Leocadia Bongben is a multimedia journalist based in Yaoundé, Cameroon. She is passionate about underreported stories, human rights, science and climate change. Sports contributor for BBC Sports and a football analyst.
Latest posts by Leocadia Bongben
Cameroon’s push for agricultural expansion devastates Indigenous communities and wildlife
“We are asking the government to return our forest and help us protect it. We need the forest to teach our children our culture.”
Environmental Justice Foundation seeks a solution with the Dase app to battle illegal fishing
As emphasized in a report by Environmental Justice Foundation( EJF), destructive fishing (IUU fishing) threatens marine environments and the people who rely on them.
Cameroon's Indigenous Baka people given access to fresh forest resources, but it's a world away from their former lives
Baka people have lived in the forests of southeast Cameroon since time immemorial and are known to be the first custodians of the forest. Their lifestyle and livelihood depend on the forest.
Innovative monitoring system deters poachers, but Cameroon's Boumba Bek National Park still exposed to human pressure
"From 2017 to 2021, poaching and other unlawful human activities drastically decreased in Cameroon, with the number of instances falling from 18 to 0."
Cameroon: Report the Anglophone conflict and perish
Journalists who are critical in their reports on the Anglophone conflict, both online and offline, are either jailed or forced to desert the conflict zones and journalism or die in the process.
Cameroon: Freedom in chains
Article 113 of the Criminal Procedure Code punishes with imprisonment from three months to three years anyone who issues or spreads false news when such news is likely to harm the public authorities or national cohesion.
Two transgender women in Cameroon sentenced to five years in jail for ‘attempted homosexuality’
"Which law punishes trans [women] for wearing a skirt?" Nobody should be imprisoned based on mere suspicion without proof, argues the defense counsel for Shakiro and Patricia.
