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

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

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.

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.

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 [...]

Cameroon
Paul Biya resilient

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

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 [...]

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.

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, [...]

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 [...]

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

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