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Post-Election Reflection: Cameroon’s 2011 Presidential Elections
By Emil Bischoff (Originally published on Consultancy Africa Intelligence) Cameroon’s incumbent President, Paul Biya, won a resounding victory in the country’s Presidential election held on 9 October 2011. Biya’s 77.9%(2) of the vote confirmed most analysts’ predictions that a divided…
Cameroon’s Cocoa Purchases Dropped 7% in September – Bloomberg
Cocoa purchases by processors in Cameroon dropped 7 percent in September from a year earlier, the Cocoa and Coffee Board and the Cocoa and Coffee Inter- professional Council said. The purchases fell to 3,745 metric tons from 4,034 tons a … Continue reading
African viewpoint: Zimbabwe’s ghosts and intrigues – BBC News
Cameroon’s Paul Biya and Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe – even though the Arab Spring is so very far away from us. Zimbabwe, though, is a nation forever in political intrigue – while bloody skirmishes between rival political parties continue to make … Continue reading
Around the Halls: African Elections – Brookings Institution
On October 9, Cameroon will hold its presidential election … which prevents unstructured opposition from competing with the dominant political party. In addition, there is unequal access to the media as the State owns all the bill boards …
Language, Music and Human Rights in Cameroon: Voices of Elwood, Valsero and Lapiro
By Dr. Peter Wuteh Vakunta Introduction Orature as an academic discipline and tool of resistance has made giant strides in its evolution over the years. This transformation manifests itself in the form of musical productivity and scholarship on the subject…
Transcript of the Audio Teleconference with World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick
Transcript Audio Tele-Conference Robert B. Zoellick, World Bank Group President November 1, 2011 MR. FERGUSON: Hi, good morning. Alex Ferguson from the World Bank. Thanks for joining us today. World Bank President Robert Zoellick is going to brief you … Continue reading
Microsoft Boosts Staff in West, Central Africa in Bid for Growth – Businessweek
The economy may expand 8.5 percent next year as cocoa exports and gold mining increases along with spending on electricity and roads. Microsoft currently has offices in Senegal and Cameroon and staff in the Democratic Republic of Congo …
Global Food Prices Remain High and Volatile Affecting Poorest Countries the Most
Floods in Thailand add further uncertainty. Food crisis in the Horn of Africa continues WASHINGTON, November 1, 2011–Global food prices remain high and volatile, hitting the poorest countries hardest and adding to the strains facing the global economy, according … Continue reading
George Ngwane: The Cameroon Presidential Election Marked a Watershed of Generation Leadership
The Presidential Elections in Cameroon have come and gone. Eden newspaper caught up with the civil society actor, writer and PanAfricanist, Mwalimu George Ngwane, for his views on the just ended elections and the way forward as well as some…
[Book Review] Cameroon: Forever France’s Private Hunting Ground?
A review by Larry Eyong Pigeaud, Fanny. 2011. Au Cameroun de Paul Biya. Paris: Karthala. 276 p. [Available on Amazon.com] A reading of Fanny Pigeaud’s well researched “Au Cameroun de Paul Biya” leaves one with the unmistakable impression that France…
