- Paul Biya: Anatomy of a Rare Brand of Leadership in Africa By Ajong Mbapndah L For a leader who rarely grants interviews especially in Cameroon where he has served as President since 1982, Paul Biya’s October 29th outing on the French TV Channel France 24 was expected to address a number of burning issues. If there is one thing it succeeded in doing, it was to keep Cameroonians more confused about his future plans. His answers to many of the questions created more doubts than clear the air and many see in them a continuation of a game that keeps people groping in the dark to understand just what kind of leadership he represents. His is indeed a rare brand that keeps advers…

- Elections07:The Fraud, The Blame and Warning Signals For 2011. By Ajong Mbapndah L (ajonglaur@yahoo.com) “With the pre election manipulations by the regime and the seeming helplessness of the opposition parties, there is no doubt that the CPDM is set to dominate parliament with some 160 of the 180 seats, come July 22!” Prof Tazoacha Asonganyi in an interview granted Pan African Visions (www.panafricanvisions.com) in June 2011. The ruling Cmeroons Peoples Democratic Movement(CPDM) as rightly predicted by former Social Democratic Front(SDF) Scribe and now independent thinker Prof T .Asonganyi (see www.panafricanvisions.com) emerged with a comfortable…

- African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Good Governance: Changing Times or another Mirage? The Seriousness of a Challenge By Ajong Mbapndah L* “This is a moment of hope for our continent and its peoples’ the time has come to end the marginalisation of Africa…….through our actions ,let us proclaim to the world that this is a continent of democracy, a continent of democratic institutions and culture . Indeed, a continent of good governance where the people participate and the rule of law is upheld” Thabo Mbeki, South African president, July 2002 Durban inaugural conference of African union Amongst the n…

- Politically Southern Cameroonians are marginalized despite the fact that they entered into a union as equal partner with La Republique du Cameroun in 1961 to form the Federal Republique of Kamerun.It has abundant natural resources notably crude  but remains economically deprived. Faced with the arrogant rejection of proposals for a return to the Federal structure as a means of appeasing disgruntled Southern Cameroonians, the Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC) has for over a decade now championed a relentless crusade for the total restoration of the statehood of Southern Cameroons. Ambassador Henry Fossung a seasoned Diplomat, who studied in the United States, served in the U N…