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Cameroon
While rumours of his son's ambitions rage online, Paul Biya plots his succession

While the president and his chief of staff Samuel Mvondo Ayolo draw up secret plans for his succession behind palace walls, Cameroon's political bigwigs are making moves in the shadows. Out in the open, the possibility of his son Franck Biya taking over is causing a buzz online. [...]

Published on 06/04/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Alain Fidèle Owona Zoa
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh
Franck Biya
Louis-Paul Motaze
Paul Biya
Rassemblement Democratique du Peuple Camerounais
Samuel Mvondo Ayolo

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RDPC looks to post-Biya future ahead of party conference

Elections to the local institutions of the ruling RDPC have now come to an end. The stakes are high, since those appointed to senior positions will be able to take part in the next party conference (the first since 2011), which could very well be decisive in terms of who succeeds Paul Biya.

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'Covidgate' spells danger for tycoon Mohamadou Dabo

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Paul Biya keeps fellow octogenarians in power whatever the cost

The 88-year-old Cameroonian president will not let his fellow executive members retire out of fear that their retirements could raise unspoken questions about his own position as head of state.

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Marcel Niat Njifenji, Speaker of the Senate with Cavaye Yeguie Djibril, President of the National Assembly (left to right), on March 6, 2018 in Yaounde.

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Paul Biya Stadium plunges the country into further debt

After having pleaded for a suspension of interest payments on its sovereign debt with one hand, Cameroon is preparing with the other to call on the the banks to loan it more money to enable it to complete construction of the Paul Biya Stadium, which is due to be the centrepiece of next year's Africa Cup of Nations.

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The Paul Biya stadium construction site.

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Biya's birthday prompts courtiers' one-upmanship

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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.

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

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.

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Cameroon
Rivals manoeuvre to succeed Biya as RDPC leader

Several allies of the Cameroonian president are vying for the leadership of the ruling party and trying to steal a march on their rivals. But they are wary of being too open about their intentions, as the president has been quick in the past to sideline RDPC colleagues who were seen as too ambitious.

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Alain Fidèle Owona Zoa
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh
Franck Biya
Louis-Paul Motaze
Paul Biya
Rassemblement Democratique du Peuple Camerounais
Samuel Mvondo Ayolo

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Cameroon
While rumours of his son's ambitions rage online, Paul Biya plots his succession

Cameroon
RDPC looks to post-Biya future ahead of party conference

Cameroon
'Covidgate' spells danger for tycoon Mohamadou Dabo

Cameroon
Paul Biya keeps fellow octogenarians in power whatever the cost

Cameroon
Paul Biya Stadium plunges the country into further debt

Cameroon
Biya's birthday prompts courtiers' one-upmanship

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

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

Cameroon
Rivals manoeuvre to succeed Biya as RDPC leader