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Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will visit Cameroon and Nigeria from March 15 to 16, 2013. This visit falls within the framework of the French authorities’ wholehearted commitment to securing the release of our compatriots being held hostage in … read more »
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A press release sent from my friend Joe Mirabella at All Out: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2013 Cameroonian President Paul Biya said in Paris on Wednesday that minds in the country are evolving on the subject of gay people. … read more »
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November 8, 2012 by benim
Amber Murrey November 6, 2012 marked the 30th anniversary of Paul Biya’s presidency (1982 – 2012) in Cameroon. Celebrations, dinners, galas and voter registration drives for members of the ruling RDPC party (Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais) took place in … read more »
Cameroonian security forces used teargas to disperse about a thousand opposition supporters who had gathered in the commercial capital on Tuesday to protest against President Paul Biya as he marked 30 years in power, witnesses said. Biya, 79, has kept … read more »
INTRODUCTION Nations rise and fall due to a myriad of factors. The trouble with Cameroon is simply a failure of leadership. There is nothing fundamentally wrong with the Cameroonian character. There is nothing amiss with the land or climate of … read more »
Tazoacha Asonganyi KANGSEN FEKA WAKAI: Cameroon’s former minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization, currently under detention for corruption related charges, has recently published a series of letters, which continue to animate the public sphere. Professor Asonganyi, you were Secretary General … read more »
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(BBC)Uganda’s government has survived protests over the cost of living As the people of Egypt and Tunisia mark the first anniversary of the revolutions which toppled their long-time leaders, leading to popular uprisings elsewhere in the Arab world, Malawian academic … read more »
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Cameroon Prime Minister Philemon Yang met the chief of the Cameroon Football Association (FA) Iya Mohamed last Friday, asking him to settle the saga of Samuel Eto’o, who has been hit with a 15-match ban for inciting his teammates to … read more »
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Cameroon President Paul Biya has reshuffled his cabinet, according to a presidential decree read over state television on Saturday, his first major step since he was re-elected in an October poll. The changes include newly nominated ministers of finance, energy, … read more »
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BEIJING, China, December 7, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On December 5, 2011, Cameroon President Paul Biya met with visiting Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong in Yaounde. Liu first conveyed the cordial greetings and good wishes from President Hu Jintao … read more »
November 24, 2011 by benim
Yaounde – A court in Yaounde has sentenced three Cameroonian men arrested in July to five years in prison for engaging in gay sex, their lawyer said on Wednesday. The Ekounou court sentenced the three on Tuesday to five years … read more »
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November 12, 2011 by benim
Yaounde – A probe by Cameroon’s anti-graft body found that $62m in public funds had been lost or embezzled, according to a report, a copy of which was obtained by AFP Friday. The National Anti-Corruption Commission (Conac) said in its … read more »
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November 3, 2011 by benim
Yaounde – Cameroonian President Paul Biya was inaugurated for a sixth term on Thursday after winning a presidential election on October 9 that the opposition has charged was marred by fraud. The 78-year-old who has been in power since 1982 … read more »
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October 26, 2011 by benim
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya promised more jobs for young people and said he would set Cameroon on the path to being an emerging nation in a speech on Tuesday after he was declared winner of this month’s presidential election. Cameroon’s … read more »
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October 23, 2011 by benim
Yaounde – Cameroon’s main opposition party charged Sunday that “dead people” voted in October 9 elections that returned long serving president Paul Biya to office for a sixth time. “The Supreme Court has ratified dead people’s votes,” the Social Democratic … read more »
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October 22, 2011 by benim
Cameroon’s Supreme Court has declared incumbent President Paul Biya the winner of this month’s election despite opposition calls to throw out the vote because of fraud allegations. Mr. Biya was reelected to a sixth term with 78 percent of the … read more »
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October 18, 2011 by benim
Yaounde – Cameroonian President Paul Biya’s ruling party on Tuesday accused the opposition of attempting to destabilise the country by calling for protests unless the October 09 elections are nullified. “The Cameroonian people went to the polls in orderly and … read more »
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October 18, 2011 by benim
Seven opposition candidates who took part in Cameroon’s presidential election asked the Supreme Court on Monday to annul the October 9 vote and call a fresh one within six months. They warned that if their demand was not met, their … read more »
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October 12, 2011 by benim
Cameroon’s opposition parties said on Wednesday they would ask the Supreme Court to annul Sunday’s presidential election because of what they called widespread irregularities. The Commonwealth observer mission, in its preliminary findings, said the use of state resources in the … read more »
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October 10, 2011 by benim
Yaounde – Votes were being counted on Monday in Cameroon’s presidential election, with incumbent Paul Biya almost assured of extending his 29-year rule amid low turnout in a vote the opposition called a “mess”. An otherwise peaceful election was marred … read more »
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Voters in Cameroon headed to the polls on Sunday, with President Paul Biya tipped to extend his 29-year rule over the central African state by beating more than 20 rivals from a fragmented opposition. The one-round vote comes just weeks … read more »
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September 30, 2011 by benim
Gunmen dressed in military fatigues opened fire in Cameroon’s economic capital Douala on Thursday in an apparent protest against President Paul Biya days before he seeks re-election, a security official and local media said. The official said one of the … read more »
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September 27, 2011 by benim
Yaounde – The main opposition party in Cameroon, the Social Democratic Front (SDF), on Tuesday denounced what it presented as irregularities in the organisation of a presidential poll due on October 9. “There is a whole mountain of irregularities,” Evariste … read more »
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September 5, 2011 by benim
Cameroon President Paul Biya launched his bid to extend his 29-year rule over the central African oil-producing state on Sunday, brushing aside critics who say he is not eligible to stand in an October 9 election. Officials for the ruling … read more »
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Cameroon will hold its presidential election on October 9, national radio said on Tuesday, citing a decree signed by President Paul Biya. Biya, 78, one of the continent’s longest-serving leaders, is expected to seek another term, having ruled the oil … read more »
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Yaounde – Cameroon’s longtime leader has decreed that presidential elections will be held October 9. State radio read the decree on Tuesday on behalf of President Paul Biya. Biya has been president since 1982 and is considered one of Africa’s … read more »
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The chairman of Cameroon’s electoral board (ELECAM), Samuel Fonkam, says his organization is implementing measures that will enable citizens abroad to vote in the October general elections. Parliamentarians recently agreed to changes in the electoral law that would allow some … read more »
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Debate over Cameroon President Paul Biya’s eligibility in an October presidential poll is stoking tensions in the central African state that could boil over into protests like those seen in 2008. Biya’s rivals say the 78-year-old, one of Africa’s longest … read more »
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Cameroon riot police arrested dozens of farmers and dispersed hundreds of others in the capital on Tuesday to prevent a march of protest over bad roads and low state support for agriculture. Frustrations have been on the rise in the … read more »
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January 11, 2011 by benim
The sole challenger to Cameroon President Paul Biya for the ruling party’s 2011 presidential nomination said on Tuesday he had resigned from the party after receiving death threats. Paul Abine Ayah, a parliamentarian for the CPDM party since 2002, said … read more »
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