African Viewpoints on the US 2012 Election
Region: CameroonBy Rakotomalala The United States (US) presidential election will be held on November 6, 2012, and as the campaign enters the home stretch, it's clear that the outcome of the race is likely to have big and lasting implications for the future orientation of the country's foreign policy. The stakes are also substantial for the United States' diplomatic interlocutors, including those on the African continent wi... more
Views: 1223Seven Cameroon Olympic Athletes Missing
Region: CameroonBy Richard Wanjohi After treating us to some flamboyant national costumes during the opening ceremony, seven Cameroon athletes decided to shock the world by disappearing [2] from the London 2012 Olympic village. Says Kakodkar [3] said this in a blog post: It’s a planned disappearance, involving immigration agents for sure. Drusille Ngako was the first to go missing. She is a reserve goalkeeper for the wom... more
Views: 1389Cameroon: Essayist and Blogger Arrested and Charged with Robbery
Region: Cameroon
Written by Julie Owono Enoh Meyomesse, a Cameroonian writer and blogger [fr] was arrested on November 22, 2011, at Nsimalen airport in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on his way back from Singapore. Charged with robbery by the military court of Bertoua, in the east of the country, he is now detained at Nkondengui prison in Yaoundé, where Amnesty International has documented severe over-crowdi... more
Views: 1055In Cameroun, experts seek cultural renaissance for Africa
Region: CameroonTHE significance of African arts and culture in the socio-political and economic equation of the global world was the major thrust of the just concluded Summit of African Cultural Institutions and the African Diaspora (SACIADIA) held in Yaounde, Cameroun. As a follow-up to a similar gathering held in 2007 in Lagos, Nigeria, which focused on developing proactive strategies in the management and promotion of ... more
Views: 1297Pope Urged To Talk Democracy and Human Rights in Cameroon
Region: CameroonPope Urged to Engage Cameroon's Biya on Democracy and Human Rights By Ajong Mbapndah L Although his visit to Cameroon in March is intended as a prelude to the historic meeting of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar at the Holy See in October 09, Pope Benedict XVI is been urged to talk human rights and democracy with the government of President Paul Biya. The Progressive Initiative fo... more
Views: 742Pope Benedict XVI Urged to Talk Human Rights and Democracy in Cameroon
Region: CameroonPope Urged to Engage Cameroon's Biya on Democracy and Human Rights By Laurean Ajong Mbapndah ,Washington DC Although his visit to Cameroon in March is intended as a prelude to the historic meeting of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar at the Holy See in October 09, Pope Benedict XVI is been urged to talk human rights and democracy with the government of President Paul Biya. The Pr... more
Views: 1258Paul Biya:Anatomy of a Rare Brand of Leadership in Africa
Region: Cameroon1. Paul Biya: Anatomy of a Rare Brand of Leadership in Africa By Ajong Mbapndah L For a leader who rarely grants interviews especially in Cameroon where he has served as President since 1982, Paul Biya’s October 29th 2007 outing on the French TV Channel France 24 was expected to address a number of burning issues. If there is one thing it succeeded in doing, it was to keep Cameroonians more confused about his f... more
Views: 2014New Tools Emerge in Global Fight for Clean Water
Region: CameroonFor more than a billion people around the world, finding clean water is a daily concern. Though some technological advances have been made, not all have proven practical. Now, some say a simple clay filter may be the one of the most effective tools. In Cameroon and Ghana, clay water filters, first produced en masse in 1998 to help victims of hurricanes in Central America, were used to curb the spread of cholera and ... more
Views: 647New Tools Emerge in Global Fight for Clean Water
Region: Cameroon
For more than a billion people around the world, finding clean water is a daily concern. Though some technological advances have been made, not all have proven practical. Now, some say a simple clay filter may be the one of the most effective tools. In Cameroon and Ghana, clay water filters, first produced en masse in 1998 to help victims of hurricanes in Central America, were used to curb the spread of cholera and ... more
Views: 774Three Young People Die at Sea
Region: Cameroon
A group of swimmers were surprised last Friday by high sea waves at the ngoye beach. It was at about 1pm when the waves swallowed five of the swimmers, but two of them young girls from Douala though unconscious, were saved by expert swimmers. The three others, two students from the government high school kribi and a 25 year old boy disappeared. The corpses were later found after thorough search. more
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