Biya’s Continued Stay in Power: Archbishop Kleda Says Unrest Reflects Deep Frustration and Poverty
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At the age of 92, the President of Cameroon begins an eighth term. The last dinosaur of the Françafrique defies time and history. Who is he? Could his son really succeed him in seven years? It is a tragic play whose Cameroonians seem condemned to replay the same acts without end. The protagonists do not change, only the sets are modernized. On 27 October 2025, the Constitutional Council validated, without surprise, the re-election of Paul Biya a…
The UN agency urges authorities to open “swift, impartial and effective investigations” into all cases of electoral violence, including the “excessive or disproportionate” use of force, and to bring the perpetrators to justice. It also insists on “the right to a fair trial and respect for […]
Biya’s continued stay in power: Archbishop Kleda says unrest reflects deep frustration and poverty
Archbishop Samuel Kleda of Cameroon’s Catholic Archdiocese of Douala has condemned the post-election violence that erupted across the country following the proclamation of results from the October 12 presidential poll. In a statement issued on November 1, Archbishop Kleda noted that unrest reflects deep frustration, poverty, and widespread distrust of political institutions. “The proclamation of the results of the October 12 poll, with the disap…
Vladimir Putin, who has ruled Russia for a quarter of a century, is in the league of novices. True lifelong heads of state have been in power since before most of their subjects were even born. Take the 92-year-old president of Cameroon, for example.
At the Cabinet Council of 30 October 2025, chaired by Cameroonian Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute, the government took the decision to submit to the arbitration of the re-elected President, Paul Biya, the draft of a new economic and financial programme between Cameroon and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), for...
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