The Advocate Cameroon

  By Epey John Reports of an invasion in Ikiliwindi- Bafaw by uniform men have left one person dead and over ten houses razed. The human causality on that fateful May 1, we are told happens to be an aged woman whose name we got as Joanna Malike. She was helpless in her house when it was set ablaze amongst others, suspected to be hideouts of some separatist’s fighters. Community members and those who witnessed the scenes from afar reveal that Ma Joanna Malike was faced with trouble on double sides. That security forces believes that her granddaughter leaving abroad is supporting the separatist’s fighters with funding on the one hand and on the other hand, separatist fighters have threatened the Late Ma Joanna Malike severally requesting her to ask her granddaughter residing abroad to support them in what they termed, the struggle. We are informed that sometime in February 2022 a group of separatists fighters had stormed the old woman’s house, molesting her before taking aw...

I have carefully considered, for a new candidacy for the Council of the Order and the Bâtonnat after those of 2015 and 2018 and with the encouragement of many of you, taking into account my 10 years of experience (should I 'to hide?) to the Councils of the Order (2008 – 2018) led by: ETA BESONG Junior SAMA Francis ASANGA NGNIE KAMGA Jackson Francis I have recourse to your votes again. This is an ambition which, far from being personal, is a call from the heart to safeguard our profession in the process of losing its sacred values. It is for you, dear sisters, dear colleagues, dear friends, for us that I am nourished by this ambition. The ambition of a senior who has received and who has the duty to give. The ambition of a great Bar, The ambition to rediscover the pride of being a LAWYER The ambition to improve the conditions of professional practice of the LAWYER, The ambition to align our bar with international standards Convinced that only action will allow ...

Madame Ngoulla Keyben Arlette Léonore was born on June 27, 1957 in Garoua.  Her mother was a Civil Servant and her father was a Magistrate, she quickly imm ersed herself in the world of Justice.  After her secondary school cycle, she obtained a master's degree in business law at the University of Yaoundé in 1980.  This was followed by a DEA in in-depth commercial law at the University of Paris 2 in 1981. Back in Cameroon, she joined the office of Me TOKOTO Alfred as a trainee lawyer and became an associate in December 1986. On September 1, 1997, the firm of Me Arlette Ngoulla Fotso was born with 3 lawyers, 01 trainee lawyer and 07 staff.  Since November 2008, she has held essential positions with the Presidents of the Bar of Cameroon.  From November 2008 to August 2012, she was Deputy Representative of the President for the Littoral region. From August 2012 to January 2015, she was in charge of special missions.  From January 2015 to November 2018, she agai...