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Found 26 articles.
- Vol 50 No 2
- 23/01/2009
Biya rejects the Ghana model
An independent commission to oversee elections turns out not to be independent after all
- Vol 49 No 24
- 28/11/2008
Biya's grip
The economy is faltering but the opposition is struggling and the dictator President is ill
- Vol 49 No 24
- 28/11/2008
Master political survivor
The former first lady Germaine Ahidjo, widow of Cameroon's first President, recently admitted in a rare interview that her Muslim husband Ahmadou Ahidjo made mistakes during his 26 years as President, but the most grievous was to hand over power to hi...
- Vol 49 No 23
- 14/11/2008
A kidnapped colonel
Who kidnapped a presidential nephew in Yaounde; and why the neighbours disagree so often
- Vol 49 No 16
- 01/08/2008
Fru Ndi's trial
The 19 August murder trial of veteran oppositionist John Fru Ndi and 22 of his Social Democratic Front members will further sideline the leader of the SDF, Cameroon's last major opposition. Whether he is found guilty or not, the SDF will be damaged.
- Vol 49 No 16
- 01/08/2008
Bogged down
Cameroonian security forces in the disputed oil-rich Bakassi peninsula are on maximum alert after fatal attacks by the Niger Delta Defence and Security Council. The NDDSC, a little-known, self-styled Nigerian rebel group, opposes the 14 August final hando...
- Vol 49 No 15
- 18/07/2008
Not the plane truth
The investigation into how the state was tricked out of $40 million is shaking up Yaoundé's political elite
- Vol 49 No 13
- 20/06/2008
Slaughter on the border
More gruesome killings raise doubts about the August handover of the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula
- Vol 49 No 12
- 06/06/2008
Biya's purge
The President is about to sack some selected ministers for corruption but that won’t end the problem
- Vol 49 No 8
- 11/04/2008
Biya amendment
As international attention focused on Zimbabwe, Cameroon's President Paul Biya has quietly made plans for his own life presidency, largely free from foreign scrutiny. After nationwide protests by the opposition and civil society against the constitutio...
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