Cameroon's President Biya Home After 73-Day Absence, Amid Health Speculation
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This week, the Youth Africa Briefing looks back at Paul Biya's return to Cameroon, deciphers the role of Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé in the liberation of two Russian mercenaries by the FLA, analyzes the political battle of Bassirou Diomaye Faye after his break with Ousmane Sonko, looks at the restart of gold production in Mali and examines the fragility of the Moroccan social model.
Cameroon's President Biya Home After 73-Day Absence, Amid Health Speculation
Cameroon's President Paul Biya has returned to the country after spending 73 days abroad, ending an unusually long absence that has intensified speculation around the 93-year-old's health and raised questions over Cameroon's political future.
Opposition Attacks Biya’s ‘Culture Of Silence’
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya’s prolonged absence has exposed what opposition politician Asong Khumbah described as a long-standing “culture of silence” and a governance system increasingly detached from the public. Speaking to News Central after Biya returned to Yaoundé on Thursday following 74 days abroad, Khumbah accused the 93-year-old president of running the country from a distance and said his prolonged absence showed the weakness of Cam…
Paul Biya is back in Cameroon on 20 August 2026 after 74 days of absence in Switzerland. Between rumours about his health and urgent political issues, the 93-year-old president will have to meet expectations. The 93-year-old president of Cameroon returned to Yaoundé after more than two months in Switzerland. A record absence that fueled all speculation and revived questions about the governance of the country. Paul Biya returned. On Thursday 20 …
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