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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.

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Thousands rally to fete 40 years of Cameroon under Biya

Yaoundé (AFP) - Thousands rallied in Cameroon's capital on Sunday to fete 40 years in power of President Paul Biya, who is accused of trampling on human rights and stifling democracy.

AFP

Cameroonian President Paul Biya marks 40 years in power

President Paul Biya of Cameroon is marking 40 years in power but staying out of the spotlight as questions swirl around the 89-year-old leader

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Macron says France will stand by Africa on security issues

French President Emmanuel Macron has wrapped up a meeting with Paul Biya, his counterpart in Cameroon, the first port of call on his three nation tour. He reiterated that France would continue to support Africa's security needs.

Radio France Internationale

Françafrique is back: Macron’s visit to Cameroon signals Colonisation 2.0

The French president sees himself as a break from old colonial ways. But his visit to the despot Paul Biya tells a different story

The Guardian - UK

Macron, in Cameroon, says food is Russian weapon of war

French President Emmanuel Macron described the global food crisis as one of Russia's "weapons of war" during a visit to Cameroon on Tuesday, dismissing suggestions Western sanctions were to blame.

Reuters

France’s Macron in Cameroon at Start of 3-Nation Africa Tour

French President Emmanuel Macron, in Cameroon to start his three-nation Africa tour, is expected to discuss the food crisis in Africa provoked by Russia’s war in Ukraine, the need for Cameroon to increase its agricultural production and the country's upsurge in insecurity. In Yaounde, Cameroon's capital, for a three-day visit…

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France's Macron in Cameroon at start of 3-nation Africa tour

French President Emmanuel Macron is in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, for a three-day visit to this central African country, the first leg of his three-nation tour to Africa including Benin and Guinea Bissau

The Independent UK

Questions over human rights in Cameroon as Macron visits

Emmanuel Macron arrived in Cameroon on Monday to kick off an African tour that will also take the French president to Benin and Guinea-Bissau. Macron’s trip focuses on food security, French investments and governance. The latter is a fraught question ahead of his meeting with 89-year-old Cameroonian President Paul Biya,…

France 24

Macron three-nation Africa tour begins in Cameroon

The tour is part of France renewing its relationship with the African continent, a French official said.

Al Jazeera

Macron begins first Africa trip of new term with visit to Cameroon

President Emmanuel Macron begins a three-nation tour of western African states on Monday, in the first trip to Africa of his new term as he seeks to reboot France's post-colonial relationship with the continent.

Radio France Internationale

Macron Embarks on First Africa Trip of New Term

President Emmanuel Macron on Monday begins a three-nation tour of western African states in the first trip to Africa of his new term as he seeks to reboot France's post-colonial relationship with the continent. Macron will begin his July 25-28 tour, also the first venture outside Europe of his new…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cameroun: Comment la langue a plongé un pays dans un conflit meurtrier, qui n'en finit pas

Depuis octobre 2017, le Cameroun est en proie à un conflit meurtrier. Les origines du conflit et le problème des deux langues - le français et l'anglais– remontent à la colonisation de ce pays par les gouvernements français et britannique.

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Cameroon: how language plunged a country into deadly conflict with no end in sight

Since October 2017, Cameroon has been engulfed by a deadly conflict. The conflict is rooted in the colonisation of Cameroon by both the French and British governments – and the two languages that came with it, French and English.

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Football brings moment of unity to divided Cameroon

Yaoundé (AFP) - Football's power to bring people together has been nowhere more evident than in Cameroon over the past month where the fortunes of the Indomitable Lions have briefly papered over the cracks of a country at war with itself.

Daily Mirror

AFCON crush: Eight dead and dozens more injured amid chaotic scenes at Cameroon match

Witness described the chaos as thousands of fans struggled to gain access to the Paul Biya stadium in the Cameroon capital Yaounde, where the hosts were facing Comoros

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