Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has declared he will not step down despite losing to opposition leader Adama Barrow in a presidential election earlier this month. In comments on state television late on Tuesday, Jammeh also condemned mediation by the West African regional bloc ECOWAS, which has been trying to persuade him to peacefully hand over […]
Bernard Okalia Bilai, governor of the South West region and his counterpart Adolphe LELE L’AFRIQUE have maintained sealed lips over recent strike action orchestrated by Anglophone Teachers, Common Law Lawyers and later the population. They told reporters in Yaoundé Tuesday December 20, 2016 during opening of the Second Semester Conference of governors that the government […]
In his novel No Longer At Ease (1960), the great Chinua Achebe painted the main character Obi Okonkwo as an upright and principled man who was never swayed by prevailing norms and practices. To be sure, when he was sent to London by his village to go and study Law so he would come back […]
President Vladimir Putin of Russia has called for boosting security at home and abroad in the wake of the assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey. The Russian president issued directives during a meeting with security chiefs in Moscow on Tuesday, a day after Andrey Karlov was shot dead while delivering a speech on the […]
The main opposition party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has called on the people to no longer recognize Joseph Kabila as president, urging them to resist peacefully against him. Etienne Tshisekedi, the leader of Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), on Tuesday called Kabila’s third term in office as “illegal and illegitimate” […]
The Minister for Secondary Education has signed an order pretending to cooperate with the striking Anglophone teachers. The ministerial order appears to be a contingency plan by the Biya Francophone Beti Ewondo regime to reopen the schools. Cameroon Intelligence Report understands the decision made public by the Secondary Education minister offered a provocative concession to […]
Donald Trump secures the 270 Electoral College votes necessary to be declared as the president of the United States. Electors sealed the Republican president-elect’s victory with 304 votes. Despite mounting pressure to break away from Trump, only a pair of Texan GOP electors did so by voting for former Representative Ron Paul and Ohio Governor […]
The Right Royal President Paul Biya is basically surrounded by Betis and he speaks of national unity and national integration. By some strange happenstance, our Anglophone lawyers and teachers still believe in a man who governs as a tribal chief. — the Secretary General at the Presidency Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh is a Fang-Beti-Bulu from the […]
The Minister of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Louis Paul Motaze has called for united efforts towards building an inclusive sustainable and resilient future for Cameroonians. The Minister made the remark at the start of a two-day workshop on the 19th of December 2016. The workshop centered on the identification and inclusive prioritization of […]
JOINT COMMUNIQUE OF THE LEADERSHIP OF CAMEROON COMMON LAW LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATIONS To, The President of the Republic of Cameroon Presidency of the Republic Yaoundé, Cameroon Through, Alhadji Baba Danpullo We, the Leaders of the Cameroon Common Law Lawyers’ Associations note and inform the President of the Republic of Cameroun, and the general public […]
