Cameroon: Pre-Emptive Responsibility

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Cameroon: Pre-Emptive Responsibility

[Cameroon Tribune] If nature cannot adapt to the whims and caprices of man, then it is left for man to readjust to the exigencies of nature. This is one of the main challenges environmentalists have not stopped reminding the population about. The inhabitants of some major cities and towns in Cameroon are surely experiencing the consequences of such failure to adapt to nature's intrinsic values. Climatic variations coupled with this year's rainy season have been dealing a big blow on the population of the Littoral region in p

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