YAOUNDE (Reuters) -A long-time ally of Cameroon's leader has quit the government to run for president in October elections - a defection that could reshape the West African nation's politics after ...

Cameroon Justice minister Maurice Kamto prepares to sign documents transferring the authority Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon in Archibong, Nigeria, Aug. 14, 2006. (Credit: George Osodi/AP.) Listen ...

DOUALA, Cameroon (RNS) — Cameroon’s presidential campaign kicked off Sept. 27, but 92-year-old incumbent President Paul Biya, seeking reelection to extend 43 years in power, was nowhere to be found.

In July 2025, President Paul Biya made a simple post on X. “I am a candidate for the … presidential election,” he wrote, adding, “Rest assured that my determination to serve you is commensurate with ...

More third-country nationals deported to nation they have no ties to - Their lawyer says deporting them to a third country is effectively a legal ‘loophole’ ...

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon's 92-year-old president announced Sunday he will seek his eighth term in the upcoming October elections. The announcement comes after months of speculation that the ...

Cameroonian President Paul Biya appears at the presidential palace in Yaounde, Cameroon, July 26, 2022 (Sipa photo by Stephane Lemouton via AP Images). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) ...

Samuel Eto'o is up there with George Weah as an African great on the football field, but he says he has no plans to follow the Liberian into politics "for the moment". "Everyone wants me to go into ...