Cameroon: Human right reporters rewarded


  1. Elisabeth Benkam, VoicesofAfrica mobile reporter in Yaounde, Cameroon
    The EU delegation to Cameroon has rewarded two prominent Cameroon reporters for their report on human right issues in the country. In this video, Deutsche Welle reporter Mohamadou Awal explains about his winning report.
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    The EU contest was aimed at raising awareness on human rights especially in prisons. Most of them were inherited from the colonial administration and are overcrowded. The two reporters focussed on that aspect.

    Beside the EU, the consulate of Belgium and the United Nations Centre of for human rights and democracy in Central Africa contributed to the contest. The other winner is Edwige Anastasie Laure Mengue is journalist at Cameroon radio television.



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