Cameroon: These Hotels Without Water - You may have a different opinion but after paying your hard -earned CFA 10,000 for a hotel room, you discover the unexpected. No water and blurred TV images. The hotel proprietor is evasive and bites his lips as he unconvincingly tries to convince. He shouts at his staff for water to be carried from a nearby public tap. [AA Urbanisation]
Cameroon: Fears for Forest As Dam Construction Begins - Crouched on a low, wooden stool in front of his mud hut in the village of Pangar, Alain Selembe puffs away at his clay pipe, his gaze lost in the surrounding forest, quite oblivious to the noise made by his two playing daughters. All he hears is the rumbling of bulldozers opening up a 30 kilometre road from Deng Deng village to the confluence of the Lom and Pangar rivers, where the government plans to construct a new dam. [AA Construction]
Cameroon: Kondengui Prison - New Visiting Room Meeting Under Construction - A new structure will soon be added to the Yaounde Central Prison. The association "Relais Enfants Parents Cameroon" (REPCAM) will construct a visiting room in the prison. The foundation stone will be laid on Sunday, March 8 in the Kondengui prison. The laying of the foundation stone is in line with the activities to mark the 24th International Women's Day. The revelation was made during a press briefing at the headquarters of the association in Yaounde last Wednesday. [AA Construction]
Cameroon: Kribi Deep Seaport - Construction Plan to be Revised - This is one of the key issues discussed Last Friday in Kribi by the Steering Committee. The Kribi Deep Seaport multibillion project is readjusting in order to adapt to new circumstances. This was one of the major issues discussed last Friday in Kribi by members of the project steering committee. [AA Construction]
Cameroon: CUD Destroys Illegal Constructions - The Proprietor and population around Douala Bercy have complained bitterly towards the reaction of the Douala City Council police who destroyed a structure that was under construction. According to the Director, they were surprised to see the council police guys coming to start destroying without any notification or any document showing authorisation. The population was dismayed because it was the only structure which remained as an entertainment hall after the shutting down of cinema halls in town [AA Construction]