Paul Biya (Paul Barthélemy Biya'a bi Mvondo)

In Cameroon Paul Biya retained the presidency after a dubious poll...

Enough political leaders were present to make the summit look convincing but the absentees as well as Nigeria's General Sani Abacha Congo-Kinshasa's Laurent Kabila and Sudan's Omar el Beshir included Paul Biya of Cameroon (busy forming a government) Ben Mkapa of Tanzania (at his party's congress) and regional kingpins Daniel arap Moi of Kenya Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Nelson Mandela of South Africa...

The only surprise was the scale of the victory claimed for President Paul Biya...

Each leader regards himself as the ideal consensus candidate to beat President Paul Biya...

Over a third of leaders have so far accepted Bongo's invitation including the Organisation of African Unity head Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe Nigeria's General Sani Abacha Cameroon's Paul Biya Uganda's Yoweri Museveni Rwanda's Pasteur Bizimungu Senegal's Abdou Diouf and either Nelson Mandela or Thabo Mbeki from South Africa...

Cameroon for example will continue to look to Paris for backing in aid and debt negotiations despite chilly relations with President Paul Biya which are not helped by continuing political jitters...

In 1992 the dead included Sultan Njiemolou Njoya of Bamoun a stalwart of the ruling Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais and confidant of President Paul Biya; First Lady Jeanne-Irène Biya; and presidential aide-de-camp Commandant Roger Motaze...

President Paul Biya and his Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais (RDPC) look likely to get away with another flawed election...

On Zaïre and on other issues Nigeria Sudan and Kenya make common cause with Mobutu's Francophone allies: Gabon's President Omar Bongo; Congo's President Pascal Lissouba Cameroon's President Paul Biya; Côte d'Ivoire's President Henri Konan-Bédié; Chad's President Idriss Déby; Niger's President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara; and the mother of Francophone allies France's President Jacques Chirac...

Also set to win their national elections this year are Presidents Daniel arap Moi in Kenya and Paul Biya in Cameroon...