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President Biya Appoints 30 Senators: The Complete ListPresident Biya today appointed the 30 Senators who will complete Cameroon's 100-person Senate, 70 of whom were elected by indirect suffrage on April 14, 2013. As a reminder, According to Chapter 1, Section 3 of Law No 2006/005 of 14... Ambassador Jackson: Grassroots Mobilization Key to Respect of Human Rights in CameroonExcerpt of a speech by US ambassador to Cameroon, Robert P. Jackson, to a gathering of Cameroonian civil society leaders. "Perhaps it’s a somewhat banal notion, but in the end human rights is not much more than a fancy term... Memory Lane (March 16, 1962): President Ahidjo Receives Honorary Doctorate in New YorkAt 4 P.M. President Ahidjo was the guest of Long Island University [New York] which conferred upon him the degree Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa. Citation: Mr. President: I have the privilege of presenting to you His Excellency Ahmadou Ahidjo,... [Video] Update on the Bamenda-Mamfe-Ekok-Abakaliki-Enugu HighwayThe benefits of the nearly completed Enugu-Bamenda Multinational Highway are already being felt by populations on both sides of the Cameroon-Nigeria border. The 443 km long Bamenda–Enugu corridor comprises the Cameroonian Bamenda-Mamfe-Ekok road sections (203 km), the Nigerian road sections... [Just Published] "Virtual Activism on Cameroon: The CamNet Files" by Isaac EndeleyIsaac N. Endeley. 2013. Virtual Activism on Cameroon: The CamNet Files. Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon, 198 pages. Available on Amazon.com and African Books Collective. During the 1990s, as the Internet in general and e-mail in particular grew in popularity as a... Justice for Sale or Legal Realpolitik? The Special Criminal Court Sets Legal Precedent in Yves-Michel Fotso Embezzlement CaseBy Dibussi Tande On January 14, 2013, Cameroon’s Special Criminal Court created legal precedent when it dropped all charges case against Yves-Michel Fotso, the former Camair Director, who was on trial for embezzling 230 million Francs CFA from the Cameroon... Justice for Sale or Legal Realpolitik? The Special Criminal Court Sets Legal Precedent in the Yves-Michel Fotso Embezzlement CaseBy Dibussi Tande On January 14, 2013, Cameroon’s Special Criminal Court created legal precedent when it dropped all charges case against Yves-Michel Fotso, the former Camair Director, who was on trial for embezzling 230 million Francs CFA from the Cameroon... [Obituary] Remembering "Dokta" - The Guardian's Tribute to Theophile AbegaAs Cameroon prepares to say goodbye tomorrow to"Doctor" Theophile Abega , the football maestro who died on November 15, 2012, we remember "Dokta" with this poignant tribute written by Jonathan Wilson and orginally published in The Guardian newspaper (England). His... Rising from the Depths of Despair - A Review of Enoh Meyomesse’s Prison PoetryReviewed by Dibussi Tande Enoh Meyomesse. (November 2012). Poème Carcérale… Poésie du pénitencier de Kondengui. Yaounde : Les editions du Kamerun. 56 pages. [e-book version] "Prison is a place, but it is also an idea, an idea that has engaged... US Presidential Elections: Obama Wins Second TermPresident Obama wins second term after holding almost all key swing states. The tale of the tape: |