Nigeria; In Search of Leadership Since Advent of Fourth Republic The year 1999 has remained in the annals of history in Nigeria as it marked the birth of the Fourth Republic. This new dawn was greeted with great euphoria with public events and shows heralding the dawn of a new
Scores of School Children killed in Cameroon as Anglophone Crisis Worsens At least six children have been killed by unidentified gunmen in the Anglophone Cameroon town of Kumba, South West region. The incidence occurred on Saturday as the children were met in their classroom studying by the heavily armed men
The last decade has been the most dramatic in African history with a series of political transitions void of the regular ballot box machinations, which ensures that a popular view expressed brings a new leader at the state’s helm. These transitions have been fanned by popular uprisings and, in some
The government of Cameroon has severely restricted the sale and purchase of machetes in the conflict-rigged Anglophone regions as the rate of machete-related killings goes on the rise. This was detailed in a communication signed by Interior Minister Atanga Nji Paul, who explained that the decision is informed by the
There has been growing condemnation within and outside Cameroon over the death of a local journalist, Samuel Abuwe Ajeakah, in military custody. The journalist who died under very murky circumstances in August 2019 was only declared death by the government on June 5, 2020, after a local television channel, Equinoxe
The government of Cameroon has finally recognized its responsibility for the massacre of civilians in the village of Ngarbuh, North West region of Cameroon, which occurred on Valentine’s Day 2020. According to communication on April 21st by the Secretary-General at Cameroon’s Presidency, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, three women and ten children
Following the February 9 Municipal and Legislative elections, an avalanche of calls for a political breakthrough in Cameroon has been downloaded from several national and international bodies including the African Union (AU), Human Rights Watch (HRW), the Roman Catholic Church as well as a host of other rights-focused institutions. According
As Cameroonians take to the polls on February 9th, 2020, in the most hotly contested electoral process of recent times, most religious groups and missions have fine-tuned strategies to support and maintain the electoral integrity process. While Muslim leaders have been organizing regular Friday prayers to invoke Allah’s intervention in
The Chairman of the African Union Commission (AU) and the Secretaries-General of the Commonwealth of Nations and La Francophonie have jointly visited Cameroon in a bid to assist the government in managing the three-year long war in the Anglophone regions of the country. Speaking shortly after a visit to the
A Major National Dialogue is underway in Cameroon’s political capital, Yaoundé, aimed at resolving the three-year conflict in the Anglophone regions of the country. The dialogue, which opened on Monday, 30 September, saw the absence of key political players from the Anglophone community, especially separatist fighters. Opening the meeting, Cameroon’s
In Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, a military court has sentenced ten Anglophone separatist leaders to life imprisonment after an overnight court session, which started on Monday, August 19 and ended in the early hours of Tuesday, August 20. The ten, including the self-declared President of Ambazonia Republic, which encompasses Anglophone territories
For ten years the Islamic extremist group popularly known as Boko Haram has been waging a ferocious war against Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger. A war which started in the North Eastern Nigerian state of Borno in 2009 has expanded to Northern Cameroon, Southern Chad and Niger over the past
For about three months now, one of Africa’s biggest countries, Sudan has been in turmoil with regular protests organized by opposition groups demanding political changes after the three-decade rule of Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir. First were overwhelming mass protests in the streets of Khartoum, the country’s capital and other towns
Renowned Nigerian actress Stella Damasus has, in a tearful online plea, urged the international community to intervene in the conflict raging in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon in order to save the lives and properties being destroyed daily. “I wonder why this Cameroon issue does not have the kind of
The West African nation of Cameroon has once again celebrated its National Unity Day on 20 May 2019 amidst violence and bloodshed in some areas of the country. A conflict of language, culture, and resources, especially in the English speaking regions, is tearing the country apart. The celebrations organized for
An expert in Governance and Democracy has argued that there is more regime change through people-power than the ballot box in Africa, because the social contract between the governors and the governed has been broken and the people feel that the only way to take back their power is through
There is great expectation among Cameroonians for a solution to its numerous conflicts, especially that orchestrating in the Anglophone regions as the United States Assistant Secretary of State in charge of African Affairs, Nagy Tibor, arrives the country on March 17th for a two-day official visit. According to the State
Four people are reported to have been killed as a major hospital in Kumba, a city in the Southwest region of Cameroon, was burnt down almost completely by unknown attackers in the early hours of Monday, 11 February 2019. The fire, which started around 1:00 am, consumed the male surgical
Members of the Ivorian government have reacted to the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to release ex-President, Laurent Koudou Gbagbo by calling on the former statesman to play the role Nelson Mandela played in South Africa when he left prison in 1990. While meeting in an emergency meeting
On Thursday September 13, world leaders gathered in the Ghanaian city of Accra to bid farewell to a man affectionately described as the Secular Pope of the world. Kofi Atta Annan who died on August 18 has become a model for African youths in general and Ghanaian youths in particular,
