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Cameroon
Handover on hold at DGRE as scores are settled

Jean-Pierre Robins Ghoumo was appointed director of Cameroon's intelligence service in December, but cannot access the files of his predecessor, Léopold Maxime Eko Eko, currently in jail. The new management is weeding out the old director's confidants. [...]

Published on 22/01/2024 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Cameroon
Alioum Abati
Dame Ndi Mballa
Direction générale de la recherche extérieure
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh
James Elong Lobe
Jean-Pierre Robins Ghoumo
Justin Danwe
Leopold Maxime Eko Eko
Martinez Zogo
Paul Biya
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Turbulence continues for Cameroonian external intelligence agency

The head of operations at Cameroon's Directorate General for External Research, a veteran of the institution, has been sacked just two months after taking office. The external intelligence agency has struggled to steady itself following the arrest of former director Léopold Maxime Eko Eko.

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Cameroon's foreign intelligence chief, Léopold Maxime Eko Eko, believed he had obtained an order for release on 1 December but remains in custody. That was despite a nudge from Cameroon's president, who refused to replace Eko Eko during his detention, to help the investigation progress.

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Eight months after being incarcerated for his suspected involvement in the assassination of journalist Martinez Zogo, the ex-Operations Director of Cameroon's intelligence agency DGRE Justin Danwe is still waiting for a hearing with the judge.

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Cameroon
Report exonerating intelligence chief Eko Eko of Martinez Zogo murder resurfaces

The examining magistrate investigating the murder of the Cameroonian journalist has unearthed a report which is favourable to Léopold Maxime Eko Eko, who has been in pre-trial detention since 4 March.

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

A judge has rejected a request for bail from Maxime Eko Eko, the head of the Directorate General of External Research who has been behind bars since 4 March in connection with the murder of journalist Martinez Zogo.

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Elong Lobe jockeys for top foreign intelligence job

Following the indictment of the head of Cameroon's foreign intelligence agency and his number two over the murder of journalist Martinez Zogo, the ambitious divisional commissioner Justin Elong Lobe is hoping to seize his opportunity.

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

After 12 years at the head of Cameroonian external intelligence, in an unprecedented move, Léopold Maxime Eko Eko, the target of the investigation into the murder of journalist Martinez Zogo, is being sidelined. France's DGSE is particularly upset by this development.

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