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The parliament in Yaoundé voted 200 to 18 on 4 April to create a new office of vice-president whose holder would be appointed and could be dismissed solely by the 93-year-old President Paul Biya...
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The most convincing sign that President Paul Biya's powers are waning is his inability to restrain ministers and close aides openly feuding over lucrative contracts...
Elecam – the electoral commission controlled by the presidency – also backed the recommendation which President Paul Biya made public during his televised speech on 10 February...
Central Africa in 2026 charts The succession questions surrounding Cameroon's President Paul Biya 92 are more urgent than ever despite his inauguration for his eighth term in November...
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The opposition fixed on the exiled figure of Issa Tchiroma Bakary is beginning to lose heart after President Paul Biya was sworn in for his eighth term on 6 November in Yaoundé...
President Paul Biya's regime has been contemplating a massive crackdown branding the civic actions and their promoters as terrorists – but hesitates uncertain of the loyalty of the security forces particularly the army...
Having served 20 years as a senior minister and spokesman for Cameroon President Paul Biya Issa Tchiroma Bakary is an unlikely insurrectionist...
Citizens of Cameroon's main conurbations are bracing themselves as unrest spreads in the wake of the efforts by President Paul Biya and his ruling Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais (RDPC) to publish forged return sheets from polling stations...
Paul Biya we hear then overruled a further attempt by Paul Atanga Nji his zealous minister of territorial administration to make another arrest attempt...
The campaign by Cameroon's opposition coalition has been picking up speed but too slowly to unite and present a serious challenge to 92-year-old President Paul Biya in elections on 12 October...
With the cancellation of the candidacy of Maurice Kamto by the electoral commission Elecam president Paul Biya removed all doubt he would allow any challenge to his re-election in the general election due on 12 October...
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 Bouba Maïgari and Issa Tchiroma Bakary...