Cameroon
Fecafoot rift places presidential 'high orders' in spotlight

Cameroon
Samuel Eto'o struggles to secure second term at head of Cameroonian Football Federation

The re-election of the former football player, who is the sole candidate, to the head of FECAFOOT is hitting up against various obstacles, starting with Paul Biya's allies.

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, Joseph Kabila, Paul Biya, Denis Sassou-Nguesso

Intrigues big and small... Every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRCNeutralising Kabila's networks in South Africa

CameroonTwo of Paul Biya's collaborators bicker it out over protocol

CongoPublishing house Ipanema organises gala for Denis Sassou-Nguesso

Cameroon
Behind the fall of military intelligence chief Bamkoui

The head of military security was pensioned off on 3 April after losing the support of Defence Minister Assomo.

Central African Republic
Sports Minister Doneng loses power struggle with football federation

Héritier Doneng, who is close to Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, pulled a media stunt by trying to impose Rigobert Song as the national football team coach. But he was forced to back down after the country's soccer federation and FIFA opposed the move.

Cameroon
Paul Biya puts his justice minister in his place

A series of probationary magistrate appointments made on 13 December by Justice Minister Laurent Esso, on President Paul Biya's orders, was the first of its kind in over four years.

Cameroon
Paul Biya sides with British American Tobacco

Under President Biya's high orders, Agriculture Minister Henri Eyebe Ayissi has dropped the decision to expropriate British American Tobacco Cameroon from prime land in Yaoundé, despite having agreed to it only a few months earlier.

Cameroon
Samuel Eto'o opponents prepare counter-attack

An appeal is being mounted after the Cameroonian football supremo was fined €200,000.

Cameroon
President Biya finally agrees to Higher Judicial Council meeting

Cameroon's president has allowed his justice minister to hold a Higher Judicial Council meeting in the coming weeks. The council has not met for nearly four years, paralysing part of the judicial system.

Cameroon
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh opens fresh negotiations on SONARA refinery rehabilitation

The secretary general at the Cameroonian presidency has in recent weeks opened talks with Portuguese company Cimontubo regarding rehabilitation of Cameroon's only oil refinery.

Cameroon
News channel Africa 24 back in court in France

Publishing company A Média, which runs news station Africa 24, has been summoned to appear before the Nanterre Commercial Court in the Paris suburbs on 4 June. The indebted company faces compulsory liquidation proceedings, five years after its takeover by the Cameroonian state.

Cameroon
Fecafoot election voters emerge from gilded cage

The election of the Fecafoot president, which received a lot of media attention, put unprecedented pressure on the 75 delegates, who are also company directors or senior civil servants, and for whom football is only a secondary activity.