Your account has been succesfully created.

EN FR

Spotlight | Cameroon
Berlin and Paris try in vain to flush Biya out of his bunker

Subscribers only

Published on 12.12.2018 at 04:30 GMT 3 min read Lire en français

Letter from the president of the African Football Federation (AFC) to Paul Biya

85-year-old Paul Biya has embarked on a highly uncertain seventh term in office, despite his comfortable victory in October. Operations by Boko Haram in the far north combined with the civil war tearing apart the two anglophone regions have torpedoed [.

This article may be accessed by subscribers

In order to ensure high-quality and independent journalism, Africa Intelligence relies solely on subscriptions from its readers, with no advertising, no events and no consulting work.

Several offers are available depending on your particular reading needs

Consult our offers

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

Create your free account

Discover our work by making use of the following possibilities: daily newsletters, a selection of free articles, keyword alerts.

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

create a free account

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, Andry Rajoelina, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Paul Biya

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRC Theft of 120-tonne shipment of copper raised in Tshisekedi meeting

Madagascar Rajoelina's former chief-of-staff's missed meeting

Algeria Tebboune's first UN General Assembly in NYC

Cameroon The military lobbies Biya

Subscribers only Politics, Business, Diplomacy 29.08.2023

Cameroon
Biya's right-hand man, General Ivo Desancio Yenwo, selected to protect the British embassy

The British Foreign Office has just put its trust in the private security provider Essoka Security, founded by one of Cameroon President Paul Biya's top security experts.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 14.02.2022

Cameroon
Under rising pressure from English-speaking separatists, Yaoundé goes after traditional leadership

In the latest episode in the never-ending conflict between English-speaking separatists and Cameroon's armed forces, the defence ministry issued a search warrant for several high Nso officials.

Subscribers only Politics 23.08.2021

Spotlight | Cameroon
The securocrats guiding Biya's decisions on Anglophone crisis

As the Cameroonian army struggles to find a way out of the crisis that has gripped the country for the past three year the president continues to rely on a small set of generals and military advisors.

Subscribers only Politics 18.11.2020

Cameroon
Military transport: Air Force picks discreet Aeromec for C-130 maintenance contract

The Portuguese aircraft services firm Aeromec has ramped up its Cameroonian activities with a new contract won in tandem with Marshall Aerospace to provide maintenance to three Hercules transport aircraft.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 19.05.2020

L'un des trois appareils de transport C-130H Hercules de l'Armée de l'air camerounaise.

Cameroon
Switzerland abandons mediation in anglophone west

Involved since June in mediating between the Cameroonian government and most of the separatist groups active in the anglophone west [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.12.2019

Cameroon
Paul Biya resilient

In power since 1982, Paul Biya has in speech after [...]

Subscribers only 10.04.2019

Cameroon
Elie Smith champions Anglophone Conference

The decision of the Cameroonian authorities to twice postpone the Anglophone General Conference, which is intended to restore peace in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.03.2019

Cameroon
Why Biya wants to torpedo Anglophone General Conference

The postponement in mid-November of an event aimed at resolving the crisis in the country is in large part due to pressure from Yaounde.

Subscribers only Politics 28.11.2018

Cameroon, France
Two Macron envoys in Yaounde to discuss anglophone crisis

Very conscious of the instability that has been reigning in the North-West and South-West anglophone regions of Cameroon since 2016, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.11.2018

Cameroon, Germany
The Bundestag urges Merkel to act on anglophone crisis

Four days after presidential elections marked by violence in the country's two anglophone regions, Cameroon is due to be discussed [...]

Subscribers only Politics 08.10.2018

Document | Cameroon
Biya's regime comes in for heavy criticism

The Cameroonian delegation headed by the foreign minister Lejeune Mbella [...]

Subscribers only Politics 06.06.2018

Cameroon, United States
Washington concerned at the crisis in the anglophone regions

On 17 October, a group of some twenty United States Members of Congress wrote to the ambassador Nikki Haley, the [...]

Free access Politics 25.10.2017

Text size

Once registered, you will be notified by a short message on your computer or mobile phone as soon as a new edition of our publication or an alert is published. Stay informed anytime, anywhere!

Spotlight | Cameroon
Berlin and Paris try in vain to flush Biya out of his bunker