Cameroon: May Day Celebrations - Youths Want Jailed February Demonstrators Pardoned May 17, 2008
These request comes within the backdrop of the platform's visit to the prison of Yaounde, Bafoussam, Douala and Buea. After the visit, they observed that the detainees are crammed in crowded prisons with hardened criminals, sleeping on bare floor, with no medical assistance; are malnourished and vulnerable to deviant practices and barbaric acts. (allAfrica.com)
* Carry on Cameroon Apr 17, 2008
Never mind, Solomon had sensed the limits of our cultural thirst for knowledge and took us to a crunch football match in Bafoussam, the nearest town ... As we wandered the streets of Bafoussam that night, blaring TVs in bars showed games live from Milan to Manchester. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Cameroon: Ruling Party Wins in a Landslide Jul 25, 2007
The CPDM won 29 councils, SDF won all the three councils in Bafoussam I, II, and III. CDU won eight councils notably that of Foumban. South. (allAfrica.com)
Human Rights Practices in Cameroon - 2006 Mar 17, 2007
There were also no developments in the 2005 incident in which security forces beat and arrested 50 students in Bafoussam, West Province, for participating in an illegal demonstration ... In May 2004 a senior official estimated that 1,600 out of 1,800 inmates in Bafoussam Prison were pretrial detainees ... In June the Bafoussam tribunal sentenced a police inspector from the Foumban police station to one year in jail, a $400 fine (200,000 CFA francs), and $300 in damages (150,000 CFA francs) to be... (Ocnus.net)
