Cameroon: Construction of a US$115m cement plant by the Nigerian cement giant Dangote has restarted in Douala after resolution of a land dispute. Work on the 1.5Mt/yr facility began in September 2011 but was halted in early 2012 after the Sawa people filed an injunction against the project, complaining it violated their sacred site on the banks of the Wouri River.
"Following instructions from the Presidency of the Republic, work has resumed at the Dangote cement factory," said Joseph Beti Assomo, the governor of the region under which Douala falls. "Let me seize this opportunity to inform you that the mix-ups surrounding the site of the Dangote project have been entirely dissipated to enable resumption of work."
