Fako Chiefs recognise Tiko DO for trailblazing research into chieftaincy issues A college of Chiefs from the Fako Chiefs’ Conference led by their emblematic President HRH Chief Ndike has blessed the Divisional Officer (DO) of Tiko Sub Division, Anuafor Cletus Asongwe, for what they say is a trailblazing study into the chieftaincy problems in the two first class Chieftaincy stools of the Bakweri people. Read More »

NW,SW Traditional Rulers' Security Dilemmas: What Gov't Gets Wrong Urging Them to Return to Palaces Unlike government administrators, traditional rulers are administrators of a different category. The government has labelled them as “Auxiliaries of the Administration”. This is a carryover from the colonial days when traditional rulers were expected to assist the colonial government in implementing policies and tax collection. However, in the face of the people, their traditional rulers represent something far higher than just administrators or auxiliaries of any system of governance. Read More »

Anglophone Crisis: When Traditional Rulers Become Targets With the ongoing crisis in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon, the high respect for traditional rulers has evidently been robbed. Just like in most parts of Africa, in Cameroon, traditional rulers play vital roles in mediating between the people and the state. Besides enhancing national identity, they also resolve minor conflicts while providing an institutional safety-valve for inadequate state structure and regulation. Read More »

Anglophone Crisis: West Traditional Rulers Urge NW, SW Counterparts to Seek Indigenous, Customary Resolutions While the traditional rulers of the North West and South West Seem silent over their own local affairs and the persisting Anglophone Crisis before the government, traditional rulers in the West region of Cameroon have urged them to concert over the issue and come up with indigenous and customary mechanisms towards ending the persisting crisis plaguing their land. Read More »

Cameroon: Barrister Nkongho Says Abduction, Killing of Chiefs is “An Affront on Tradition, Custom” Human Rights Lawyer, Barrister Agbor Nkongho has condemned the abduction and killing of South West Chiefs by and all others by suspected Ambazonia fighters. Read More »