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RIGHTS-CAMEROON: TIME TO DITCH CODE LEFT BY NAPOLEON
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Norbert N.Ouendji
Inter Press Service English News Wire
08-15-1998
YAOUNDE, Aug. 13 (IPS) -- Cameroon's authorities are under
pressure from human rights advocates to jettison a civil code
dating back to the time when Napoleon Bonaparte ruled France and
left behind when the last French administrators pulled out of West
and Central Africa in 1960.
While the 1804 Napoleonic code has been extensively modified
elsewhere, it has remained practically intact in Cameroon, where
it continues to affect various aspects of family life.
"This code, which continues to govern our matrimonial and
patrimonial ...
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