New York, December 29, 2009—A Cameroonian newspaper editor, jailed this month after publishing a book excerpt that alleged sexual activities by President Paul Biya, was convicted on Monday of “insulting the head of state.” Judge Ibrahim Ba sentenced Jean-Bosco Talla, managing editor of the weekly Germinal, to a one-year suspended term and a fine [...]
New York, December 15, 2009—The managing editor of a private newspaper in Cameroon has been held in police custody since Thursday, accused of insulting President Paul Biya, according to local journalists and news reports. Managing Editor Jean-Bosco Talla of the weekly Germinal was picked up by police in the capital, Yaoundé, on Thursday and taken [...]
YAOUNDE, Nov – Cameroon’s democratisation process has suffered a serious setback this year after the government transferred elections management from the Ministry of Territorial Administration (MINAT) to the ruling Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM) party of President Paul Biya, says the head of the European Commission delegation in Yaounde.
“We strongly applauded the government’s [...]
YAOUNDE, Nov – One month to go to the Copenhagen climate change summit, Central African countries and forest partners say they will not endorse any agreement on climate change if the international community does not provide adequate compensation for their efforts to preserve the Congo Basin rain forests. The Copenhagen conference is designed to climax [...]
