George Ngwane

My Visa Ordeal at the U.S. Embassy in Cameroon

By George Ngwane

In June 2005, the UN Political affairs unit invited me to a conflict prevention workshop at the UN headquarters in New York. The conference, which took place from 16-22 July 2005, was jointly organized by the United Nations Conflict Prevention working Group (U.SA) and the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (Netherlands). The theme of the conference was “From Reaction to Prevention: Civil society forging partnerships to prevent violent conflict and Build Peace”.

George Ngwane suspended as Provincial Delegate for Culture

Writer George Ngwane has been suspended as Delegate for Culture for the South West Province, Cameroon because of his article 'Cameroon's Democratic Process,Vision 2020', which is available in its entirety on this website.

The article which was carried as a serial in the Buea-based The POST newspaper and published by the Senegal-based CODESRIA, the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, by has, by Government report, been considered 'seditious and libellous'. Here is another instance of intellectual persecution.

We shall update you on more developments related to both the writer's civil service career and his life.