Cameroon Journalist Trade Union calls for unity on World Press Freedom Day

Journalists In Cameroon have been called to shun division and unite under the trade union to collectively face the challenges of the profession.

Denis Nkwebo, President of the Cameroon Journalist trade union has echoed the call on the eve of World Press Freedom Day in Cameeoon.  "Cameroonian journalists are harassed, looked down upon, thrown in jail and dehumanized, we must come together if we want to make our environment conduisive" Nkwebo cried out in a forum in Douala. 

To the Cameroon Journalist Trade union, disunity amongst professionals has increased the cacophony and lack of professional ethics inherent in the media sphere today. A situation which exposes them to risky and difficult working conditions.

The President of the Federation of African Journalists, Abdulwaheed Odusile who was guest at the journalism forum regrets the absence of a freedom of information act in Cameroon. He laments that journalists can not be the mirror of the society if they are unable to hold power accountable to the population.

To him, Cameroonian journalists must press for reforms that will protect them from attacks and give them access to have information hitch free.
The forum which falls inline with World press freedom Day celebration also dwelled on management and financing of media houses, trade unionism, the impact of the social media and gender.