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Cameroon Tribune
The ''Cameroon Tribune'' is a major newspaper in Cameroon. It is also available online. It is owned by the government. It was founded in 1974 by the '' Societé de Presse et d'Editions du Cameroun'' (SOPECAM). The French version became the only daily newspaper in the country. See also * Media of Cameroon The mass media in Cameroon includes independent outlets. The nation has only one national newspaper, which is state owned. Cameroon's media includes print publications that are both public and privately owned; a public television station and privat ... References External links ''Cameroon Tribune''s Official Website Newspapers published in Cameroon Publications with year of establishment missing {{Africa-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Its nearly 27 million people speak 250 native languages. Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad, and the Baka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest. Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area ''Rio dos Camarões'' (''Shrimp River''), which became ''Cameroon'' in English. Fulani soldiers founded the Adamawa Emirate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Media Of Cameroon
The mass media in Cameroon includes independent outlets. The nation has only one national newspaper, which is state owned. Cameroon's media includes print publications that are both public and privately owned; a public television station and privately owned channels; radio stations that are public, privately owned, and foreign; and the Internet. Print media History In the early's 1900s, European religious missions released the first newspapers in what is now Cameroon, including ''Mulee-Ngea'' in 1903 (by the Evangelical missionaries in Buea), ''Mwendi wa Musango'' in 1906 (by the Baptists in Douala) and ''Elolombe Ya Kamerun'' in 1908 (by the Protestant missionaries). They were written primarily in native languages and their main purpose was to teach norms and values of the "new civilization". Opposition press appeared during the French Colonial period, in the 1920s, written by Cameroonians criticizing European colonization. Some of them were written and printed outside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |