Friday, February fourteenth, the UN says at least 22 people have been killed in a village in the Northwest region of Cameroon. Over half of those killed were children. No one has claimed responsibility for Friday’s incident but the opposition parties blame the killing on the government.
5 data journalist retrace Paul Biya's 34-years in power
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Five Cameroonian data journalists have retraced the
34 years that their country's president has been in power, offering a
fascinating look into Cameroon's government.
Les Gouvernements de Paul Biya is a journalism project compiling data and numbers about the 299 ministers
who have served under Paul Biya's regime since he became president of the
Republic of Cameroon on November 6, 1982.
In 34 years of power, Paul Biya has formed 32 government
teams, including 13 in the 1980s alone, which was marked by coups in 1983 and
1984.
Gender parity in Biya's governments, according to the Les
Gouvernements de Paul Biya project.
Les Gouvernements de Paul Biya offers many interpretive frameworks for the data, from the size of each
government by year of reorganization, to gender parity, to the lifespan and
geographical origins of high-up officials.
Project infographic (used with their permission): “What
is the representation by region and department?”
As an example, according to the project, the Centre
region, where President Biya's late first wife was from, has the most
representatives, with 82 elected officials (28.1% of the total). Another
example: No woman from the Far North has been elected since the beginning of
Biya's reign.
Cameroon's Far North region, in addition to suffering
attacks and damage caused by Boko Haram, has the country's lowest rate of
female literacy: 17.4% compared to the national average of over 50%, according
to a study conducted and published in March
2012 by the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and the Family.
It goes without saying, then, that this research, for which
it took six months to collect and process the data, is a source that, as the
website says, “can potentially provide material for rigorous analysis by
journalists, hagiographers and other historians”.
Speaking of history, this data journalism project is
related to Les Circuits de la Mémoire, another
initiative launched through the Yes Africa foundation by young Cameroonians in
search of their historical and cultural heritage. This heritage could have a
real impact if young people in Cameroon make their voices heard in coming
elections, especially as observers are anticipating an early election by 2018.
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