DIBUSSI BLOG
February 23 Protests: Rapid Intervention Unit & Anti Riot Police Brutalize DemonstratorsPresidential aspirant Kah Walla and others attacked by police during peaceful protest in Douala. Update on presidential aspirant Kah Walla after Police attack According to a reliable source who has spoken with here, "she is shaken up but okay." This... Kellogg School of Management Lecture: The State of ICTs in South AfricaYesterday, February 16, 2011, I was at Northwestern University's Kellog School of Management in Evanston, IL, where I had been invited to give a lecture on the state of Information and Communications Technology in South Africa to the 2012 Global... Egypt: End Game Mubarak!"In these grave circumstances that the country is passing through, President Hosni Mubarak has decided to leave his position as president of the republic.He has mandated the Armed Forces Supreme Council to run the state. God is our protector and... The Army As The Central Factor In The Success of "Street Revolutions"By Dibussi Tande In a recent article on why the streets in sub-Saharan Africa have remained silent while massive anti-regime protests rock North Africa, the Christian Science Monitor posits that this is due to weak civil society organizations: "Regime change... In His Own Words: Christopher Fomunyoh on the Cote d'Ivoire CrisisBy Christopher Fomunyoh, Ph.D "in looking at political leadership across our continent and its attitude to elections and other democratic practices, one cannot help but lament that, in still too many African countries, our political elites and leaders have no... Wikileaks: China's Growing Presence in CameroonSubject: China's Growing Presence in Cameroon Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Reference ID: 10YAOUNDE95 ¶1. (SBU) Summary: China has a long bilateral friendship with Cameroon, reflected in the 2007 visit to Cameroon by President Hu Jintao. The Chinese government has... Introducing "Cameroon on Twitter Daily" - An Online NewspaperCameroon on Twitter Daily is a collection of links to all Cameroon-related stories shared on Twitter which are then published daily in an easy to read newspaper-style format. Click here to read or subscribe to the daily newspaper. Focus on Africa Magazine (With Special Report on Cameroon) Now On SaleThe January-March 2011 issue of the BBC's Focus on Africa Magazine, which includes my article on how the government of Cameroon is dealing with online dissent, is now on sale worldwide. This issue has a special report on Cameroon, which... An Afternoon with FW De Klerk: A Talk About The Tansformative Power of ChangeBy Dibussi Tande Last Friday, December 10, 2010, I had the privilege of listening to a talk by former South African President Frederick W De Klerk about the transformative power of change. The former president had come to Chicago to... Memory Lane (October 1992): A Tale of Two Presidents – Paul Biya and John Fru NdiBy Dibussi Tande "I have accepted the verdict of my people and I declare myself ready to assume the mission of President of the Republic that they have just confided in me" – John Fru Ndi, October 21, 1992 "I... |