Inside Out

The book, "Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh; The Cameroon of Tomorrow: The Man of his Words" is a series of thoughts, messages, criticisms, proposals from Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh a legalist cum politician, put together by Mokun Njouny Nelson, a journalist par excellence. It was launched in Bamenda on Saturday the 8th of November 2014, in a grand occasion attended by the Senior Divisional Officer for Mezam, Felix Nguele Nguele, scholars, a cross section of the population and Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh himself.

The President of The Fomunyoh Foundation who is also the Senior Associate for Africa and Regional Director at the National Democratic Institute (NDI) recently paid a one-week visit to the three Northern Regions of Cameroon.

The visit to the Extreme North, North, and the Adamawa Regions was in respond to the threats the country has been suffering lately in the hands of the terrorist group, Boko Haram.

Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh cries!!!

Yes, I saw tears behind his glasses! How could he, like many in the delegation resist the pathetic narration of the faith of these children who never chose to be in the situation in which they now find themselves?

When trouble broke out in the past between News Media/Journalists and the National Communication Council (NCC), I wrote two articles. One was titled "Joseph Befe Ateba: Journalist on the Other Side" in which I stated as follows: "The mission of outfits like the government-controlled NCC is to check the power of the press, and by implication, society's freedoms, to cede space for government power "Some apologists may say that there are other journalists in NCC other than its Chairman. Of course, they are there, but most seem to at least cover-up by indulging in sophistry and casuistry.

In a sign that the government of Cameroon remains extremely vulnerable to the criticisms of the legal procedure vis-a-vis the corruption trials carried out within the framework of Operation Epervier, Issa Tchiroma, the Minister of Communication and Government spokesman October 3, granted a press conference at which he bristled at any suggestion of state interference while pouring vitriol on foreign parties for not respecting Cameroon judicial sovereignty.

The ongoing bickering, backstabbing and squabbling between the Supreme State Audit and the National Anti-Corruption Commission, CONAC, two state institutions established to fight the horrible corruption that is destroying Cameroon, is clear indication of how far things have fallen apart in this country.

The 42^nd edition of Cameroon's National Day celebrated on May 20^th, 2014, is now behind us and Cameroonians are somewhat relieved and free to settle down to the humdrum of their daily routine activities. Fourty-two years after many are however at a loss as to whether its national defense forces should be closely involved at all in resolving the knotty "integration" which continues to be a nagging issue in Cameroon.

Cameron is endowed with lots of water, but there is not enough water to satisfy the needs of up to 10% of its populations. Lots much of the water is too heavily polluted to be of much use to living organisms. Under such circumstances the nation�s water problems can hardly be resolved by the year 2035.

Christopher Forgwe reports

The Lower and Upper Houses of Cameroon's parliament just elected their bureau for the 2014 year. Nothing new came out of the elections and it is regrettable that Cameroon's National Assembly has established a regrettable reputation as a rubber stamp Parliament where party discipline takes precedence over the supreme interest of the people and the state.

Mokun Njouny Nelson writes.

The overall security situation in Cameroon is calm. However, due to ongoing instability in the region, and coupled with its leaky borders, the country has been receiving refugees and asylum-seekers from neighbouring countries, mainly the Central African Republic (CAR), Nigeria and Chad. This may just be at the expense of the country's hard-sustained peace.

Mokun Njouny Nelson reports.