By Aloysius AGENDIA
I have read with a lot of interest and in different forums various stance in relations to the recent and ongoing problems in Cote D Ivoire and on the problems plaguing Africa in general. I have read also the insistence that the only solution is for Africans take their destiny in their own hands and stop blaming people. Quite a good number of those views are true but generally, the positions that seem to apportion the blame on African ordinary citizens are wrong and do not help our cause in anyway. Does identifying the real cause of a problem constitute apportioning blame unnecessarily? I am yet to be clarified on that. At the end of the article is my response to the stance taken by Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh on the ongoing election imbroglio in Cote D Ivoire. Dr Chris Fomunyoh is Africa Director of the National Democratic Institute and presidential aspirant in Cameroon for the upcoming polls in 2011.
This is academically true and it is good if it is well implemented.
in Cameroon is indispensable for change in the country, whether the elections would be
rigged or not.
on July 26, 2010, revealed names of ministries which its study
considers as the most corrupt in the country.
Without any surprise, the Ministry of Finance (25%, Ministry
of Justice (12% ), Police Force (12%) ,
Public works (9%), Higher Education, Public Health, and Transport all occupy in
that order, the list of most corrupt ministries in the country. 
It was with shock, consternation and total disbelief that
Cameroonians world over on Tuesday July 13, learned of the killing of
Cameroon's and one of Africa's ace journalist, activist and celebrated communicator,
Pius Njawe. Njawe, 53, was director of Free Media Group- publisher of 
and the delibrate acts of cheating by certain players, one can only crave for the urgent need for
World Football governing body, FIFA, to rethink some of its regulations and the use of video technology . It is a good thing FIFA’s intransigent
president Sepp Blatter has even accepted to open up discussion again on the
issue of video technology. But there is something more; The Need for a penalty-goal
regulation.
community radio stations and equally 10
television channels in the country. Hundred
of newspapers though mostly periodic also inundate the media landscape and from
a superficial look of things, one may rightly or wrongly conclude that the
media landscape is free. We must however,
admit it has improved. But, what has Cameroon really benefited from the
liberalisation of the media since 1990?
better still autonomy narrows, there are many commentaries on
what we are actually celebrating. We need to reflect beyond logos, eating and dancing. FCFA 5 billion was set aside to be squandered for the
event while basic service delivery remains lacking. While most Cameroonians
commemorate 50 years of relayed oppression, this time around not directly by
colonial forces but by their own brothers, other Cameroonians are celebrating
50 years of domination. 50 years of just two presidents. 50 years of
continuous appointment of the same clan of people ruining the country from sons
to daughters, brothers, sisters and uncles and nieces.
The Cameroon
government on April 12 released the result of the 2005 national population and
housing census that puts the number of people in Cameroon at 19.4 million as of
January 2010. According to the statistics, 50.5% of the population are women. Equally, 52% of the population live in urban areas. Though the total estimate
of the population may not be of much worry to average Cameroonians, the various
regional projections smack of government’s total dishonesty, bad intent,
incompetence and diabolic geo-strategic calculations, pending imminent changes
in the National Assembly as well as the distribution of senatorial seats. Look
at the following table and read the follow-up analysis