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YAOUNDE, Cameroon – July 2025 – In an uncharacteristically sharp intervention, the social media accounts linked to Cameroon's long-serving President Paul Biya have issued a pointed critique against a rising number of government officials declaring their candidacies for the October 2025 presidential election.
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At the age of 76, Bello Bouba Maïgari has officially entered the race for Cameroon’s 2025 presidential election, breaking away from the longstanding alliance between his party, the National Union for Democracy and Progress (UNDP), and the ruling Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (RDPC).
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Yaoundé – July 2, 2025: A recent administrative meeting held at the Presidency of the Republic has sparked serious concerns among political observers in Cameroon. Convened without the presence of either President Paul Biya or Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute, the gathering was chaired by Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, Secretary-General at the Presidency, and involved government ministers and parliamentarians.
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Cameroon is entering a tense and uncertain political phase as two senior ministers — Issa Tchiroma Bakary and Bello Bouba Maïgari — resign from government just months before the presidential election.
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Seventeen Nigerian soldiers have been killed in an hours-long gunfight with armed bandits in Niger State, underscoring the fragile security landscape in the country’s northwest. According to official sources, the operation was intelligence-led and jointly executed by the Nigerian Army and Air Force in Kwanar Dutse Forest, where over 300 armed militants had gathered to launch an incursion into Bangi community.
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When a captain jumps ship, it’s rarely random. Issa Tchiroma Bakary’s resignation and presidential bid—unfolding in spectacular, back-to-back announcements—feels less like a retirement than a carefully timed gambit. And for those who’ve studied Cameroon’s political rhythm under President Paul Biya’s 42-year reign, the implications are hard to overstate.
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# Paul Biya and his regime
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