Tag: President paul Biya
Paul Biya of Cameroon visits Nigeria
In Pictures: President Paul Biya of Cameroon on Tuesday arrived Nigeria. He was met on arrival by Vice President Yemi…
Biya begins two-day state visit to Nigeria
President Paul Biya of Cameroun, will at the invitation of President Muhammadu Buhari, begin a two-day state visit to Nigeria…
Buhari, Biya agree to complete Nigeria-Cameroon demarcation in 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari and his Cameroonian counterpart, Paul Biya, have agreed to work towards the completion of the demarcation of…
Boko Haram leader taunts Itno, Biya, Issouffou in new video
The head of Boko Haram — the enigmatic Abubakar Shekau — has openly taunted the countries being menaced by the…
Boko Haram: Chad to send troops to support Cameroon
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya announced Thursday that neighbouring Chad will send troops to aid his country’s army fight Boko Haram…
Boko Haram frees Chinese captives, wife of Cameroon’s top politician
Ten Chinese and 17 local hostages have been released in Cameroon, where they were kidnapped earlier this year in raids…
Cameroon sacks 2 army chiefs after Boko Haram raids
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya on Tuesday dismissed two senior army officers in the country’s far north following Boko Haram attacks…
Cameroon arrests education minister for theft
Cameroon’s secondary education minister Louis Bapes Bapes was arrested and remanded in custody on suspected embezzlement of public funds, a…
Cameroon rules out sanctuary for Boko Haram fighters
On a day that Boko Harm insurgents attacked with impunity a military barrack in Maiduguri, Borno state, Cameroon vowed it…
Boko Haram: The Cameroon Connection
It has now dawned on President Paul Biya of the Republic of Cameroon and his government that the Boko Haram…
Winners Chapel, others shut down in Cameroon
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has ordered the closure of nearly 100 Christian churches in key cities, citing criminal practices organized…
Leaders back naval force to fight Gulf of Guinea piracy
West and Central African leaders on Monday called for the deployment of an international naval force in the Gulf of…
French family kidnapped in northern Cameroon freed
Cameroon’s president, Paul Biya has announced the release of a French family of seven kidnapped by Islamic extremists in Cameroon…
Protesters Teargassed As Cameroon’s Biya Marks 30yrs In Power
Cameroonian security forces used teargas to disperse about a thousand opposition supporters who had gathered in the commercial capital on…
Cameroon ex-minister jailed for aircraft scam
A court in Yaounde on Saturday jailed former Cameroon minister Marafa Hamidou Yaya for 25 years for embezzling $29 million…