Ailing Biya visited by his French doctor
Worried about the series of ailments suffered by 90-year-old Paul Biya in April, the presidential entourage called on his personal physician. [...]
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Doctors increasingly on call for presidential check-ups
The advancing age of African heads of state, who don’t issue bills of health, gives rise to long-established medical practices and procedures. While a leader’s personal doctors cope with his minor ailments foreign hospitals are much in demand for exhaustive [...] (599 words)
Issue dated 08/06/2016
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- Alain Dana
- Alain Prosper Bouya
- Alassane Ouattara
- Alpha Conde
- Ange Vincentelli
- Aristide Talon
- Boubacar Kane
- Centre Francois 1
- Claude Maylin
- Denis Sassou-Nguesso
- Dominique Ouattara
- Faure Gnassingbe
- Francois Pons
- Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
- Ibrahim Toure
- Idriss Deby
- Jean-Jacques Bouya
- Jean-Marc Aubert
- Lalla Malika Issoufou
- LC Lattes
- M’Bemka Kaba
- Macky Sall
- Mahamadou Issoufou
- Mamadou Diaby
- Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
- Mouhamadou Mbengue
- Patrice Talon
- Patrick Nouvian
- Paul Biya
- Soly Bensabat