Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers February 3 to February 9.
Cameroon s #MeToo Moment nigeriasun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nigeriasun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Cameroon s #MeToo Moment philippinetimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from philippinetimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Over the past ten days, the #MeToo movement has seen a resurgence in Cameroon as scores of women and men have taken to social media to report their experiences of sexual harassment, assault, and other abuses, all at the hands of the same alleged predator.
The funeral of opposition leader John Fru Ndi in July symbolised the end of constitutionalist Anglophone ambitions for justice, Political opposition to the presidency of Paul Biya has been marginalised not only by armed action by separatists, but by the regime s increasing intolerance and emasculation of constitutional oppositionists. This leaves no outlet for increasingly frustrated English-speakers, as well as Francophones fed up with an autocratic president.