US ambassador to Cameroon Robert Jackson has pointed to widespread irregularities in the country's presidential election earlier this month. The results are to be announced Friday, with long-term ruler Paul Biya set for a comfortable win.
François Picard’s panel explains how fast-shifting battle lines in the wider Middle East may have brought about that prisoner swap deal for Gilad Shilad; Also, Paris and Berlin promise a plan to fix the Eurozone and how an African Spring may be sooner than you think.
François Picard’s panel explains how fast-shifting battle lines in the wider Middle East may have brought about that prisoner swap deal for Gilad Shilad; Also, Paris and Berlin promise a plan to fix the Eurozone and how an African Spring may be sooner than you think.
Cameroon's main opposition party described the country’s presidential election “a fraudulent mess” Monday as polling officials counted votes that looked certain to extend incumbent Paul Biya's 29-year rule.
In Cameroon, President Paul Biya is expected to be a shoe-in for re-election this Sunday. Also, after a devastating attack that left over 100 dead in Somalia, al Qaeda-linked group al-Shabaab says more violence is to come. Meanwhile, Archbishop Desmond Tutu turns 80 this week, but is still hard at work in South Africa. And Germany finally hands back the skulls of 20 Namibians killed during a bloody colonial past.
The Paris public prosecutor's office has opened an inquiry into whether the president of Cameroon Paul Biya (pictured) had misappropriated public funds and had purchased assets in France. Biya's office has denied the complaint.
In this edition: floods caused by heavy rain have killed nearly 160 people since June in West Africa; post-election violence mars Ali Bongo's victory in Gabon; and Cameroon responds to a report on the lavish holidays of President Paul Biya.
The French press have been spattering ink over the lavish holidays of Cameroonian President Paul Biya, whose country is to receive 537 million euros in French aid over the next five years.
The mayor of the upscale western French resort town of La Baule was happy to welcome Cameroonian President Paul Biya and his wife, Chantal. But when confronted with the couple's extravagant vacation tab, the mayor was not quite as forthcoming.
President Paul Biya looked set to extend his 25-year rule over Cameroon past 2011 after parliament adopted a constitutional bill removing a presidential two-term limit.
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