His small delegation to Geneva included Vice-Admiral Joseph Fouda who was sacked as the head of presidential security in late 2024 after he clashed with Chantal Biya...
Even the former rear-admiral Joseph Fouda sacked in disgrace after he fell out with the President's wife Chantal Biya was rewarded with a promotion to ‘senior advisor' and an additional star (AC 65 No 25 Chantal Biya gains ground as an old ally falls)...
Morale in the armed forces fell further in October when First Lady Chantal Biya ordered the sacking of Rear Admiral Joseph Fouda, one of the president’s closest security advisors (AC Vol 65 No 25, Chantal Biya gains ground as an old ally falls )...
He headed no unit of the Cameroonian armed forces nor did he even grace its highest ranks let alone did he earn President Paul Biya's eternal gratitude by rescuing him from some plot or other but Rear-Admiral Joseph Fouda was the most important military man of the last 20 years – nearly half the President's time in power...
Fouda's beleaguered accuser: ‘just a middleman' Until he was arrested on 30 August by the Groupement Polyvalent d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (GPIGN) a paramilitary anti-terrorism unit Hervé Parfait Mbapou – said to be an accomplice of the disgraced Rear-Admiral Joseph Fouda – was little-known even though he has been a feature of the President's inner circle and an extremely wealthy man with global connections...
‘Some people may have invoices to be paid but when they fail due to government bottlenecks or red tape in government offices I come to help dislodge the situation thanks to Joseph Fouda ' Mbapou told a local television station...