It is an understatement to say that Cameroonian ambassadors know their host country well: once appointed to a capital they stay there on average for a decade and some even die on the job, as did Jacques Ndoumbe Eboule in Ethiopia in 2019. The ten-yearly gathering of the country's diplomats, tired of duty in their country of adoption, was able to take place in 2020. Of the 34 ambassadors posted abroad, President Paul Biya has already changed 11 since August.
Biya sought the counsel of his nephew and
