Amnesty International is urging the authorities here to immediately release two men due to stand trial on Thursday 18th August on charges of homosexuality and to repeal the law used to imprison them. The two men – a 19-year-old known only as Jonas, and a 20-year-old known only as Francky – were arrested on 25th [...]
2010 saw the amount of countries in the African Union that have abolished the death penalty rise to 16 according to a report on global death penalty statistics published on the 28th March by the human rights group. Gabon was the sole country in the region to abolish the death penalty. Despite this progress there [...]
By Rev. Dr. Bernard J.O’Connor On March 17, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI responded to questions from journalists during his flight while en route to Cameroon. Zenit International News Service published this interview (http://www.zenit.org/phprint.php ) the following day, enabling us to critique the response of the Pope to an issue raised by France 2’s Philippe Visseyrias. [...]
Cameroon: The international monetary fund (IMF) has given government approximately US$144.1 million to help the country weather the effects of the global shocks on its balance of payments. The disbursement falls under the rapid access component of the exogenous shocks facility (ESF). The approval enables the disbursement of the full amount immediately. The IMF financial [...]
