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

Cameroon's former water and energy minister Basile Kouna Atangana. © Jean-Pierre Kepseu/Panapress/MaxPPP

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. [...]

Published on 03/02/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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