US Congress Human Rights Commission “Human Rights in Cameroon” Date: Thursday, June 7, 2018 – 9:30am Location: 2255 Rayburn House Office Building Announcement Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a briefing on the human rights situation in Cameroon … Full Text:
Author: wanaku
Death Threats against US Ambassador to Cameroon:
Death Threats against US Ambassador to Cameroon: Is Another Benghazi Attack in the Making? YAOUNDE, CAMEROON, 5 JUNE 2018 – A fanatic of Cameroon’s 85-year-old and long-serving dictator Paul Biya – in power as prime minister and president since 1975 – has made death threats against the US Ambassador to Cameroon Peter Henry Balerin. “He […]
US military continues to support Cameroon’s military despite US accusations of targeted killings
June 2, 2018 Excerpt: “Washington (CNN)The US military is continuing to provide assistance to military forces from the African nation of Cameroon despite the US ambassador to that country recently accusing Cameroonian troops of carrying out “targeted killings” in its campaign against the country’s Anglophone separatists. The African nation has been beset by violence between […]
Repression is worsening in Cameroon
Repression is worsening in Cameroon amid an uprising over language The president shows little interest in finding a peaceful solution to the crisis Excerpt: “THE parade featured singing schoolchildren and goose-stepping soldiers. A giant presidential portrait was wheeled along the boulevard. To some observers it must have looked like a comic sketch about an event […]
Africa’s next civil war could be in Cameroon – WP Article Revisited by Herbert Boh
Africa’s next civil war could be in Cameroon May 30, 2018 Excerpts: “If you look at what is going on now, you can call it a civil war,” said John Mukum Mbaku, a professor at Weber State University in Utah and a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution. “The government is shooting down defenseless villagers, […]