DIBUSSI BLOG
Memory Lane (May 9, 2015): Common Law Lawyers in Cameroon Call for a Return to FederalismOn May 9 2015, lawyers from the Common Law jurisdictions of Cameroon met in Bamenda to discuss "The security and future of the Common Law in Cameroon." During this inaugural Common Law lawyers' conference, the lawyers lamented about the steady... An Idiot's Guide to the Government of Cameroon's Response to Demands by Common Law LawyersClose to two years after the inaugural Cameroon Common Law Lawyers Conference in Bamenda, which called on the Government of Cameroon to respect the country's bicultural, bijural, and bilingual foundations, and to halt the "deliberate whittling away and replacement" of... A Day in Court in Biya’s CameroonBy Edith Kah Walla A first person account by the leader of Cameroon People's Party (CPP) on what happened today, March 23, 2017, at the Yaounde Military Tribunal where human rights lawyer Felix Nkongho Abgo-Balla, University lecturer Dr. Neba Fontem,... Memory Lane (December 1992): Bamenda Erupts after 173 Detainees are "kidnapped" to YaoundeBy Dibussi Tande On December 23, 1992, the Bamenda High Court (in case No. HCB/19.CRM/92, Nyo Wakai and 172 others vs. the State of Cameroon) released 173 individuals who had been arrested during the state of emergency in the Northwest... The Management of Diversity and the Cry of Common Law Lawyers in CameroonBy Akere Muna* "The time has therefore come for our nation to put into place a new paradigm for the management of our cultural diversity. That is the price we must pay to find the true unity we seek and... Memory Lane ( October 30, 1991): The Tripartite Conference BeginsDibussi Tande On October 11, 1991, President Biya announced during a nationwide address that multiparty legislative elections would take place on February 17, 1992. United Front: Opposition leaders during a demonstration in Yaoundé in 1991. He also announced that a... Memory Lane (August 17, 1991): Bello Bouba Returns to Cameroon after a Seven-Year Exile in NigeriaOn August 17, 1991, Yerima Bello Bouba Maigari, the co-founder of the UNDP who had all along insisted that he was merely a “simple militant,” ended his seven-year exile in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna. He landed at the... An Overview and Full Text (English) of the New Cameroon Penal CodeBy Dibussi Tande President Paul Biya has signed into law, the bill relating to the (new) penal Code (Law No. 2016/007 of 12 July 2016). Prior to its adoption by Parliament last June, the penal code bill was the target... Agro-Hub (Cameroon) Wins the 2016 Nestlé Creating Shared Value PrizeNestlé has announced the winner of the Creating Shared Value Prize 2016. It is Agro-Hub from Cameroon. Nestlé CEO Paul Bulcke presented the CHF 300,000 prize (312,120.99 USD) to Agro-Hub at the Creating Shared Value Forum in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.... Memory Lane (May 5, 1991): President Biya Awarded Controversial Honorary Degree in the United StatesIn April 1991, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the United States announced that it had awarded President Paul Biya an honorary doctor of laws degree, and that the President would travel to the United States for the award... |