Leopold Maxime Eko Eko

Cameroon
Technical head of external intelligence service given marching orders

The technical director of the DGRE, James Elong Lobe, has been dismissed after 15 years in post - a consequence of his poor relations with new intelligence chief Jean-Pierre Robins Ghoumo.

Cameroon
Confidential note on Martinez Zogo affair has Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh worried

The investigation into the journalist's murder is continuing to shake the upper echelons of the Cameroonian state. A note from a judicial expert to Paul Biya accuses Ngoh Ngoh of having blocked investigation of the role played in the affair by himself and two government ministers.

Cameroon
Turbulence continues for Cameroonian external intelligence agency

The head of operations at Cameroon's Directorate General for External Research, a veteran of the institution, has been sacked just two months after taking office. The external intelligence agency has struggled to steady itself following the arrest of former director Léopold Maxime Eko Eko.

Cameroon
Handover on hold at DGRE as scores are settled

Jean-Pierre Robins Ghoumo was appointed director of Cameroon's intelligence service in December, but cannot access the files of his predecessor, Léopold Maxime Eko Eko, currently in jail. The new management is weeding out the old director's confidants.

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Cameroon
Martinez Zogo trial: Biya fast-tracks investigation

Cameroon's foreign intelligence chief, Léopold Maxime Eko Eko, believed he had obtained an order for release on 1 December but remains in custody. That was despite a nudge from Cameroon's president, who refused to replace Eko Eko during his detention, to help the investigation progress.

Cameroon
Danwe stuck in judge's antechamber following accusation in Zogo murder

Eight months after being incarcerated for his suspected involvement in the assassination of journalist Martinez Zogo, the ex-Operations Director of Cameroon's intelligence agency DGRE Justin Danwe is still waiting for a hearing with the judge.

Cameroon
Report exonerating intelligence chief Eko Eko of Martinez Zogo murder resurfaces

The examining magistrate investigating the murder of the Cameroonian journalist has unearthed a report which is favourable to Léopold Maxime Eko Eko, who has been in pre-trial detention since 4 March.

Cameroon
SNH boss Adolphe Moudiki calls on Biya for support over Glencore

In an about-turn, the head of Cameroon's Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures has asked President Paul Biya to open a legal investigation after Swiss trader Glencore admitted paying the company's top executives.

Cameroon
Military judge rejects Maxime Eko Eko's request for bail

A judge has rejected a request for bail from Maxime Eko Eko, the head of the Directorate General of External Research who has been behind bars since 4 March in connection with the murder of journalist Martinez Zogo.

Cameroon
Elong Lobe jockeys for top foreign intelligence job

Following the indictment of the head of Cameroon's foreign intelligence agency and his number two over the murder of journalist Martinez Zogo, the ambitious divisional commissioner Justin Elong Lobe is hoping to seize his opportunity.

Cameroon
Yaoundé cancels visit from Canadian envoy to discuss Anglophone crisis

Ottawa will have to show a little more patience before attempting to initiate talks again about the Anglophone Crisis. Its assistant deputy minister for global affairs, Peter MacDougall, was expected in Cameroon at the end of March, but Yaoundé ended up cancelling at the last minute.

Cameroon
Candidates line up to succeed Director of External Intelligence Maxime Eko Eko

Africa Intelligence identifies four candidates to succeed Léopold Maxime Eko Eko. The head of the Directorate General of External Research was indicted on 4 March in the case of journalist Martinez Zogo's murder.

Cameroon
Léopold Maxime Eko Eko's disgrace deprives France's DGSE of key contact

After 12 years at the head of Cameroonian external intelligence, in an unprecedented move, Léopold Maxime Eko Eko, the target of the investigation into the murder of journalist Martinez Zogo, is being sidelined. France's DGSE is particularly upset by this development.

Cameroon
Biya turns to shadowy Israeli networks to cast light on Belinga affair

In parallel with the official inquiry, military intelligence agents have since late January been secretly investigating the murder of the journalist Martinez Zogo with Israeli help. Their findings have implicated Cameroon's counter-espionage services.

Cameroon
NSC plots life after Biya

The National Security Council (NSC) will play a decisive role in the succession of Paul Biya, which is why its members are keeping close tabs on one another.