On 19 May 2017 the members of the CCMN – Cameroon Community Media Network have met in Buea to officially found an association to promote the development of the community media sector in Cameroon, establish conflict-sensitive journalism as alternative to conventional reporting and offer capacity building for local community media practitioners. […]
In May 2017 the Civil Peace Service (CPS) in Cameroon, the Great Lakes of Africa and Mano River Region published a brochure with the title “Pathways to Peace”. The publication discusses peace initiatives in the three regions which use informal education, social happenings, arts and cultural rituals as potential spaces for […]
Our partner from Deutsche Welle (DW) visited for the second time the Community Media Network to discuss updates on the new programme schedule and sign a second batch of co-operation agreements with the remaining members of the Community Media Network.
The CCMN co-ordinator Alexander Vojvoda contributed an article to current edition of “The Peace Journalist”. Alexander reported on the current anglophone crisis and the role of community media in this context. The article also reflects on the work of the CCMN within their work during the 8th and 9th Network […]
At the 10th Community Media Network Meeting the members exchanged updates on the on-going tensions in the anglophone regions. The present community media agreed that there are distinct developments of the conflict in rural and urban areas, which more or less affect the work of media and journalists. However, common and generalisable […]
Background and Context During the 8th Community Media Network Meeting the colleagues from the North West and South West Region pushed forward the idea to organise capacity building sessions for journalists in the area of conflict management, de-escalation and peace journalism. The colleagues from the North West Region also urged […]
The CPS – Civil Peace Service in Cameroon published the results of the action research project “Recruitment of Young People in Armed Groups in Cameroon – An Action Research Project of the Civil Peace Service Network in Cameroon” The authors of the research state “The study of the recruitment of […]
The Community Media in the South West dedicated the 8th Network Meeting to host a penal discussion and working session on the challenges and roles of journalists in the Cameroonian media landscape. Context and Background Violent conflicts and its economic, social and cultural effects pose a challenge to journalists and […]
On 23 November 2016 the members of the CCMN – Cameroon Community Media Network signed co-operation agreements with the Deutsche Welle (DW). “Deutsche Welle (DW) is Germany’s international broadcaster. Around 1,500 employees and nearly as many freelancers from 60 countries work in DW’s headquarters in Bonn and main studio in Berlin. […]
