Cameroon’s human rights record will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Tuesday, 14 November 2023, in a meeting in Geneva that will be webcast live. Cameroon is one of 14 States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its […]
The Duke of Sussex can go ahead with claims against Associated Newspapers of unlawfully obtaining information, as a court ruling opens the way for a trial. The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday publishers wanted to stop the case, arguing claims of getting “information by deception” were out of time. But a judge has decided […]
President Paul Biya held talks with visiting South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Wednesday to enhance bilateral ties. “(I) discussed strengthening cooperation ties with Han Duck-soo … in areas of health, education, mining and the digital economy,” Biya said in a statement on his social media platforms after the talks. Noting that Cameroon and […]
President Paul Biya on Monday night signed a decree for establishing a committee against money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The committee has a mandate to formulate and coordinate the implementation of policies and activities aimed at combating the criminal activities nationwide, Biya said in the decree. “(The committee) shall […]
Any meeting intended to mobilize people to celebrate a disastrous leader in a failed state in the middle of a war and a cost-of-living crisis is likely to provoke strong emotions and should never be considered. Such meetings won’t be contemplated in any country where decent values and uprightness are second nature. CPDM political meetings […]
Real Madrid and Bayern Munich were among the clubs to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League with two group games to spare on Wednesday, while Manchester United’s poor form continued as they slipped to a stunning 4-3 defeat against FC Copenhagen. Last season’s runners-up Inter Milan and Real Sociedad also secured their […]
The number of villagers killed during an attack in western Cameroon has risen to 25, the government said Tuesday, blaming anglophone separatists. The pre-dawn assault on Monday occurred at Egbekaw village, in the southwest region, the scene of deadly clashes between rebels and government forces for seven years. The authorities had announced on Monday that […]
Introduction The international legal order which was established at the end of 2nd World war to protect the world from self-destruction has since turned the conscience of humanity into battlegrounds for self-destruction. Casualties of the shadow of death hanging over humanity abound; among them the forgotten genocide of the Southern Cameroons which has received little world […]
The Catholic Bishop of Mamfe Diocese in Cameroon has “vehemently condemned” the killing of innocent civilians following an attack at the new Layout Egbekaw, a locality within his Episcopal See. On November 6, unidentified gunmen reportedly opened fire on people as they slept in Egbekaw leaving at least 20 dead, many others injured and houses […]
Today marks forty-one years since Cameroon’s President, Paul Biya, took over from the country’s first President, Amadou Ahidjo, who resigned supposedly for health reasons. Ahidjo, the man who had made Cameroon the purpose of his being, had always dreamed of transforming the country into an earthly paradise. He had designed the educational system to enable […]
