How Cameroon's Biya Has Held Onto Power for 35 Years
Paul Biya's ability to hold on to power for over three decades has been remarkable - perhaps all the more so because of how little he actually exercises it, writes Emmanuel Freudenthal for African … read more »
Why Some African Girls Endure Painful Breast Ironing Practice
Breast ironing, also known as breast flattening, is a cultural practice of flattening or crushing the breast of an adolescent girl to disguise the signs of development as some men strongly believe … read more »
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Paul Biya's ability to hold on to power for over three decades has been remarkable - perhaps all the more so because of how little he actually exercises it, writes Emmanuel ... Read more »
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Breast ironing, also known as breast flattening, is a cultural practice of flattening or crushing the breast of an adolescent girl to disguise the signs of development as some men ... Read more »
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Minister of territorial administration, Paul Atanga Nji, visited the south-west and north-west regions to plead with the thousands of people hiding in bushes and mountains around ... Read more »
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As more and more Anglophones flee a violent crackdown in the region and seek asylum in Nigeria, the UN refugee agency has warned that without more funding and assistance, the ... Read more »
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The Kidnaping took place as President Paul Biya dispatched a minister to the troubled English-speaking regions on a peace-building mission. Read more »
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Private media houses are defying a ban imposed on the broadcast of political programmes by the National Communications Council, who said it feared it may cause conflict ahead of ... Read more »
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In a new video, a regional government official kidnapped by armed separatists says he will be executed if the government does not reveal the whereabouts of 47 detained separatist ... Read more »
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A group of women led by Edith Kahbang Walla, the national coordinator of the Cameroon Peoples Party, were asking President Paul Biya to negotiate a peaceful political transition ... Read more »
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But I believe there's a silver lining to the dark cloud over Africa's politics. African autocrats are slowly being eased out. Incumbents might tinker with the rules of the game, ... Read more »