civil litigation, selecting jurisdiction and venue, defendant lives in north africa

Sure. As long as you can get personal jurisdiction and subject matter jurisdiction. If the person is in the United States and gets in a car accident, for example, it would be possible to sue them in the jurisdiction where the accident occurred. (if they return to Africa, you'll have a hard time getting them served). Also, if the lawsuit is over real estate or other assets that are located in the United States there will be a way to proceed.

If, on the other hand, you are talking about suing a person from Camaroon IN Camaroon, I cannot comment accurately on that. I would expect that you would probably have a REALLY hard time doing that.

Good Luck

David C. Beyersdorf

Much would depend on where the act for which you want to sue the Cameroonian occurred. Secondly, a lot would depend on where the defendant now resides and whether you can get valid service of process.