BY CONOR GAFFEY February 13, 2017 Excerpt: “Why did the protests begin? Lawyers in Bamenda, the capital of Northwest region, took to the streets in November 2016 to protest against the alleged imposition of French courts in the Anglophone region. Teachers also called sit-in protests in Northwest and Southwest regions. Cameroon has two parallel schooling […]
BSC | AMB: Cardinal Tumi “I am too old to rule”
14, February 2017 By Rita Akana Cardinal Christian Tumi says he considers himself too old to assume the role of interim head of state. The retired prelate believes that younger people can do the job. The Cardinal was guest on an STV television show aired on February the 9th, 2017. Tumi wondered aloud why a […]
BSC | AMB: ‘Fred Tassang Teachers Union Leader Says Ghost Towns Continue
February 13, 2017
Cameroons: Trial over Cameroon’s Anglophone protests exposes national divide – reuters
February 13, 2017 Excerpt: “Cameroon’s linguistic divide dates back to the end of World War One when the League of Nations split the former German colony of Kamerun into zones of French and British administration. Shortly after independence in 1960, voters from the smaller English zone opted to join Cameroon over neighboring Nigeria – a […]
BSC | AMB: UN expert calls on Cameroon to restore net services
Cameroonian Google coding champ Nji Collins Gbah was cut off by the disruption Excerpts: “A UN expert has called on Cameroon to restore net access to English-speaking parts of the country. Net services in the south-west and north-west regions of the nation were cut on 17 January. Cutting net services was an “appalling violation” of […]