Vol 57 No 24 | CAMEROON Old man trouble 2nd December 2016 Since President Paul Biya will be 85 at the time of the presidential election scheduled for 2018 and he has named no successor, the opposition believes it has...
Vol 57 No 13 | CAMEROON Bird flu ruffles feathers 24th June 2016 The government has moved swiftly to counter an outbreak of deadly bird flu but the economic toll risks stoking political discontent The much-loved rotisserie restaurants and cafés of Yaoundé stand dark and deserted in the otherwise bustling streets of the Cameroon capital, after the government recently declared that it...
Vol 57 No 10 | CAMEROON Biya's time added on 13th May 2016 The fast-approaching presidential elections in France and the United States have given President Paul Biya's close circle cause for concern. Biya, 83, who has ruled for 32 years,...
Vol 56 No 8 | CAMEROON Biya’s emerging dream 17th April 2015 Dealing with Eurobonds appeals more to a President of 82, who still has no heir, than tackling Boko Haram Could there be substance to President Paul Biya's claim that Cameroon can secure 'emerging market' status by 2035, leisurely as that deadline is? The potential to attract investment...
Vol 55 No 18 | CAMEROON Bickering over Boko Haram 12th September 2014 The political class falls out over the Islamists while the military claims a 'stinging setback' against them On 4 September, President Paul Biya returned from his customary holiday at Geneva's Intercontinental Hotel to find ruling party politicians accusing each other of being in league with...
Vol 55 No 18 | CAMEROON Ransom claims dog Biya 2nd September 2014 More reports say Yaoundé is negotiating with Boko Haram, as a prominent MP reports on the condition of the hostages The government sent a ruling party MP, Abba Boukar Malla, to negotiate with the jihadist militia Boko Haram for ransoms for the hostages they seized in a raid...
Vol 55 No 17 | CAMEROON Biya's answer to Boko Haram 21st August 2014 The military's reorganisation to cope with the jihadist threat leaves unanswered the charge that the country is a soft touch for kidnappers As further details emerge about Boko Haram's 27 July attempt to capture Amadou Ali, one of President Paul Biya's top ministers and confidants, questions remain about the adequacy...
Vol 55 No 16 | CAMEROON Embarrassing Biya 8th August 2014 When Boko Haram kidnapped one of the wives of a Deputy Prime Minister on 27 July, killing 16 people in the process, it also unleashed the latent competition...
Vol 54 No 22 | CAMEROONVATICAN Biya and the Bishops 31st October 2013 President Paul Biya saw Pope Francis on 18 October to re-affirm, Biya’s officials said, ‘the longstanding perfect communion between Yaoundé and Rome’. Yet harmony between the various Christian...
Vol 54 No 19 | CAMEROON A family divided 19th September 2013 Two weeks before the legislative and local elections on 30 September, the ruling Rassemblement démocratique du peuple camerounais (RDPC) has caused a shock by recruiting Aminatou Ahidjo, youngest...