Free Cameroon Now

Yes, the picture says it all. This is how some Cameroonians feel about our match against Brazil. However, the history of our 3 confrontations in recent football history does not support this view. Cameroon was severely thrashed by Brazil who went ahead to win the USA 1994 World Cup during their first round encounter 3-0. It was a terrible year for Cameroon football, coinciding with organised stealing by the government: "Operation Coup de Coeur" in which the public contributed money to support the Lions but have never been told where the money went till date. The team was poorly managed by Frenchman Henri Michel and there was a lot of nepotism and corruption. However, a new charismatic player then made his entry into the National Team: Rigobert Song Bahanag. The second encounter came during the 2000 Olympic games, though many prefer to omit this. They claim that Cameroon was playing with almost all of its first team while Brazil had truly selected youths and amateurs for

Grinding an axe with the armed forces Multiple Boko Haram attacks and the Cameroon Army's inability to secure the country are the price to pay for years wasted concentrating on defending a regime against political and social dissent instead of developing a full fledged security strategy for decisive action against any serious external threat. Where are our famous BIRS and others now that life in Northern Cameroon has become more insecure than in Northern Afghanistan? Busy preparing a 20th May Parade?! What do they make of all the kidnaps and killings going on? One of them said over the radio that they are unhappy when the public criticizes them, that is in reaction to the Boko Haram attack on a military target to rescue one of their previously captured members. But let us ask a few questions. Do soldiers in Cameroon today enjoy showing off instead of doing the military work of defending their fatherland? If not, someone tell me, why does Boko Haram have the leeway to strol

So Prime Minister, Yang, is spending billions of CFA Francs on a mission to beg Britain to come and invest in Cameroon? After Biya has gone to Turkey on the same mission and returned virtually empty handed. It makes me wonder, are these our rulers merely creating opportunities to enjoy a European holiday or do they truly think what they do is the best way to encourage foreign direct investment in Cameroon? To achieve a feat like this, is it not advisable to emulate others, in line with Longue Longue who says "one should not be ashamed of copying a good example"? My example here being China. Here the government concentrated on economic reforms at home to create an enabling environment, and neighbouring countries like Taiwan, Hong Kong and S. Korea were early adopters, signalling to European and American multi-nationals that investment in China was safe and profitable.                                             No amount of trumpet blowing will attract foreign investors to Ca