Committee to Protect Journalists | Dakar, March 23, 2022 — Cameroonian authorities should drop the prosecution of journalist Malcom Bernabé Paho and decriminalize journalism in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. On February 22, the national gendarmerie arrested Paho, director of the newspaper Midi Libre Hebdo; opened …
Read More »Au Cameroun, la chaîne privée Équinoxe Télévision accusée d’incitation à la révolte | + audio
RFI | Dans un courrier officiel, le gouverneur de la région du littoral et administrateur civil principal met en garde ce média généraliste créé en 2006. Samuel Ivaha Diboua dénonce une « ligne éditoriale outrancière », « l’apologie de la violence », la déformation des faits ou encore une volonté …
Read More »Cameroon Sends Senior Officials to Get Protesting Teachers to Return to Classrooms
VOA | YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — Cameroon has sent government ministers and governors to convince disgruntled teachers to return to classrooms and teach. The teachers have been protesting for a month, demanding better pay and the payment of salary arrears, some dating back 10 years. Cameroon officials say opposition politicians and …
Read More »Pas de groupe parlementaire d’opposition au Cameroun
DW | Au Cameroun, la tentative de mettre sur pied un groupe parlementaire d’opposition a été jugée illégale par le Parlement. Seize députés issus de quatre formations politiques souhaitaient constituer un groupe politique d’opposition baptisé Union pour le changement. Mais leur demande vient d’être jugée illégale. Ces députés de l’opposition …
Read More »Electricity: Cameroon instructs industrial rationing again
Business in Cameroon | The Minister of Water and Energy Gaston Eloundou Essomba (photo), on March 8, 2022, sent a letter to electric utility ENEO instructing the rationing of “energy-intensive” firms to allow supply for households that have been facing power outages for several weeks. It seems there is ” …
Read More »After 40 years as President, what’s life in a post-Biya era ?
The Africa Report | On 13 February, Paul Biya celebrated his 40th anniversary as head of state, but what would happen if, in six months or a year’s time, he was no longer able to govern? Who would replace him? Would a clan war break out? Would the army get …
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