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Cameroon
New Age far from starting production on Etinde despite promise of new contract

Numerous financial and political obstacles are preventing New Age from beginning production on Etinde block, agreement of principle or not.

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2021

Cameroon
Why Biya afforded former minister Kouna Atangana special treatment after corruption charges

Basile Kouna Atangana, who served in Cameroon's government until 2018, was jailed last year in connection with an anticorruption operation, but his legal woes are coming to an end. Here's why.

Subscribers only Politics 03.02.2021

Cameroon's former water and energy minister Basile Kouna Atangana.

Cameroon
Crackle on the line between telecoms sector's two leading ladies

The launch of the new Blue mobile telephone service by national telecommunications company Camtel has brought to a head the tensions between telecoms minister Minette Libom li Likeng, who is close to the presidency, and Camtel director general Judith Yah Sunday-Achidi, one of the wives of former prime minister Simon Achidi Achu, who hails from the anglophone north western region.

Subscribers only Business 03.02.2021

Cameroon
Biya and the Atangana affair billions

Michel Thierry Atangana, a French businessman of Cameroonian origin who spent 17 years behind bars in Cameroon, is battling Yaoundé to extract 57bn CFA francs (€86m) in compensation over a decades-old financing mechanism.

Subscribers only Politics 26.01.2021

French businessman Michel Thierry Atangana, who spent 17 years in a Cameroonian prison.

Cameroon
Ngoh Ngoh takes charge of Camair privatisation

The new chairman of the Camair-Co board is Mauger Ayem, who is currently a technical advisor at the president's office. He is said to be close to its omnipotent secretary-general Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh.

Subscribers only Business 14.01.2021

Inner circles | Cameroon
Paul Biya surrounds himself with diplomat warriors to defend his regime

President Paul Biya likes to keep a strong hand in Cameroonian diplomacy and is now only willing to work with officials that he has personally known for decades and will protect him come what may.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.01.2021

Cameroon
With no power over government, PM Ngute digs in heels

Though technically the highest-ranked minister, Joseph Dion Ngute is only the head of government in name and it is Paul Biya's advisors who manage the executive's day-to-day actions.

Subscribers only Politics 07.01.2021

Cameroon's Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute.

Cameroon
Paul Biya plays hard to get with French ambassador

France's ambassador in Yaoundé used to meet the Cameroonian president on a regular basis. But not any more. Here's why.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.12.2020

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Cameroonian counterpart Paul Biya.

Cameroon
Paul Biya has deep pockets... and they're lined with ammo

As Cameroonian authorities prepare for a second round of negotiations with separatist leaders from the Anglophone West, the government awarded its army a hefty budget increase.

Subscribers only Politics 21.12.2020

Spotlight | Cameroon
Torn over separatist question, Biya resumes talks

The president's chief of staff and other senior members of government are complicating any steps towards reconciliation with the Anglophone separatist movement by digging in their heels.

Subscribers only Politics 15.12.2020

Cameroon
Biya sends message to his would-be successors as he uses courts to end Mebe Ngo'o's career

President Paul Biya is pursuing his plans to get rid of ministers who show themselves too ready to join the race to succeed him. First to go is former defence minister Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo'o.

Subscribers only Politics 04.12.2020

Former defence minister Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo'o in 2014.

Cameroon
Unable to travel, Biya turns his palace into a clinic

The president is confronted by protestors whenever he travels abroad for medical treatment. So now he gets his foreign doctors to treat him in Cameroon.

Subscribers only Politics 30.11.2020

Cameroon
Biya and SNH pin recovery hopes on gas fields

Hit hard by a health crisis that is expected to slash GDP by 3.5 percentage points, Cameroon is desperately clinging to its gas prospects to rescue the economy.

Subscribers only Energy 25.11.2020

Cameroon
Yaoundé forecasts severe economic recession

The Cameroonian minister of the economy, Alamine Ousmane Mey, has predicted a 2.5 point fall in GDP in 2020.

Subscribers only Politics 20.11.2020

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

Document | Cameroon
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh weaponises presidential directives

Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, the all-powerful secretary-general at the president's office, has a key weapon in his running battle against certain rival ministers and advisors to Paul Biya: the authority to sign directives on behalf of the president.

Subscribers only Business 22.10.2020

The secretary-general at the president's office Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh.

Cameroon
LafargeHolcim: why Biya wants French head of local branch out

The Swiss group LafargeHolcim, cornered by the competition from Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, is under pressure from the president's office.

