Cameroon working on urban housing policy to spur economic growth

YAOUNDE, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Cameroon is working on a new national urban housing policy to address housing difficulties faced by new urban residents and young people, the country's Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Celestine Ketcha Courtes said on Tuesday.

"We have 55 percent of our population living in the big cities. Living in the big cities without any organization can be a severe development and social problem," Courtes said during a workshop in the capital Yaounde to review the National Urban Policy Project.