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Maghreb gas pipeline moves forward as ECOWAS backs transformative West African energy project

Muhamed Saeed Bala July 14, 2025

One of Africa’s most ambitious energy projects—the Maghreb gas pipeline—is gathering momentum as the Economic Community of...

Benin places malaria fight at the forefront of health financing summit

Muhamed Saeed Bala July 14, 2025

As Cotonou hosted the High-Level Conference on Health Financing, one panel stood out for its urgency and...

Senegal: The Lionesses reach the quarter-finals despite their second defeat

Muhamed Saeed Bala July 14, 2025

Drawn into a fiercely competitive group featuring Morocco, Zambia, and DR Congo, Senegal’s Lionesses entered the 2025...

Senegal: The Diomaye-Sonko duo put to the test

Muhamed Saeed Bala July 14, 2025

Since his quiet return from the United States last Saturday, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has maintained...

Rivalries in the Maghreb: the issue of human rights resurfaces

Muhamed Saeed Bala July 14, 2025

Western Sahara, a long-contested stretch of desert along Africa’s northwest coast, remains a geopolitical fault line in...

Thomas Sankara’s green revolution: how a Burkinabe leader foresaw today’s climate struggle

Muhamed Saeed Bala July 14, 2025

Long before the world’s leaders placed climate change at the top of their agendas, Thomas Sankara, the...

Senegal and Mauritania remove trade bottlenecks with landmark border transport deal

Muhamed Saeed Bala July 14, 2025

A major obstacle to trade between Senegal and Mauritania has finally been lifted. On July 11, 2025,...

Paul Biya’s eighth term bid sparks backlash in a restless Cameroon

Muhamed Saeed Bala July 14, 2025

At 92, President Paul Biya has officially declared his candidacy for an eighth consecutive term as head...

Cameroonian Scholar Demands Overhaul of Controversial Organ Transplant Law Amid Cultural Uproar $Cameroonian Scholar Demands Overhaul of Controversial Organ Transplant Law Amid Cultural Uproar A prominent Cameroonian academic has sparked nationwide debate after fiercely criticizing the country's newly passed law on human organ transplants, warning that it dangerously disregards deep-rooted cultural and spiritual values. Vincent-Sosthène Fouda, a respected professor and public intellectual, denounced the legislation in a sharply worded public statement, calling it a “violent intrusion” into traditions surrounding death and bodily integrity. “This law collides brutally with the deeply entrenched traditional views on the human body and death in Cameroon,” he said. “In many Cameroonian communities – whether Bamiléké, Duala, Bassa, or Peul – the body of the deceased is not seen as mere flesh. It is sacred, the vessel of the departed soul.” Fouda’s scathing remarks have brought ethical concerns to the fore, especially regarding consent, transparency, and the absence of inclusive dialogue before the law was enacted. He emphasized that in many indigenous belief systems, the deceased body is a sacred connection to the ancestral realm. “Tampering with a body outside of a culturally appropriate and consensual ritual context disrupts not just the spirit of the dead, but the spiritual balance of the entire community,” he explained. Traditional funeral rites, he added, are meticulously designed to ensure the soul’s peaceful transition and integration into the ancestral world. The new law, according to Fouda, introduces vague and potentially dangerous legal frameworks. “Who has the authority to consent? Under what conditions is this consent obtained?” he asked. “There is persistent ambiguity. The law fails to clearly mandate family notification prior to organ retrieval.” This legal opacity, Fouda warned, could open doors to serious ethical violations. He also questioned whether Cameroon’s health infrastructure is equipped to safely manage an organ donation system of such magnitude, citing fears of organ trafficking and unregulated practices in the absence of strict oversight. “Removing organs post-mortem without explicit, informed consent that honors both family and cultural traditions is a serious ethical breach,” Fouda declared. He called for urgent national and local forums and cultural mediation to revisit the legislation. “Without grounding the law in Cameroon’s diverse cultural realities, its application could fracture societal trust,” he said. Fouda’s impassioned appeal has reignited public discourse on the role of tradition in shaping modern health policies in a country where ancestral customs still guide everyday life.$

Cameroonian Scholar Demands Overhaul of Controversial Organ Transplant Law Amid Cultural Uproar

Ahmaad Mohamed July 13, 2025

A prominent Cameroonian academic has sparked nationwide debate after fiercely criticizing the country’s newly passed law on...

Heatwaves turn Maghreb’s forests into wildfire hotspots

Muhamed Saeed Bala July 13, 2025

With temperatures consistently soaring above 45°C and drought conditions worsening, the Maghreb region is battling a surge...

Maghreb gas pipeline moves forward as ECOWAS backs transformative West African energy project

Benin places malaria fight at the forefront of health financing summit

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Senegal: The Diomaye-Sonko duo put to the test

Rivalries in the Maghreb: the issue of human rights resurfaces

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Senegal and Mauritania remove trade bottlenecks with landmark border transport deal

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Cameroonian Scholar Demands Overhaul of Controversial Organ Transplant Law Amid Cultural Uproar

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