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Cameroon
Population: 20.4 mn.
GDP: 22.5 bn.
Debt: 0.8 bn.
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President Paul Biya's victory in last October's presidential elections with 78% of the vote has further destabilised the chronically divided opposition ahead of this year's local and parliamentary elections, yet quiet discussions will start about his successor. One to watch is his nephew Louis-Paul Motaze.

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  • Vol 52 No 22
  •  4th November 2011

Biya’s last hurrah

President Paul Biya’s sixth – and surely final – election on 9 October was marked by a dearth of congratulatory messages from fellow heads of government. Neighbour President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba of Gabon bucked the trend while the United States prodded o...

  • Vol 52 No 20
  •  7th October 2011

Election fails to stir passions

Paul Biya heads for almost certain victory over a fractured and uninspiring opposition, leaving voters more apathetic than indignant

  • Vol 52 No 20
  •  7th October 2011

Soldiers shooting at dawn

At dawn on 29 September, a group of soldiers shot into the air on the bridge across the River Wouri that links central Douala with the industrial suburb of Bonabéri. They unfurled a banner calling for an end to President Paul Biya’s rule, said local me...

  • Vol 52 No 2
  •  21st January 2011

Abine quits RDPC

Ayah Paul Abine, the Rassemblement démocratique du peuple camerounais member of parliament for Akaya, Manyu Division of South West Region, has quit the ruling RDPC, claiming he fears for his life and for his family’s safety (AC Vol 52 No 1).

  • Vol 52 No 1
  •  7th January 2011

To Biya or not to Biya

The President could easily rig his way back to power but may prefer to spring a surprise and quit

  • Vol 51 No 10
  •  14th May 2010

Another corruption crisis

A journalist investigating a top politician dies in gaol and the ensuing scandal damages President Biya’s claims to be Monsieur Propre – Mr Clean

  • Vol 50 No 2
  •  23rd January 2009

Biya rejects the Ghana model

An independent commission to oversee elections turns out not to be independent after all

  • Vol 49 No 24
  •  28th November 2008

Biya's grip

The economy is faltering but the opposition is struggling and the dictator President is ill

  • Vol 49 No 24
  •  28th November 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 his Ch...

  • Vol 49 No 23
  •  14th November 2008

A kidnapped colonel

Who kidnapped a presidential nephew in Yaounde; and why the neighbours disagree so often

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