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Cameroon’s election risks instability, no matter who wins

Cameroonians will vote in presidential elections on 12 October 2025. The incumbent, Paul Biya, who has been in office for nearly 43 years, will be a candidate.

The Conversation · Aug 31, 2025

France acknowledges role in repression of Cameroon independence movements

Emmanuel Macron writes to Cameroonian president with findings of joint commission on country’s colonial past

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2025

Inside Kondengui prison: ground zero of Cameroon’s war on dissent

Thousands have been detained and tortured in the Yaoundé jail as Paul Biya, 92, seeks to keep his grip on power

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2025

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Cameroon could do with some foreign help to solve anglophone crisis – but the state doesn’t want it

What began in late 2016 as a peaceful protest by lawyers and teachers in Cameroon’s North West and South West regions quickly turned violent and developed into what’s become known as Cameroon’s anglophone crisis.

The Conversation · Jan 28, 2025

Analysis: Is Ivory Coast’s AFCON the latest African ‘sportswashing’ case?

African leaders, like politicians elsewhere, use the competition to seek quick wins on the pitch, for respite off it.

Al Jazeera · Jan 17, 2024

Jean-Paul Zé Bella: the cunning Cameroonian soldier who became a global music legend

One of Cameroon’s most influential music stars – Jean-Paul Zé Bella – passed away on 15 January at the age of 71 after a battle against cancer. The singer and drummer was a founding member of the band Zangalewa and performed with it until he retired from the military. Part…

The Conversation · Feb 15, 2023

Paul Biya has been Cameroon's president for 40 years – and he might win office yet again

At 89 years old, one of the oldest leaders in the world, President Paul Biya of Cameroon has marked 40 years as head of state. He assumed office in 1982.

The Conversation · Nov 28, 2022

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