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Splits appear in Biya regime’s façade

Once-stalwart loyalists are breaking with the regime just as opposition strength swells ahead of the October elections. The President’s team is nervous

The previously confident guardians of Paul Biya’s presidency are looking concerned as they absorb the impact of the defection of two previously dependable, even crucial, allies – Bello...


Biya’s reforms hint at succession plan

Amid a scheme to widen patronage and appoint a dauphin, the President may be at last be preparing for his exit

Top regime advisors are at work on reforms designed to broaden representation and increase the accountability of government through more parliamentary seats and new posts, according to sources...


Gulf States power play scuppers peace bid

A peace conference on Sudan declined to hold the Middle Eastern sponsors of the war to account. Now the conflict is spreading to Chad

If anyone questioned that the Gulf States United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, with their less pecunious partner Egypt, hold a veto on Sudan policy, the conference in...


Security falls apart as Biya totters

Focusing on fixing national elections in October, top officials are failing to respond to the insurgents targeting the regime

The collapsing security system in Cameroon is seriously threatening 92-year-old President Paul Biya’s regime in what many in Yaoundé say is its twilight period. Determined to run for...


Biya’s grip in question ahead of the October elections

Political insiders are circling as the 92-year-old leader is eclipsed by the ambitious secretary general Ngoh Ngoh

Assuming he wins elections expected in October, by the end of his next term Cameroonian President Paul Biya will be 99 years old. He would have ruled the...


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