Cameroon On Autopilot? - Biya's Two-Month Absence Raises Questions Over Leadership
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The President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, who had been in power since 1982, had not been seen in his country for two months. On 7 June, he left for Europe for a "short-term private visit", but his journey abroad proved to be one of the...
Cameroon cannot be governed by absence: It is time for the CPDM to prepare a new leader
On June 7, 2026, President Paul Biya left Yaoundé with his wife for what the Presidency described as a “brief private stay in Europe.” Sixty-five days later, on August 11, he remains outside Cameroon. The number matters. But the deeper issue is not the length of one presidential trip. It is what such a prolonged absence says about the resilience of the Cameroonian state. A modern republic cannot depend on the physical presence of one individual …
Paul Biya beats his record of absence, 64 days outside the country. Yaoundé left on 7 June 2026 for what had been presented as a "short private stay in Europe", Cameroonian President Paul Biya totals, on 10 August, 64 days outside the national territory.
From Yaoundé on June 7, 2026 for what had been presented as a "short private stay in Europe", Cameroonian president Paul Biya totals, on August 10, 64 days outside the national territory. A record absence that now exceeds the anecdote to ask a more fundamental question: what is the cost...
Cameroon's President Paul Biya has been abroad for two months, sparking growing concerns about his health and criticism from the opposition.
© DRThe deputy and jurist Cabral Libii explains that only the vice-president can seize the Constitution for the purpose of ascertaining the vacancy. Lawyer Bomo Ntimbane registers himself as false, calling arguments of law to recognize this competence to the president of the National Assembly. Two politicians and de jure do not agree on whether or not to declare the vacancy in the current presidency of the Republic. The president of the Cameroon…
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