Gwen Ifill speaks about the election of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf as Liberia's president and the challenges ahead for the West African nation with Chris Fomunyoh, senior associate for Africa at the National Democratic Institute, and Mike McGovern from the International Crisis Group.
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Impact Alliance mobilizing NGO capacity in Cameroon: Dan Barthmaier, a Johns Hopkins SAIS student completing a summer internship with The Fomunyoh Foundation (TFF) in Bamenda, Cameroon, tells about his experiences helping conduct workshops for local NGOs. Read

Dr Chris Fomunyoh "Prolonging Biya's mandate is dangerous for our country" by Mokun Njouny Nelson. Read

Christopher Fomunyuh "En tant que Camerounais, je suis préoccupé par l’avenir de mon pays." Lire la suite

"African statesmen speak their minds," — BBC interviews five of the continent's elder statesmen to find out what their message would be to the G8 leaders. Read

"African Solutions to African Problems: A Slogan Whose Time Has Passed," — OP-ED commentary by Chris Fomunyoh. Read

Conference Calls for Independent Electoral Commission, respect for human rights, the alleviation of poverty and the elimination of HIV-AIDS in Cameroon.
Dr Chris Fomunyoh is a key speaker. Read

L'Afrique a l'epreuve de la democratie:
Dr Chris Fomunyoh du National institute for international affairs, par David Cadasse. Lire la suite

"Africa Has Made Impressive Gains Towards Democratic Rule, But Huge Chal lenges Remain, Says Africa Expert" by Trenton Daniel.

WASHINGTON, January 28, 2003 - African countries have made considerable progress developing democratic institutions since the end of the Cold War, but many formidable challenges remain, a noted specialist on African democracy told the spring 2003 Pew Fellows. Read

Feasting With Women In The Village
by Fedelis Pegue Manga

The feast was holding for the third time in three years. Its success, however, did not depend on temperament but on the insight of the organizer of the Feast of the Women in the village of Bonendale Douala. Read

Transcrip t of interview with Charles Ako of Radio Equinox, Douala, Cameroon
-Interview with Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh

Transcript of Interview with Magic FM, Yaounde, Cameroon
-Interview with Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh

Transcript of "60 Minutes" with Peter Esoka, CRTV Yaounde, Cameroon
-Interview with Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh

View Dr. Fomunyoh's discussion on "Democratization in Fits and Starts: The Challenges Ahead" at the National Forum on Africa Meeting,organized by the Canadian Center for Foreign Policy Development at the Department of Foreig n Affairs and International Trade and partner universities, Toronto,Canada, January 25, 2002
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"US-Based NDI Top Shot Condemns SCNC Deaths, Calls For Investigations"
by Ndikum P. Tanifom

The Regional Director for Africa of the Washington-based National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh has called for thorough investigations into the recent killing of three persons in Kumbo in the Northwest during activities by Southern Cameroon's National Council (SCNC) militants to commemorate Anglophone Cameroon's 40th independence anniversary. Scores of others were wounded while several people were arrested in Kumbo and Bamenda. Read

Christopher Fomonyoh, directeur pour l’Afrique du NDI:
“L’ONEL ne peut organiser des élections crédibles ”

Entretien mené te; à Washington par, Pius N. Njawe
Les Camerounais se souviennent certainement encore du NDI, cet organisme américain qui, en 1992, avait dressé un rapport d'observation accablant sur l'élection présidentielle que ses observateurs avaient suivie de bout en bout. Le gouvernement Biya, par la voix d'un certain Augustin Kontchou Kouomegni, avait alors accusé, le National Democratic Institute et Madame Frances Cook, à l'époque Ambassadeur des Etats-Unis au Cameroun, de rouler pour le candidat de l'opposition , John Fru Ndi. Read

"NDI decided not to come to Cameroon after 1992"
by Ndikum P. Tanifom

The Regional Director for West, Central and East Africa at the Washington-based National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), Cameroonian-born Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh says "having ended its involvement in Cameroon following the October 1992 Presidential elections, there was no further rationale for us to work either with the institutions that emerged from the elections, or with political parties or other democratic institutions." Read

May 9, 2000

“The Perils of Peacekeeping”
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Le 5 Janvier 2000
Los Angeles/Berkeley
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Audio version: LA Berkeley, Morning Show
Chris Fomunyoh speaks on recent events in Cote d'Ivoire

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