Cameroon
Paul Biya keeps fellow octogenarians in power whatever the cost

Palace Intrigues
Emmanuel Macron, Andry Rajoelina, Felix Tshisekedi, Marcel Niat Njifenji and Abakar Manany

Madagascar
Macron and Rajoelina in Parisian tête-à-tête

DRC
Former adviser 'JCK' invites himself along on Tshisekedi's Oyo trip

Chad
Abakar Manany, a minister far from N'Djamena

Cameroon
Senate president Marcel Niat Njifenji holidays in Geneva

Cameroon
Intelligence agents hunt author of parliamentary poison-pen letters

A series of anonymous letters purportedly signed by Cameroon's parliamentary speaker have sought to settle scores with several ruling party figures from the Far North region. Investigators recently questioned the speaker's top aide about these poison-pen letters.

Cameroon
While rumours of his son's ambitions rage online, Paul Biya plots his succession

While the president and his chief of staff Samuel Mvondo Ayolo draw up secret plans for his succession behind palace walls, Cameroon's political bigwigs are making moves in the shadows. Out in the open, the possibility of his son Franck Biya taking over is causing a buzz online.

Cameroon
Yaoundé aims to forego World Bank help on mining cadastre

Cameroon has hired consultancy Drake & Bart to design an institutional framework that would help wean the country off World Bank help in managing its mining cadastre.

Cameroon
While waiting for Biden, Paris steps up pressure over Anglophone crisis

After the Vatican made its voice heard, Paris has reminded the Cameroonian government of its concerns about the continuing crisis in the English-speaking provinces. European Union states hope that the new US administration, which purports to put human rights at the heart of its foreign policy, will come to their help.