CAMEROUN: Post Vice President, a ploy for Anglophones Yaounde: Cooking another smelly Bone for Anglophones in the One and Indivisible Cameroun. The pot on fire in Yaounde has as its content the post of a Vice President- another old, new-smelling bone – 60 years on, for Anglophones only. I read with amazement how so many…
Engraved on three stone slabs at Canterbury Cathedral is a list of all the archbishops of Canterbury, beginning with St. Augustine in A.D. 597. The first 105 names belong to men. The newest name, though, inscribed by a stonemason two months ago, breaks the mould: Sarah Elisabeth Mullally. https://trib.al/UngQJPw
MANY LEADERS and INTELLECTUALS FEARED “assimilation.” BUT JOHN NGU FONCHA DID NOT LISTEN. The Southern Cameroons had just voted in the February 1961 Plebiscite to achieve independence by joining the Republic of Cameroon (the former French territory). They sought a “loose federation” where they could maintain their English legal system, education, and parliamentary heritage. The…
CAMEROON: “SOME ELITES SCRAMBLE FOR POST OF VICE PRESIDENT.” Wise or dangerous move? (My analysis) The Yaounde regime has tabled a proposal to parliament aimed at amending the constitution once again. The office of the vice president introduced in the bill to parliament is already causing CPDM elites to scramble for positioning. Is this a…
APRÈS LA PRÉSIDENCE DU SÉNAT : LES PRIVILÈGES ACCORDÉS À MARCEL NIAT NJIFENJI Après avoir occupé pendant de longues années la prestigieuse fonction de Président du Sénat, Marcel Niat Njifenji bénéficie d’un ensemble d’avantages conséquents, à la hauteur de son rang et de son parcours au sommet de l’État. Parmi les privilèges qui lui sont…
Speech by Deputy Jean Michel Nintcheu during the plenary session devoted to the review of the draft law extending the mandate of deputies Mr. President, Mr. Minister, The explanation of the reasons for the bill we are asked to review is an insult to national intelligence in that it is practically a copy-paste of the…
Today we celebrate Mbacham 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥 Ekembe 𝐄𝐤𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥 is a Gender Expert with a Master’s degree in Gender and Development and the Founder of Goodwill Ambassadors of Hope (GWAH) Cameroon, a feminist non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the rights and well-being of women and girls, particularly in vulnerable and conflict-affected communities. Mirabel is deeply committed…
What is the Objective of Pope Leo XIV’s Coming to Cameroon? JUST ABOVE CAMEROON WAITING FOR GODOT: There is a Theological anomaly or a heresy of an advent in Lent. Yet in a country that prides itself on the impossibility of the impossible, it seems normal to wait for Godot and for the Pope at…
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Can An Anglphone Vice President End the War in Southern Cameroons? TENSION IN YAOUNDE, CAMEROON PURE DISTRACTION THE 3 ANGLOPHONE CANDIDATES FOR VICE-PRESIDENT As the nation waits, the National Assembly is about to pass a bill that could reshape Cameroon’s so-called democracy. Under Law No. 2092/PJL/AN, the Biya regime is setting up a system where…
