The Fight Against Corruption in Cameroon Must be Persistent and Transparent

(December 26, 2007) PICAM welcomes the sentence handed down by the Wouri High Court on December 13, 2007 on charges of corruption for Alphonse Siyam Siwe - former General Manager of the Douala Ports Authority; Edouard Etonde Ekoto - Retired Colonel, former Chairman of the Douala Ports Authority ...   MORE

Cameroon’s Human Rights Practices Liable to International Scrutiny
(September 21, 2007) PICAM is appalled at the campaign recently lunched by the Cameroon Government through its Minister of Communication against the international community for voicing concern over electoral fraud in Cameroon. Minister Jean Pierre Biyiti Bi Essam, who was appointed to this position ...    MORE

July 2007 Elections: A Showcase of Amplified Fraudulent Apparatus in Cameroon

(July 26, 2007) PICAM is calling for an annulment of the results of the July 2007 Municipal and Legislative Elections in Cameroon due to extensive fraud, electoral irregularities, and violations of electoral laws. The elections were yet another complete aberration of government’s promises to ensure that... MORE

Cameroon Not Ready for Democratic, Free, and Fair Elections
(June 1, 2007) Less than two month to the legislative and municipal elections to be held in July 2007 in Cameroon, the conditions on the ground are still not set to guarantee the democratic nature of the process. PICAM is concerned that voter disenfranchisement caused by decades of election irregularities in... MORE

Cameroon May be Doomed Forever as Paul Biya Lunches “New Deal Phase II”
(February 12, 2007) PICAM is concerned at the future of the youths in Cameroon and the direction of the country in general as President Biya prepares to embark on the second phase of his “shred the nation” New Deal policy. In his Youth Day media address to the nation’s youths, a rather confident Biya seemed to... MORE

Continued Detention of SCNC Activists is Illegal and in Violation of Human Rights
(February 6, 2007) PICAM is calling on the Cameroon Government to unconditionally release all officials, activists, members, supporters, and sympathizers of the Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC) arrested on January 20, 2007, by a mixed force of police and gendarme officers ...    MORE

Minister of Justice Should Resign or be Dismissed Immediately
(January 9, 2007) PICAM condemns the recent statement by the Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals, and Vice Prime Minister of Cameroon, Amadou Ali and call on his immediate resignation or dismissal for contravening the Constitution of the country. In a press conference held on January 5, 2007, the ...          MORE

PICAM’s Reaction to President Paul Biya’s 2006 End of Year Address to the Nation
(January 2, 2007) Surely, many Cameroonian would form personal opinions on whether the President’s end of year address to the nation was satisfactory. PICAM encourages such independent thought. As a public servant, the President’s actions obviously draw debates from every corner of the ...     MORE

New Criminal Procedure Code Comes into Force, Custodians still Ignorant
(January 1, 2007) PICAM welcomes the coming into force of the New Cameroon Criminal Procedure Code today January 1, 2007. The new Code is a revolutionary document, and without doubt, one of the most important pieces of legislation passed by Parliament within the last decade in ...             MORE