Vol 48 No 25 | CAMEROONEQUATORIAL GUINEA Bank blow 14th December 2007 A daring raid on two banks in Bata, Equatorial Guinea's commercial capital, on 5 December has prompted a sharp breach in relations with neighbouring Cameroon, an overhaul of...
Vol 48 No 16 | CAMEROON No contest 3rd August 2007 Everyone thinks the government fixed the elections but that wasn't really necessary After its landslide win in fraudulent parliamentary and local elections on 22 July, President Paul Biya promised that his ruling Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais (RDPC) would 'modernise'...
Vol 47 No 18 | CAMEROON Biya goes on and on 8th September 2006 The President's inaction keeps Cameroon peaceful, but far from prosperous President Paul Biya, an expert at staying in power, has presided over two decades of economic and social disaster. Many think him the main obstacle to political and...
Vol 47 No 4 | CAMEROON The pink card 17th February 2006 President Paul Biya's regime has survived much but until now, none of his opponents dared play the pink card. It all started when Catholic Archbishop Victor Tonye Bakot...
Vol 46 No 20 | CAMEROON Post haste 7th October 2005 On 4 October the Post newspaper of Cameroon published a front-page story alleging corrupt links between Social Democratic Front leader Ni John Fru Ndi and President Paul Biya....
Vol 45 No 22 | CAMEROON Lacklustre and listless 5th November 2004 President Biya wins a shoddy election while the opposition carps on the sidelines As President Paul Biya settles in to his fifth consecutive term of office, with seven more years stretching ahead, there is no sign of any serious challenge to...
Vol 45 No 20 | CAMEROON Seven more years 8th October 2004 There's little doubt that President Biya will win another seven-year term in the 11 October election The shortcomings of Cameroon's electoral process are becoming glaringly obvious as polling day approaches. The combination of an ill prepared and divided opposition and a lack of independent...
Vol 44 No 16 | CAMEROON Money in the pipeline 8th August 2003 Biya still looks like the only show in town but critics keep the loyalists on their toes With first oil from the Chad-Cameroon pipeline set to reach Kribi port in September, this new source of revenue will come at a perfect time for President Paul...
Vol 43 No 17 | CAMEROON Winning Biya mile 30th August 2002 The government is set free by an election landslide and an opposition collapse President Paul Biya is now likely to exploit June's electoral triumph by bringing the presidential poll forward a year to late 2003. His Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple...
Vol 43 No 17 | CAMEROON President, people, parties 30th August 2002 President Paul Biya has been in power since 1982, and the 1997 constitution allows him two more seven-year terms. He will almost certainly be the presidential candidate...