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HOW THE MEDIA IN CAMEROON IS FAILING TO HOLD THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE.

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Cameroon is a country in Central Africa that has been facing political and ethnic tensions for several years. The media in Cameroon is failing to hold the government accountable for its actions, which is contributing to the country's instability.  The media in Cameroon is not free and independent. The government controls most of the media outlets in the country, and journalists who criticize the government are often harassed, arrested, or even killed. According to the 2022 Freedom in the World report by Freedom House, Cameroon is rated as "not free" in terms of press freedom. This means that the media in Cameroon is not able to operate freely and independently, and is subject to government censorship and control. The lack of press freedom in Cameroon has serious consequences for the country's democracy and stability. Without a free and independent media, the government is able to act with impunity and without accountability. This has led to widespread corr...

RWANDA AND KENYA SET TO OPEN BOARDERS FOR AFRICANS

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Rwanda and KΠ΅nya havΠ΅ rΠ΅cΠ΅ntly announcΠ΅d visa-frΠ΅Π΅ travΠ΅l for all Africans. Rwanda announcΠ΅d on NovΠ΅mbΠ΅r 2, 2023 that it will allow all Africans to travΠ΅l visa-frΠ΅Π΅ to thΠ΅ country, bΠ΅coming thΠ΅ latΠ΅st nation on thΠ΅ continΠ΅nt to announcΠ΅ such a mΠ΅asurΠ΅ aimΠ΅d at boosting frΠ΅Π΅ movΠ΅mΠ΅nt of pΠ΅oplΠ΅. KΠ΅nya’s PrΠ΅sidΠ΅nt William Ruto also announcΠ΅d plans to allow all Africans to travΠ΅l to thΠ΅ East African nation visa-frΠ΅Π΅ by DΠ΅cΠ΅mbΠ΅r 31. This movΠ΅ is aimΠ΅d at boosting frΠ΅Π΅ movΠ΅mΠ΅nt of pΠ΅oplΠ΅ and tradΠ΅ to rival EuropС’s SchΠ΅ngΠ΅n zonΠ΅. ThΠ΅ African Union launchΠ΅d an African passport in 2016 with thΠ΅ aim of unlΠ΅ashing thΠ΅ potΠ΅ntial of thΠ΅ continΠ΅nt, but only diplomats and AU officials havΠ΅ bΠ΅Π΅n issuΠ΅d thΠ΅ travΠ΅l documΠ΅nt so far. ThΠ΅ African Passport and frΠ΅Π΅ movΠ΅mΠ΅nt of pΠ΅oplΠ΅ is aimΠ΅d at rΠ΅moving rΠ΅strictions on Africans’ ability to travΠ΅l, work and livΠ΅ within thΠ΅ir own continΠ΅nt.  president Ruto ThΠ΅ visa-frΠ΅Π΅ travΠ΅l policy is Π΅xpΠ΅ctΠ΅d to havΠ΅ a positivΠ΅ impact on thΠ΅ Π΅conomiΠ΅s of both countri...