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Cameroon
Population: 29.31m
GDP: $53.39bn
Debt: 38.09% of GDP (2024)

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Biya’s grip in question ahead of the October elections

Political insiders are circling as the 92-year-old leader is eclipsed by the ambitious secretary general Ngoh Ngoh

Assuming he wins elections expected in October, by the end of his next term Cameroonian President Paul Biya will be 99 years old. He would have ruled the...

Anglophone separatists’ campaign reaches bloody stalemate

Schisms among the Anglophones and brutal repression by President Biya’s forces are blocking the separatists

Eight years of gruesome clashes between Anglophone separatists and government troops have brought a Federal Republic of Ambazonia in the North-West and South-West provinces, which some Anglophones call...

Biya to defy critics and run again

As the 91-year-old president prepares to run for an eighth term in October, speculation is intensifying about how the regime ends

Despite mounting calls for Paul Biya to end his 42-year-long reign, the Cameroonian president intends to run again this year, hoping to lead the Central African nation for...

Chantal Biya gains ground as an old ally falls

After a heated argument with the First Lady, Rear-Admiral Joseph Fouda was drummed out of the presidency accused of fraud

He headed no unit of the Cameroonian armed forces, nor did he even grace its highest ranks, let alone did he earn President Paul Biya’s eternal gratitude by...

Biya missing in action

At a moment of unusual diplomatic glory and with another term in sight, Cameroon’s 91-year-old ruler has disappeared from public view

Paul Biya has not been seen in public since leaving Beijing on 8 September after attending the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC). Government sources say Cameroon’s 91-year-old ruler,...

Biya's government blocks bids to unite opposition

Ahead of key elections in 2025 – in which 91-year-old Paul Biya is seeking re-election – his ministers are cracking down on political foes

The government has pressed the panic button in response to plans for two opposition alliances to fight next year's elections. Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Atanga Nji has...

Contenders spar in the waiting room

As the post-Biya era looms, internal rivalries are dominating governance and politics in Cameroon to the exclusion of all else

With every birthday – 13 February was his 91st – the succession to President Paul Biya draws nearer, as does the intensity of the rivalry of the factions...

Biya's belt-tightening has risks

With pressure from the IMF mounting, the government has embarked on austerity measures which could impact political stability

Cameroon has had a worrying start to the year with President Paul Biya's four-decade-long dictatorship facing economic challenges that could turn political at a moment's notice. The labour...

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