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2, June 2016
Cameroonians brace for impact, terrified by the uncertainties of a micro-managed succession 0
by soter • Breaking News, Cameroon, Politics
“Brace for impact!” Only few survivors of plane crashes live to tell the story of the sheer horror of those ominous words … heard through the Aircraft’s public address system, in the harrowing seconds, before the plane goes down.Yet, this is the same feeling most Cameroonians are now having, because of the sheer uncertainty of […]
2, June 2016
Paul Biya and2014: Another Catalogue of Failures and Development Bluffs 0
by soter • Africa, Business, Cameroon, News
Some hours before 8:00 p.m. when Paul Biya had to address the nation, I bought a copy of Marafa Hamidou Yaya’s recent book “Le Choix de l’Action” [Choice of Action]. Since I was very interested in the elections he organized, I quickly thumbed through the book and fell on p. 57 where a telephone exchange […]
2, June 2016
The Making of an SCNC Leader and Why It Should Change 0
by soter • Cameroon, Cameroon, Education, Headline News, Life, News, Politics
You would be forgiven for understanding the Guardian Post editorial, under the penmanship of Ngah Chris, as an enthusiastic endorsement of Hon. Ayah as the next SCNC Chairman. Yet, the title (“How Justice Ayah Paul was Catapulted to the SCNC Chairmanship”) suggests that the election is a done deal. Welcome to making of an SCNC […]
2, June 2016
Africa and the Economy of Exclusion-Prespectives and New Horizons from The Joy of the Gospel of Pope Francis 0
by soter • Education, Life, Religion, World
The tragedy that has befallen the African continent for centuries directs attention to the asymmetry evident in Africa’s paradox of plenty – a continent abundant in valuable natural resources but lacking the wherewithal to turn these resources into wealth for the people. Virtually all the resources for the world’s technological development abound on the African […]
2, June 2016
Laquintinie Hospital Saga: Where is our collective conscience 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Health, Life, News
The Laquintinie Hospital incident has not only shocked the entire nation, it has indeed thrown up many questions about healthcare in a country where elections focus more on individuals rather than on issues and policies that can enable the country address those issues that have blighted the people’s lives. The pictures of a woman slaughtering […]
2, June 2016
Medical prescription for FECAFOOT Ulcer 0
by soter • Breaking News, Cameroon, Sports
Cameroon’s Minister for Sports and Physical Education, Pierre Ismael Bidoung Mkpatt, has insinuated that the Chamber of Conciliation and Arbitration of the National Olympic and Sports Committee is incompetent to determine the validity of elections at the Cameroon Football Federation, FECAFOOT. The Minister’s stand on the overdue electoral bickering at FECAFOOT was made known yesterday […]
2, June 2016
The Special Criminal Court: President Biya’s Court 0
by soter • Cameroon, Editorial, Politics, World
Depicting the Special Criminal Court established to prosecute alleged corrupt government officials and the several Alibabas responsible for pilfering from the public treasury as the President’s court is no misnomer. We call it the President’s court because it is one instrument of power through which the President is reining in on perceived opponents from within […]
2, June 2016
Dark Friday April 6th, Our Right Royal President lives on 0
by soter • Breaking News, Cameroon, Headline News, Politics
On the night of the 5th and 6th of April 1984, gun shots were heard around the presidency of the republic. On the 6th of April, a message was read over state radio which Cameroonians were later on told was limited only to the residents of Yaounde the nation’s capital by a brave technician. The message indeed […]
2, June 2016
Subversion of Due Process: The Presidency and “Epervier” 0
by soter • Cameroon, Cameroon, Headline News, News, Politics
The news of recent has been the condemnation of Yves Michel Fotso to life imprisonment for alleged embezzlement of public funds. The news was being distilled to us at the same time that newspapers like “Mutations” (No. 4132 of April 25, 2016) were questioning why barons of the regime like Paul Atanga Nji, Jean Tabi […]
2, June 2016
Ambassador Mendouga: Call no man happy until he is safely in his grave 0
by soter • Cameroon, Cameroon, News, Politics
Jerome Mendouga, who boasted of his close kinship with Paul Biya could never have believed that he will end a 30 year diplomatic career in Jail, under Biya’s regime. Mendouga who has real estate property in Bangui and many other African capitals where he has served, at attempted to seek asylum in the United States […]