A Decade of Cameroon: Politics, Economy and Society 2008-2017

by Fanny Pigeaud

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This ten-year review of Cameroon's economic, social and political events covers a delicate period in the recent history of this Central African country, rich in natural and human resources. It begins with a difficult year: 2008 was marked by serious socio-political unrest linked to the wish of President Paul Biya, in power since 1982, to change the constitution, by removing the limitation on the number of presidential terms. Once the constitution was amended, the president was re-elected in 2011 for seven years. But in a predictable way and while the economy was stagnating, the political situation slowly deteriorated in the following years, leading in 2017 to the beginning of a civil war in one part of the country. This decade allows us to see a locked political system, inherited from colonization, but which seems more and more at the end of the race.



Cette revue de dix ans de l'actualite economique, sociale et politique du Cameroun couvre une periode delicate de l'histoire recente de ce pays d'Afrique centrale, riche en ressources naturelles et humaines. Elle commence par une annee difficile : 2008 a ete marquee par des troubles sociopolitiques graves lies a la volonte du president Paul Biya, au pouvoir depuis 1982, de changer la constitution, afin de supprimer la limitation du nombre de mandats presidentiels. Une fois la constitution modifiee, le president a pu etre reelu en 2011 pour sept ans. Mais de maniere previsible et alors que l'economie stagnait, la situation politique s'est lentement degradee au cours des annees suivantes, jusqu'a deboucher en 2017 sur un debut de guerre civile dans une partie du pays. A travers ces dix ans se dessine ainsi un systeme politique verrouille, herite de la colonisation, mais qui semble de plus en plus en fin de course.
  • ISBN10 9004401539
  • ISBN13 9789004401532
  • Publish Date 9 April 2019
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint Brill
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 134
  • Language English