Subscribers only Business 01.09.2020

Cameroonian president Paul Biya has been urging his teams to put order within the country's partially state-owned companies.

Ivory Coast
Presidential elections: the spin doctors stirring a media war

With just three months to go to the elections, a bevy of communications firms are busying themselves around the candidates.

Subscribers only Politics 25.08.2020

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara officially nominated to stand for third term in Abidjan.

Cameroon
Cameroon's rival factions clash over every government initiative as end of Biya's reign looms

A recent U-turn on management of the Ebo forest is only the latest incident in unending clan warfare that is tearing Cameroon's government apart.

Subscribers only Politics 21.08.2020

Cameroon
Powerful SNH and SONARA crystallize anger of English-speaking regions

The two state oil institutions, both exclusively controlled by the president and a few of his liegemen, have become the prime target of activists in the southwest, where the population is just as distrustful of their English-speaking elites.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 30.07.2020

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Paul Biya

Cameroon
New Age far from starting production on Etinde despite promise of new contract

Cameroon
Why Biya afforded former minister Kouna Atangana special treatment after corruption charges

Cameroon
Crackle on the line between telecoms sector's two leading ladies

Cameroon
Biya and the Atangana affair billions

Cameroon
Ngoh Ngoh takes charge of Camair privatisation

Inner circles | Cameroon
Paul Biya surrounds himself with diplomat warriors to defend his regime

Cameroon
With no power over government, PM Ngute digs in heels

Cameroon
Paul Biya plays hard to get with French ambassador

Cameroon
Paul Biya has deep pockets... and they're lined with ammo

Spotlight | Cameroon
Torn over separatist question, Biya resumes talks

Cameroon
Biya sends message to his would-be successors as he uses courts to end Mebe Ngo'o's career

Cameroon
Unable to travel, Biya turns his palace into a clinic

Cameroon
Biya and SNH pin recovery hopes on gas fields

Cameroon
Yaoundé forecasts severe economic recession

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

Document | Cameroon
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh weaponises presidential directives

Cameroon
LafargeHolcim: why Biya wants French head of local branch out

Ivory Coast
Presidential elections: the spin doctors stirring a media war

Cameroon
Cameroon's rival factions clash over every government initiative as end of Biya's reign looms

Cameroon
Powerful SNH and SONARA crystallize anger of English-speaking regions

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Cameroon New Age far from starting production on Etinde despite promise of new contract

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Cameroon Crackle on the line between telecoms sector's two leading ladies

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Cameroon Paul Biya has deep pockets... and they're lined with ammo

Spotlight | Cameroon Torn over separatist question, Biya resumes talks

Cameroon Biya sends message to his would-be successors as he uses courts to end Mebe Ngo'o's career

Cameroon Unable to travel, Biya turns his palace into a clinic

Cameroon Biya and SNH pin recovery hopes on gas fields

Cameroon Yaoundé forecasts severe economic recession

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

Document | Cameroon Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh weaponises presidential directives

Cameroon LafargeHolcim: why Biya wants French head of local branch out

Ivory Coast Presidential elections: the spin doctors stirring a media war

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Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon
New Age far from starting production on Etinde despite promise of new contract

Cameroon
Why Biya afforded former minister Kouna Atangana special treatment after corruption charges

Cameroon
Crackle on the line between telecoms sector's two leading ladies

Cameroon
Biya and the Atangana affair billions

Cameroon
Ngoh Ngoh takes charge of Camair privatisation

Inner circles | Cameroon
Paul Biya surrounds himself with diplomat warriors to defend his regime

Cameroon
With no power over government, PM Ngute digs in heels

Cameroon
Paul Biya plays hard to get with French ambassador

Cameroon
Paul Biya has deep pockets... and they're lined with ammo

Spotlight | Cameroon
Torn over separatist question, Biya resumes talks

Cameroon
Biya sends message to his would-be successors as he uses courts to end Mebe Ngo'o's career

Cameroon
Unable to travel, Biya turns his palace into a clinic

Cameroon
Biya and SNH pin recovery hopes on gas fields

Cameroon
Yaoundé forecasts severe economic recession

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

Document | Cameroon
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh weaponises presidential directives

Cameroon
LafargeHolcim: why Biya wants French head of local branch out

Ivory Coast
Presidential elections: the spin doctors stirring a media war

Cameroon
Cameroon's rival factions clash over every government initiative as end of Biya's reign looms

Cameroon
Powerful SNH and SONARA crystallize anger of English-speaking regions