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How Cameroon's Biya Has Held Onto Power for 35 Years

Updated: Wed 18 Apr, 10:02 am

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

Updated: Wed 11 Apr, 12:04 pm

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 »

History Might Help Resolve Cameroon's Anglophone Crisis

Updated: Thu 22 Mar, 05:29 pm

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  • How Cameroon's Biya Has Held Onto Power for 35 Years

    A ruling parting meeting

    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 »

    • Cameroon: Cameroon's Ghost President
    • Cameroon: Forthcoming Presidential Election - Littoral Chiefs Renew Blessings for President Paul Biya
  • Why Some African Girls Endure Painful Breast Ironing Practice

    Breast Ironing

    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 »

    • Africa: Breast Ironing, the Silent Archaic African Practice Conducted for the "Good of Girls"
    • Cameroon: Cameroon Practice Where Teen Girls Undergo 'Breast Ironing'
  • Cameroon Calls for Return of Fleeing Anglophones

    William Ajili, 70 ans, partage la nourriture que lui et sa famille ont avec la famille de réfugiés camerounais qu'il héberge dans sa maison au Nigeria. La famille a fui les répressions et les violences en cours au Cameroun anglophone.

    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 »

    • Cameroon: Govt Calls Fleeing English-Speaking Citizens Home
    • Cameroon: Separatist Conflict Halts Cameroon-Nigeria Business
  • History Might Help Resolve Cameroon's Anglophone Crisis

    Ambazonia protest.
    • Cameroon: Using History to Resolve the Anglophone Crisis
  • More Cameroonians Flee to Nigeria

    Cameroonian refugees arriving in Cross River State

    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 »

    • Nigeria: Cameroonians Pour Into Nigeria, Stretching Scant Resources - UN Refugee Agency
    • Nigeria: 20 000 Have Fled Cameroon Persecution to Nigeria
  • Cameroon Separatists Kidnap 40 People

    Cameroon security (file photo).

    The Kidnaping took place as President Paul Biya dispatched a minister to the troubled English-speaking regions on a peace-building mission. Read more »

    • Cameroon: Armed Anglophone Separatists Kidnap 40
    • Cameroon: Aging Biya Calls First Cabinet Meeting Since 2015
  • Cameroon Media Defies Ban on Political Debates

    (file photo).

    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 »

    • Cameroon: Media Defies Ban on Political Debate
    • Cameroon: A Reckless Old Man
  • Cameroon Separatists Threaten to Kill Kidnapped Official

    Cameroonian forces

    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 »

    • Cameroon: Separatists Threaten to Kill Kidnapped Official
    • Cameroon: Ban On Moto-Bikes - Worrying Causes, Effects
  • Cameroon Authorities Arrest Women Calling for Peaceful Transition

    A Campaign Poster for Kah Wallah, the Presidential candidate for the Cameroon People's Party.

    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 »

    • Cameroon: Women Arrested for Asking Biya to Negotiate a Peaceful Transition
    • Nigeria: AU Urged to Suspend Cameroon for Alleged Torture of 47 Political Activists, Others
  • There May Be a Silver Lining to Ali Bongo's Power Grab in Gabon

    President Ali Bongo Ondimba.

    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 »

    • Gabon: Why There May Be a Silver Lining to Ali Bongo's Power Grab
    • Africa: With a Busy Election Schedule, Africa Needs a Reversal of the Old Order

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InFocus: Cameroon

  • How Cameroon's Biya Has Held Onto Power for 35 Years
    How Cameroon's Biya Has Held Onto Power for 35 Years

  • Why Some African Girls Endure Painful Breast Ironing Practice
    Why Some African Girls Endure Painful Breast Ironing Practice

  • Cameroon Calls for Return of Fleeing Anglophones
    Cameroon Calls for Return of Fleeing Anglophones

  • History Might Help Resolve Cameroon's Anglophone Crisis
    History Might Help Resolve Cameroon's Anglophone Crisis

  • More Cameroonians Flee to Nigeria
    More Cameroonians Flee to Nigeria

  • Cameroon Separatists Kidnap 40 People
    Cameroon Separatists Kidnap 40 People

  • Cameroon Media Defies Ban on Political Debates
    Cameroon Media Defies Ban on Political Debates

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