé (Cameroon) Cameroonian authorities are set to launch on Friday the polio vaccination days in the country’s far-northern part, the coastal and s read more
Alex Song - A Fresh New Player
Gunners Live! | April 1st 2008 by GoonerChris
Picture from Charlton Athletic Official Website Alex Song came over to Arsenal from French minnows SC Bastia in the 2005/06 season. He was invited over at first for a trial and seemed to impress Arséne Wenger in a couple of friendlies in their inaug read more
African Book Review: SOULS FORGOTTEN BY FRANCIS B. NYAMNJOH
Sociolingo's Africa | March 29th 2008 by sociolingo
Source: Pambazuka News BOOK REVIEW: SOULS FORGOTTEN BY FRANCIS B. NYAMNJOH. Alice Macdonald Langaa Publishers. Bamenda, Cameroon. 2008. [ISBN: 9789956558124, 360 pages, Price: £14.95] The prolific Cameroonian writer and academic Francis Nyamnjoh c read more
Doula stock exchange - Cameroon stock exchange
Nubian Cheetah | March 27th 2008 by Nii Simmonds
Based in Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon, port city and main point of entry to the CEMAC region, the Douala Stock Exchange is both the standard bearer of the national economic and financial community, and the result of the determination of t read more
Grain Prices Soar Globally Leading To Food Riots
Thoughtcrime does not entail death.. thoughtcrime IS death! | March 26th 2008 by Michael Vail
Rice farmers here are staying awake in shifts at night to guard their fields from thieves. In Peru, shortages of wheat flour are prompting the military to make bread with potato flour, a native crop. In Egypt, Cameroon, and Burkina Faso food riots ha read more
Samuel Eto Wallpaper & Profile BARCELONA
FootWallog : Football Wallpaper | March 8th 2008 by Muhammad J Wowor
Samuel Eto’o Wallpaper, Profile and Biography Full Name : Samuel Eto’o Fils Place and Date of birth : Douala, Cameroon, 10 March 1981 Football playing position : Striker Football Club : Real Madrid (1996 - 2000), Real Mallorca (2000-2 read more
CAMEROON: Douala burns as taxi strike turns into general rioting
Sociolingo's Africa | February 26th 2008 by sociolingo
Source: IRIN NEWS CAMEROON: Douala burns as taxi strike turns into general rioting DOUALA, 25 February (IRIN) - - Residents of Douala awoke to heavy gunfire on 25 February. Columns of thick black smoke rose over the city as youth burned buses, cars a read more
Cameroon 0 - 1 Egypt
Goal442 | February 11th 2008 by Goal442
Defending champions Egypt win a record sixth title with a fully-deserved victory over Cameroon. African Cup of Nations, Cameroon, Egypt, Latest Highlights read more
Reactions to the African Cup Final
Road to 2010 World Cup | February 11th 2008 by Amunti
So it's over, with the defending champions Egypt retaining their African title thanks to a 1-0 victory over Cameroon. That's their sixth African championship, more than anyone else.One could say the howler by Cameroon captain Rigobert Song handed the read more
There’s a party in Cairo tonight
Leo Africanus | February 10th 2008 by Leo Africanus
The result of the final of the African Cup of Nations: Egypt 1 Cameroon 0 As a friend summed it up: ‘Gotta give it to Egypt. They were watching game tapes while the Lions were still deciding whether or not they’d participate. Did you he read more
Egypt Wins 6th African Cup.
No Fear of Falling | February 10th 2008 by John
Disappointed I couldn’t find an airing of this game anywhere. The New York Times covered it live, more or less FINAL: Egypt 1-0 Cameroon. Egypt, Champions of Africa, and the world cup blog covered it as well. from BBC: Cup of Nations Final Aw read more
Dreaming of Cameroon
Song of the Open Road | February 9th 2008 by Wade
Dreaming of CameroonI have always had a deep interest in Cameroon. I don’t know why. I know nothing about Cameroon. I think I just like the sound of it: Cam-e-roon. It sounds wild to me. When I was a kid, Erik the Pilot and I would play a Nintendo read more
Bios of Egypt/Cameroon Players Ahead of Final
Road to 2010 World Cup | February 9th 2008 by Amunti
Here, what the press call 'penpix' or bios of the players participating in tomorrow's Egypt-Cameroon African Cup of Nations final. These are provided by Reuters, the wonderful news service. Should be a very good one!! First off, Cameroon. Penpix of C read more
Cup Final Preview: Egypt vs. Cameroon
Road to 2010 World Cup | February 9th 2008 by Amunti
First off, congratulations to Ghana, who came from behind to claim a consolation third-place finish at the African Cup of Nations after beating Ivory Coast in a six-goal thriller, 4-2. Sulley Muntari's swerving 25-yard free-kick gave Ghana the lead o read more
Thousands of Chadians seek refuge in Cameroon
Norte Sul Este Oeste | February 8th 2008 by Ricardo Portugal
At least 30,000 Chadians have poured over the border to neighbouring Cameroon after street battles between government forces and rebels erupted in the capital N’Djamena last weekend, the United Nations said Friday.A major push is underway to bring read more
Ghana in Mourning
Road to 2010 World Cup | February 8th 2008 by Amunti
Ghana were oh-so-close to getting the job done, to making their way to the African Cup of Nations final on their home soil. But with their 1-0 loss to Cameroon in yesterday's semi-final, all those dreams came tumbling down. Hard. Today, a report from read more
Andre Bikey's A New School Fool
Deuce of Davenport | February 8th 2008 by Chimprage
What the hell is wrong with Cameroon's Andre Bikey? You have to see this to believe it.Here's a better view without sound. The foul happened in the 90th minute and now he's ruled out of Sunday's ACN final against Egpyt.Oh did we forget to mention tha read more
The Final: Egypt v. Cameroon
Road to 2010 World Cup | February 7th 2008 by Amunti
Talk about unexpected.I saw a Ghana-Ivory Coast African Cup of Nations final happening no matter what.How could Cameroon stop the Black Stars on their home turf? How could Egypt defend their title against the hungry Ivorian Elephants, who wanted reve read more
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