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This issue reports on CONAC’s participation in the Annual Conference of Commonwealth Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa, from May 2 to 7, 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda. The CONAC delegation was led by the Vice-Chairman of the Institution, Pr François ANOUKAHA. During the event, CONAC was elected as the representative of the Association of Anti-Corruption Agencies within the Commonwealth for the West African zone. This edition also takes stock of the assessment, in May and June 2022, of the levels of implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy in the different Regions of the country.

This special edition focuses on the national campaign to popularize the CONAC WhatsApp number launched on April 20, 2022 in Ngaoundéré, under the theme: “The telephone, a weapon against corruption”. The public is called to use the number to denounce acts of corruption using their smart phones. There are also reactions from the authorities

A delegation from the High Authority for the Fight against Corruption of Congo, under the leadership of its Secretary General Michel MOMBILI AWEYAMBI, on a working visit to CONAC, on April 15 and 16, 2022. The mission was intended to learn from CONAC’s experience with a view to drawing inspiration on strategies to fight against corruption. Also in this edition, a mission to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the national policy for the promotion of official languages ​​at CONAC, carried out on March 17, 2022, by Mr. Benjamin ITOE and Mr. MBAFOR Jean Marc AFESI, Members of the National Commission for the Promotion of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism. An African Development Bank mission also discussed with CONAC authorities on March 24, 2022, on strengthening the legal framework for the fight against corruption in Cameroon. From February 28 to March 14.  CONAC also took part in Commonwealth Week, at the invitation of the Ministry of External Relations.

Visitors to CONAC’s Sensitisation Stand Speak Out
Visitors and participants at the 8th Edition of the International Business, Small and Medium Size Enterprises and Partnership fair dubbed Promote, react on CONAC’s presence at the event as hundreds troop“ed into the CONAC sensitisation stand.

FOMIC Polytechnic University Sets the Pace

The Integrity Club of FOMIC Polytechnic University, a higher learning institution based in Douala and Buea, has already kick-started its activities for 2022 with the installation of a new Executive and on campus mobilisation.

CONAC, Hands in Gloves with the Media to Fight Corruption

The National Anti-Corruption Commission of Cameroon, CONAC, commemorated the 2021 International Anti-Corruption Day, on Thursday, December 9, with the organisation of a training workshop for media men and women at the Institution’s head office in Yaounde.

Border and Strategic towns Covered

The corruption-free public service campaign launched in 2018 by the National Anti-Corruption Commission of Cameroon, CONAC, has touched border localities and remote areas in Cameroon as teams of CONAC workers criss-crossed the Regions, from November o1 to 04,2021, to affix Anti-Corruption notices and distribute gadgets.

How to use the website of CONAC

The refurbished website of CONAC was put online in September 2021. It is rich in content and updated regularly. Visit the site for information on CONAC. You can even drop a denunciation. It’s accessible everywhere, anytime…even on smart phones.

Telling Questions, Convincing Responses

The questions and answers session during the presentation of CONAC’s 2020 annual report on the fight against corruption in Cameroon brought out some of the concerns of the public which ranged from the content of the report to the functioning of CONAC.

2021/2022 SCHOOL YEAR: CONAC Wages Anti-Corruption War in Public Schools

Government Bilingual High School Deido, Douala, played host to the launching ceremony which kick started a two-week campaign to dissuade corruption linked to registration of students, payment of PTA fees and other offences that characterize the back-to-school period.