After Paul Biya
Cameroon’s president has ruled for over four decades by silence and survival. Now, with dynastic succession looming and no clear exit strategy, the country teeters between inertia and implosion.
Paul Biya
Cameroon’s last election
The outcome of the October 12 elections may make or break the resource-rich Central African nation.
Biya forever
As Cameroon nears its presidential elections, a disintegrated opposition paves the way for the world’s oldest leader to claim a fresh mandate.
Paul Biya, the last Kaiser
A meditation on the oldest ruler in the world.
Frontiers of dystopia
Cameroon claims to be a democracy. Then why are even moderates like Maurice Kamto in jail?
God don kam
Rapper Jovi has inducted himself into a club of Cameroonian artists who have embraced their own truths in the face of adversity.
Meditations on Paul Biya’s Reelection in Cameroon
The Biya regime's grip on power has been exposed more than ever before. It is revolting to watch.
The President’s Footballers
Star players in Cameroon's national soccer team have always doubled as PR pawns for the protracted rule of the country's aging and hard-line head of state.
The US and France backs Cameroon’s reign of terror
When will the state-sanctioned violence in Cameroon be sufficient to cause Western nations to stop supporting President Paul Biya and his military?
Cameroon on the brink
Paul Biya's inability to address the crisis in the country's Anglophone region is pushing the nation to the brink.
Kafka in Cameroon
Cameroon's police apparently interrogated Samuel Eto'o and took away his passport over the team's World Cup display.
Everyone has their own Paul Biya
What would happen if the president goes missing? The people wouldn't care. They've learned to live without him.
Woman of the Year
Alice Nkom, the brave, activist lawyer, harassed and imprisoned by Cameroon's repressive regime on the government's actions: "Threats like these show us that the fight must continue.”
Cameroon is Cameroon
A mix of factors - language, regional, sexism, an opposition that has been co-opted by the ruling party and repression - prevents real, meaningful change in Cameroon.