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Combatting illicit diamond trade and environmental contamination: Concluding statement of the Central African Regional Meeting organized by the KP Civil Society Coalition
RELUFA, a member of the KP Civil Society, participated in a regional workshop organized from March 28th to March 30th, 2024. The meeting gathered members from the central African sub-region to assess the current state of diamond governance, analyze challenges, and explore avenues for improvement. Representatives from six countries (Angola, […]
KP CSC meets in Yaoundé to further plan the promotion of a human rights-based approach to diamond governance that benefits communities
Early 2024, the Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition (KP CSC) met in Yaoundé, Cameroon for its annual planning meeting. The objective of the meeting was to take stock of progress, share experiences, and plan further work to protect the rights of communities living from or near diamond mines as well […]
Community granaries: A tool for family cohesion
The Far North region has the highest food insecurity rate in Cameroon outside the crisis zones (Northwest, Southwest). Agriculture and livestock farming account for 70% of the population. Farmers are subsistence farmers, and cereal production in the region is sufficient to meet the population’s basic needs for eight months of […]
Is Gender Inclusivity Possible in Cameroon’s Artisanal Mining Sector?
A woman pans for gold in Kambele 3, east region of Cameroon. The artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector is a crucial source of livelihood for thousands of people in Cameroon. In the Eastern region of Cameroon, many women are involved in ASM, where they play a significant role in […]
“East Cameroon’s Mines: The Grim Reality of Child Labour and the Urgent Need for Action
In Cameroon’s eastern region, precisely the Kadey division, a disturbing pattern is emerging where children, particularly those under the age of 13, are abandoning their education to work in gold mines. Children, especially 6–12 years old, leave their education to earn a living at mining sites. Illegal artisanal mining is […]
RELUFA, with support from the Commonwealth Foundation, launched a project for the Rehabilitation of Mining Sites in East Cameroon.
Cameroon’s National Development Strategy 2020-2030 has made mining a pillar of economic growth and development, which has attracted the interest of mining companies. However, mining, whether artisanal, semi-mechanized, or industrial, has a significant detrimental influence on the environment and surrounding populations. To minimize this impact, mining operators, particularly semi-mechanized miners, […]
RELUFA fights against poverty, hunger and economic, social and environmental injustices
Our programs
Extractives Industries Monitoring
Cameroon is full of important untapped mineral, gas and quarry resources. The Cameroonian state has developed a framework for deploying its development policy, in which it identifies the extractive sector as one of its driving
Food and Trade Justice
Hunger and Poverty are at the heart of RELUFA’s concerns. Therefore an objective was set in the Food and Trade Justice program to promote physical and economic access to a healthy and sufficient food supply
Land and Resources Justice
Cameroon has adopted a vision whose objective is to become “an emerging country … by 2035”, and a Strategy Paper for Growth and Employment (Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper) which aims to reduce poverty through growth