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...
Vol 54 No 15 | CAMEROON Ready or not, here they come 16th July 2013 The President finally reveals the date of the delayed general and local elections that were supposed to take place in July 2012 Twice postponed, the elections are now scheduled for 30 September, President Paul Biya announced on 15 July. Election timetables are set in law but it is the President...
Vol 54 No 15 | CAMEROON A season in Elecam 16th July 2013 The new voting system will not help electoral registration, which is now closed Cameroon is adopting biometric technology for its new electoral register and the upcoming polls now set for 30 September will be different from previous ones. President Paul Biya’s...
Vol 54 No 10 | CAMEROON Upper house of cards 10th May 2013 President Paul Biya has now appointed 30 Senators, bringing the new parliamentary upper house to its full complement of 100. Elections on 14 April – by an electoral...
Vol 54 No 7 | CAMEROON Biya's second house 29th March 2013 After 17 years, President Paul Biya has now decided to hold elections for a national senate on 14 April. The new body will have no real powers but...