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Biya turns to shadowy Israeli networks to cast light on Belinga affair

In parallel with the official inquiry, military intelligence agents have since late January been secretly investigating the murder of the journalist Martinez Zogo with Israeli help. Their findings have implicated Cameroon's counter-espionage services. [...]

Published on 09/02/2023 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Military judge rejects Maxime Eko Eko's request for bail

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Elong Lobe jockeys for top foreign intelligence job

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Candidates line up to succeed Director of External Intelligence Maxime Eko Eko

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Léopold Maxime Eko Eko's disgrace deprives France's DGSE of key contact

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General Meka contends with rival army command structures

The octogenarian head of the Cameroonian armed forces, Rene Claude Meka, has held sway for two decades over an army high command which has been nurturing careers far from the theatres of operation. Although he remains unmoveable, he has to contend with rival command structures, particularly the Israeli-controlled Rapid Intervention Battalion.

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Cameroonian Chief of Defence Staff Major General Meka Rene-Claude

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Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh calls in favours to avoid judicial scrutiny

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Two soldiers from the Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR), an elite unit of the Cameroonian army.

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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
Biya turns to shadowy Israeli networks to cast light on Belinga affair

Inner circles | Cameroon
Cyrus Ngo'o, watchdog for Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh at Douala port

Cameroon
New Telesud boss to rebrand channel

Cameroon
Elite rapid intervention unit buys South African fighting vehicles

Cameroon
SNH boss Adolphe Moudiki calls on Biya for support over Glencore

Cameroon
Military judge rejects Maxime Eko Eko's request for bail

Cameroon
Elong Lobe jockeys for top foreign intelligence job

Cameroon
Candidates line up to succeed Director of External Intelligence Maxime Eko Eko

Cameroon
Léopold Maxime Eko Eko's disgrace deprives France's DGSE of key contact

Inner circles | Cameroon
General Meka contends with rival army command structures

Cameroon
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh calls in favours to avoid judicial scrutiny

In Focus | Cameroon
Dobékréo, the battle-hardened general dispatched to softly crush secessionists

Cameroon
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh brings economy and finance ministries under his thumb