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29 Apr 2013
 
 
Cameroon ruling party sweeps senate elections
ELECTIONS
Cameroon's ruling party won 56 of the 70 seats contested in the country's first senate elections held on April 14, according to results issued on Monday by the Supreme Court. President Paul Biya...
 
 
23 Aug 2012
 
Cameroon
Country Profiles

Cameroon

Capital city: Yaounde
Languages: English, French (official); 24 major language...

 
 
11 Jun 2012
 
Coups in West Africa: A reflection of deficiencies in Africa’s electoral democracies?
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
In the early hours of 22 March 2012, news of a military coup d’état in Mali spread across the world. Claiming a lack of adequate means and resources to fight Tuareg insurgents in the north of...
 
 
17 Feb 2012
 
New AU charter: Practicing Democracy or Pretending?
GOOD GOVERNANCE AFRICA
Paul Biya, Cameroon’s president since 1982, is one of the six African leaders who has successfully clung to power for more than a quarter-century. Paradoxically, his country was the 15th African...
 
 
26 Oct 2011
 
Cameroon election report
REPORT
Cameroon’s latest Presidential election has seen long-serving incumbent Paul Biya, of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement, or RDPC retaining office with a resounding 77.99% of the vote....
 
 
 
 
Daily Podcast – October 26, 2011
PODCAST
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has responded to the loss of economic momentum in South Africa by allowing for a moderate rise in government expenditure. This will result in the deficit rising to...
 
 
19 Oct 2011
 
 
 
Daily podcast – October 19, 2011
PODCAST
South Africa's ANC has failed the people and its policy shortcomings have set the stage for an uprising similar to the ones that toppled longstanding governments in North Africa, an influential...
 
 
14 Oct 2011
 
News this week
UPDATES
Training municipalities to manage their finances will bring better service delivery, Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande says.
 
 
10 Oct 2011
 
 
 
Daily podcast – October 10, 2011
PODCAST
South Africa's 2011 census started today, with the homeless and babies born after midnight being the first to be counted, opposition leaders and voters in Cameroon have complained of delays at...
 
 
09 Sep 2011
 
News this week
UPDATE
A total of 2 071 487 serious crimes were committed in South Africa in 2010/11, according to the crime statistics released by the South African Police Service. This compared with 2 121 887 cases...
 
 
05 Sep 2011
 
 
 
Daily podcast – September 5, 2011
PODCAST
The Judicial Services Commission, or JSC, has recommended to President Jacob Zuma that Mogoeng Mogoeng be the next Chief Justice, yesterday, Sudan demanded that the southern-aligned Sudan People's...
 
 
31 Aug 2011
 
 
 
Daily podcast – August 31, 2011
PODCAST
Roads around the ANC's headquarters in Johannesburg were open this morning, when Youth League leader Julius Malema's disciplinary hearing was set to continue, opposition parties urged the ANC to...
 
 
29 Jun 2011
 
 
 
Daily podcast – June 29, 2011
PODCAST
ANC leaders under President Jacob Zuma risk losing Cosatu's support if they do not pull up their socks, the labour federation said, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde clinched the top job at...
 
 
12 Jan 2011
 
 
 
Daily podcast – January 12, 2011
PODCAST
According to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) the government's New Growth Path, unveiled late last year, was not enough to fundamentally transform South Africa's economy,...
 
 
15 Jul 2010
 
Does Not Awarding African Governance Prize Signal Downward Spiral?
SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Amid the excitement of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, an announcement by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation in June 2010 that it has again decided not to award its lucrative annual governance prize this year went...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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