Reuben Moses For two years in a row, Cameroon, beset by a civil armed conflict in the West and Boko Haram insurgency in the North, has topped the Norwegian Refugee Council’s (NRC) list of the “most neglected displacement crises in
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LGBT Mesa Verde Detainee Fundraising Campaign
Jacqueline is a 33-year-old lesbian from Cameroon. Because of Jacqueline’s sexual orientation, she experienced horrific violence and was thrown in prison. Jacqueline wasn’t able to feel safe in Cameroon. Fortunately, she was able to escape to the United States. Jacqueline…
Kofele-Kale on Asserting Permanent Sovereignty Over Ancestral Lands
Ndiva Kofele-Kale (SMU) has posted Asserting Permanent Sovereignty Over Ancestral Lands: The Bakweri Land Litigation Against Cameroon (Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law) on SSRN. Here’s the abstract:The Article focuses on the recently concluded Bakweri land case against Cameroon…
Francophone and Technophile: French-Speaking Africa’s Budding Tech Scenes
The past few years have been replete with media stories of an unfolding “African digital renaissance” and the wonders of the “Silicon Savannah” and other Sub-Saharan African tech hubs, with coverage reaching a fever pitch in…
Immigrant of the Day: Roger Moute a Bidias, UC Berkeley Basketball Player
Roger Moute a Bidias, a native of Cameroon, began playing organized basketball in 2009 in his homeland before coming to the United States in 2010. He currently plays for the Cal Bears men’s basketball team.Roger is the younger brother of…
Immigrant of the Day: Luc Mbah a Moute (Cameroon)
National Basketball Association player Luc Mbah a Moute was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Raised in Yaoundé, a metropolitan city, Luc and his family had close ties to the village of Bafia, where his father was a chieftain, and by…
Concern Over the Rights of Gay and Lesbian Persons in Cameroon
The United Nations human rights office has expressed its concern over reports of people in Cameroon being harassed, intimidated, arrested and imprisoned because they were suspected of being lesbian or gay – and called for an end to such practices.Article…
Implementing ICJ Decisions: Cameroon and Nigeria Border Dispute
One of the difficult issues in international law is how it can be enforced. Fortunately, some countries honor the spirit of international dispute resolution and implement decisions affecting them. This week, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commended Cameroon and…
More Rulings from the ICTR Appellate Chamber
The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has reduced the sentences of two former senior officials found guilty in 2008 after a number of their convictions were overturned on appeal.The appellate chamber reduced jail terms handed down…
Progress in Implementing the ICJ’s Ruling in Cameroon-Nigeria Dispute Over the Bakassi Peninsula
A topic of special interest to readers of this blog is how international court decisions are implemented. The excerpt below (adapted from a UN Press Release) describes steps that the nations of Cameroon and Nigeria are taking to implement a…