Politique Archives - CameroonOnline.org

Cameroon Groups Call for President’s Son to Succeed Father

May 1, 2021 English, Politique, Top 8

YAOUNDE -VOA | Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has been in power for nearly four decades and is Africa’s oldest and second longest-serving leader. Critics of Biya’s long rule suspect he is seeking a family dynasty after newly established groups this month started calling for his son, Franck, to succeed him. …

Nécrologie : Décès de Germaine Ahidjo, à Dakar

April 20, 2021 Français, Politique, Top 2

Senenews | L’ex-Première Dame du Cameroun, Germaine Ahidjo, est décédée dans la nuit du lundi 19 au mardi 20 avril 2021, à Dakar. Epouse du premier président du Cameroun, Ahmadou Ahidjo, est est décédée à l’âge de 89 ans. Elle était la Première dame du Cameroun de 1960 jusqu’en 1982.

Michel Thierry Atangana, emprisonné 17 ans au Cameroun : “J’ai été oublié par mon pays” [+vidéo]

April 20, 2021 Français, Politique, Top, World Comments Off on Michel Thierry Atangana, emprisonné 17 ans au Cameroun : “J’ai été oublié par mon pays” [+vidéo]

INVITÉ RTL | Le Français Michel Thierry Atangana a passé 17 ans enfermé dans un sous-sol au Cameroun. Dix-sept ans de détention arbitraire. Michel Thierry Atangana publie Otage judiciaire, pour raconter son histoire et évoquer son combat. En 1993, cet ingénieur financier français né au Cameroun part en mission pour …

In a growing number of African countries, long-ruling presidents look to anoint their sons as next leaders

April 19, 2021 English, Politique, Top 6

The Globe and Mail | Africa’s oldest president, preparing to enter his fifth decade in power, may finally have a successor waiting in the wings: his eldest son. Paul Biya, the 88-year-old autocrat who has dominated Cameroon for the past 39 years, is sometimes described as the world’s longest-ruling non-royal …

Cameroon senior Health official dies at 75

April 8, 2021 English, Politique, Top Comments Off on Cameroon senior Health official dies at 75

The East African | A senior Cameroonian government official who has been on the frontline of the fight against the deadly coronavirus pandemic has died of an undisclosed illness. Alim Garga Hayatou, Secretary of State in the Cameroon Ministry of Public Health in charge of epidemics and pandemics, died in …

Cameroon Police Crack Down on Opposition

April 3, 2021 English, Politique, Top Comments Off on Cameroon Police Crack Down on Opposition

YAOUNDE VOA | For the second consecutive time, heavily armed police dispersed an opposition leaders’ meeting held to propose reforms they say are needed to democratically change the more than four-decade-long rule of 88-year-old Cameroonian President Paul Biya. Opposition leaders, including three former presidential candidates, say the crackdown is the …