President Paul Biya, who is a big friend of the USA, has recently carried out a constitutional amendment making him President for life.

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On April 10, Cameroon's national assembly approved the Constitutional Amendment Bill, allowing Mr Biya not only unlimited terms of office, but also granted him immunity for any acts he had committed while in office. When his current term expires in 2011, Biya would have ruled Cameroon for 28 years.

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Joe La Conscience and Lapiro de Mbanga were arrested respectively 20 March and April 9, 2008.

Mbanga, a known member of the opposition Social Democratic Front (SDF) party, was summoned and subsequently arrested by the gendarmerie of Mbanga City. He was reportedly accused of instigating the mass demonstrations against high cost of living in February.

Most people linked his arrest to a song he had composed entitled "Constipated Constitution", warning President Biya of the dangers the amendments could create.

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There is no protest planned by Western governments, nor mass media coverage, nor anything at all really. It's a right wing government so that's just dandy, eh?