Cameroon flag. Flickr: erjkprunczyk (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).
Table of Contents
- Latest Global Voices Posts About Cameroon
- Featured Global Voices Posts – Cameroon Elections 2011
- Resources:
The 2011 presidential election in the Republic of Cameroon will take place on October 9. This Central Africa country, well known for its 200+ liguistic groups, has been ruled by Paul Biya since 1982; in spite of a general outcry against his candidacy, he is in line along with 20 other politicians for the presidential mandate.
The election is considered by many as a foregone conclusion, but external observers believe Cameroon is at a key political crossroads, after the constitution was amended and riots were repressed in 2008.
Global Voices is working with Storyful and Google on the curation of a Cameroon Election Map.
Please contact Global Voices author Julie Owono if you have links or story ideas, or want to add to this page's resource list.
What we do: Global Voices bloggers from Sub-Saharan Africa report on how citizens use the Internet and social media to make their voices heard, often translating from different languages.
Featured Global Voices Posts – Cameroon Elections 2011
2012
02 Jan – From Sidi Bouzid to Kinshasa: Francophone Africa in 2011
October 2011
22 Oct – Cameroon Reacts to Presidential Election Results
20 Oct – Cameroon: Biya Tipped to Win After Temporary Results Are Leaked
19 Oct – Cameroon: Retrospective on the 2011 Presidential Election Candidates
13 Oct – Cameroon: Diaspora Fail to Participate in Elections
07 Oct – Cameroon: Questions and Doubts Over Upcoming Election
06 Oct – Cameroon: Controversies Around the Electoral Campaign
04 Oct – Cameroon: Anglophone Nationalism Pops-up Ahead of Cameroon Elections 2011
01 Oct – Cameroon: English Bloggers Analyze Cameroon Elections 2011
September 2011
29 Sep – Cameroon: Calm Before the Storm?
19 Sep – Cameroon: What if We Did Not Vote on October 9?
15 Sep – Cameroon: Women Must Vote During Presidential Election
02 Mar – Cameroon: The Will for Change, Interview with Kah Walla (Audio)
Resources
Twitter users (citizens)
- @JulieOwono – Global Voices contributor
- @Africatechie – African tech entrepreneur
- @anniepayep – Journalist at VOXAFRICA [fr]
- @dorothydaf – Multimedia Journalist [fr]
- @Dibussi – Cameroonian blogger, writer living in Chicago
- @Etamba – Web manager, journalist, blogger from Yaounde [fr]
- @Kasbig – Social media strategist from Douala [fr]
- @williamtakor – Designer, filmmaker & creative/art director from Douala
- @BateEtah – Dakar-based West & Central Africa Correspondent for Reuters News
- @nganang – Writer, New York [en, fr]
Twitter users (politicians)
- @EstherDang [fr]
- @PaulBiya – Current president of the Republic (Sep. 2011) [en, fr]
- @BenMuna [en, fr]
- @jjekindi [fr]
Websites
Newspapers
- quotidienmutations.info [fr]
- lanouvelleexpression.info [fr]
- journalducameroun.com [fr]
- quotidienlejour.com [fr]
Blogs/News sites
- bonaberi.com [fr]
- cameroon-info [fr[
- camer.be [fr]
- MBOA News [fr]
- Scribbles from the Den
- Le Blog de Beaugas [fr]
Some candidates’ websites
- Paul Biya – Current president of the Republic (Sep. 2011) [en, fr]
- Social Democratic Front [fr, en]
- Kah Walla [fr]
- Esther Dang [fr]
- Ben Muna [fr, en]
- Jean-Jacques Ekindi [fr, en]
Videos
Youtube users
