Vol 52 No 22 | CAMEROON Biya’s last hurrah 4th November 2011 President Paul Biya’s sixth – and surely final – election on 9 October was marked by a dearth of congratulatory messages from fellow heads of government. Neighbour President...
Vol 52 No 20 | CAMEROON Election fails to stir passions 7th October 2011 Paul Biya heads for almost certain victory over a fractured and uninspiring opposition, leaving voters more apathetic than indignant An atmosphere of apathy clings to Cameroon’s presidential election on 9 October. In power for 28 years now, Paul Biya, 78, will once again present himself for re-election,...
Vol 52 No 20 | CAMEROON Soldiers shooting at dawn 7th October 2011 At dawn on 29 September, a group of soldiers shot into the air on the bridge across the River Wouri that links central Douala with the industrial suburb of Bonabéri....
Vol 52 No 2 | CAMEROON Abine quits RDPC 21st January 2011 Ayah Paul Abine, the Rassemblement démocratique du peuple camerounais member of parliament for Akaya, Manyu Division of South West Region, has quit the ruling RDPC, claiming he fears...
Vol 52 No 1 | CAMEROON To Biya or not to Biya 7th January 2011 The President could easily rig his way back to power but may prefer to spring a surprise and quit In power for the last 28 years, President Paul Biya, 77, will face his old rival in the presidential election scheduled for October. This is John Fru Ndi,...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 12 | CAMEROONSOUTH KOREA Diamond dealers 5th October 2011 Parliamentary investigations expose a cosy relationship between the South Korean government and the backers of a controversial diamond project President Lee Myung-bak’s government faces another corruption scandal linked to its African resource diplomacy after a little-known mining company claimed to have made a record-shattering diamond discovery in eastern Cameroon. A parliamentary...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 12 | CAMEROONSOUTH KOREA Animated investors in the diamond mines 5th October 2011 C&K Mining has been operating in Cameroon since 2007 and has been working on production plans for the Mobilong and Limokoali diamond mines ever since. President Paul Biya signed a...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 5 | CAMEROONNIGERIACHINA Good neighbours 31st March 2011 Addax, a British-listed oil and gas company controlled by China’s Sinopec, may benefit from this month’s decision by the Nigerian and Cameroonian governments to collaborate in the Bakassi...
Vol 51 No 10 | CAMEROON Another corruption crisis 14th May 2010 A journalist investigating a top politician dies in gaol and the ensuing scandal damages President Biya’s claims to be Monsieur Propre – Mr Clean The death of journalist Germain Cyrille ‘Bibi’ Ngota Ngota in the notorious Kondengui maximum security prison has caused outrage in Cameroon and abroad and could prompt political change...
Vol 50 No 2 | CAMEROON Biya rejects the Ghana model 23rd January 2009 An independent commission to oversee elections turns out not to be independent after all Ghana's Electoral Commission organised an election in December that made Ghanaians proud. A similar commission for Cameroon has been resisted every step of the way by President Paul...