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Memory Lane (July 29, 1992): The Death of Jeanne-Irène Biya 30 Jul 2013 | 08:38 am
An excerpt from Dibussi Tande, "Reform and Repression: A Chronicle of the Smoldering Years, 1990-1992." Plans for nationwide CPDM rallies in favor of early elections were scuttled when First Lady Jean...
Trailer of Film Adaptation of "Half Of A Yellow Sun" 24 Jul 2013 | 08:40 pm
The film adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Orange Prize-winning novel, Half Of A Yellow Sun, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandie Newton, will make its World Premiere at the Toronto Internatio...
Trailer of Film Adaptation of "Half Of A Yellow Sun" 24 Jul 2013 | 08:36 pm
The film adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Orange Prize-winning novel, Half Of A Yellow Sun, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandie Newton, will make its World Premiere at the Toronto Internatio...
President Biya Appoints 30 Senators: The Complete List 9 May 2013 | 03:26 am
President 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, Se...
Ambassador Jackson: Grassroots Mobilization Key to Respect of Human Rights in Cameroon 8 May 2013 | 11:14 pm
Excerpt 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...
Memory Lane (March 16, 1962): President Ahidjo Receives Honorary Doctorate in New York 3 Apr 2013 | 02:33 am
At 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 present...
[Video] Update on the Bamenda-Mamfe-Ekok-Abakaliki-Enugu Highway 10 Mar 2013 | 10:27 pm
The 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 comp...
Cameroon’s New Senate: An (Anti)Democratic Anachronism 5 Mar 2013 | 07:00 pm
By Dibussi Tande "The new Senate has no power to impeach the president, to approve or reject presidential appointees to the executive and judicial branch... and no power to conduct investigations of m...
[Just Published] "Virtual Activism on Cameroon: The CamNet Files" by Isaac Endeley 30 Jan 2013 | 10:17 am
Isaac 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 ge...
Justice for Sale or Legal Realpolitik? The Special Criminal Court Sets Legal Precedent in the Yves-Michel Fotso Embezzlement Case 29 Jan 2013 | 05:54 am
By 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...
