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President Paul Biya of Cameroon recently sent a five-man delegation to Nigeria's anti-corruption agency to learn strategies for tracing money stolen from their heavily corrupt country.

Details: Simon Ateba; 29.Jun.2016; Hits: 4936

Two years ago, an IMF official at a press conference in Yaounde said: “Cameroon spends more than it earns. Incurring huge debts is inevitable in such a situation." In a 2016 report, the world Bank named Cameroon as the most indebted country in Francophone Africa with an estimated public debt rate over 8%.It is now safe to say that part of the money is being used to fund Brenda Biya's lavished lifestyle in America.

The Cameroon's first daughter lives alone in a $26,000 (about 15 million FCFA) a month mansion in California, attends University of California, Los Angeles which charges a whopping $60,000 (about 34.6 million FCFA) in tuition (that if she didn't get a scholarship) and drives a $100,000 (about 57.7 million FCFA) white G class Mercedes Benz.

According to a real-tor, the home is worth approximately $10,199,522 (about 5.8 billion FCFA) if the Biya family wanted to purchase it and Brenda Biya has allegedly been living there since 2014. It might be worth noting that these are just her basic needs. Do the maths!

Details: Eng David Aseneh; 09.Jun.2016; Hits: 8762

Many are still curious to know what actually transpired,given that it had never happened on such an occasion.

The car transporting Cameroon's President Paul Biya , to the 20th May Boulevard Yaounde, broke down few minutes into the boulevard itself.

Witnesses were anxious, as the President had to change the vehicle on the spot.

A few minutes later, soldiers of the Presidential Guard were spotted pushing the broke Presidential open top vintage limousine.

Questions are seriously been raised as to what must have actually transpired with the President's car.

President Paul Biya was heading to the 20^th May Boulevard to preside over celebrations marking the 44^th Anniversary of Cameroon’s National Day.

Observers were also quick to notice the absence of the President’s wife, Mrs Chantal Biya at the 20th May Boulevard.

She has hardly been absent during the celebration of Cameron’s National day, a day many critics of the Yaounde regime especially West of the Mungo, consider as unfounded.

Details: Solomon Amabo; 20.May.2016; Hits: 7551

A baby has drowned in a bucket in the Chantal Biya Foundation, a state-run hospital in the capital city of Yaounde, Cameroon, according to Mowah Sixtus Mbom, editor-in-chief of the Guardian Post Newspaper.

Mbom, a Cameroonian journalist, reports that the baby is one of the conjoined twins who were recently separated in Tunis, Tunisia.

"The baby drowned in a hospital room. This is unimaginable," writes the senior reporter.

All attempts to verify the story from hospital officials have been futile.

Chantal Biya Foundation was named after the wife of Cameroon's president, Paul Biya Bartholomew Bi Mvondo.

In recent months, several state hospitals in Cameroon have come under severe criticism for poor management and government neglect. Medical doctors abandoned a pregnant woman to die with her set of twins in front of a state-run hospital in Douala, Cameroon.

Details: Tapang Ivo Tanku; 19.May.2016; Hits: 5468

This is a picture from Mr Biya's recent visit to Nigeria. Nigeria's President, Mr Buhari shows Paul Biya the various Presidents Nigerians have had since independence in 1960. Mr Biya is laughing out his lungs. He could be saying to himself how foolish Cameroonians are.

He should be thanking his stars for being lucky or maybe he should be proud for being the smartest African Presidents. However, the Cameroons people are the only factor to be blame.

No end to African strongman era

Biya has ruled Cameroon since November 1982, he is the oldest sub-Saharan African president after Robert Mugabe. The Zimbabwe leader, who turned 92 in February, has headed that country since late 1987.

The end of the African strongman era was predicted back in 2014, when mass protests in Burkina Faso ousted President Blaise Compaore after 27 years in power.

Biya became president on November 6, 1982 after serving seven years as prime minister. In 2008, revised the constitution to remove presidential term limits.

Details: Mark Bareta; 06.May.2016; Hits: 3944

Reports from Jeune Afrique Newspaper indicates that there is an upcoming International Summit on May 14 th in Abuja-Nigeria with the main theme being discussions on the war against Boko Haram. Among the heads of state expected is the President of the Republic Paul Biya.

Reports from some Cameroonian media outlets are already hinting that Mr Biya will attend the conference although the cabinet of the presidency has not officially announced his participation.

All four heads of states of countries of the Commission of the Lake Chad Basin are to attend this crucial summit .At the meeting, the African leaders are expected to discuss the security challenges affecting the four countries that share boundaries with each other.

It should be noted that in June of 205, president Buhari organized a similar summit which was

attended by three of the four African Heads of State in the Lake Chad Basin Commission.Presidents of Chad, Idriss Deby, Niger, Mahamadou_Issoufou and Republic of Benin, Boni Yayai, were all present at the summit, while Cameroon’s president Mr Biya was instead represented by his then Minister of Defence, Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo'o.

Cameroonian media sources are hinting that the Head of State who is not a fan of Nigeria is finding it hard this time around to send a representative as the Nigerian Government indicated to him Mr Biya to respond personally to the invitation of Nigerian President Buhari, who visited Cameroon in July 2015.

Details: Jackson Tantoh; 27.Apr.2016; Hits: 4359

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