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Paul Biya’s Phantom Campaign: The World’s Laziest Candidate Eyes an Eighth Term. At 92, Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has turned political inertia into an art form. On July 13, 2025, he announced via a cryptic X post that he’s running for an eighth term in the October 12 presidential election, dangling a vague promise that […]

Speculation is swirling in Yaoundé and with good reason. As the nation approaches what should be a routine electoral ritual under the Biya regime, insiders suggest something more sinister is at play. Word is, Paul Biya may not have even signed his own candidacy for an eighth term. At 92, in visible cognitive decline, there

Speculation is swirling in Yaoundé and with good reason. As the nation approaches what should be a routine electoral ritual under the Biya regime, insiders suggest something more sinister is at play. Word is, Paul Biya may not have even signed his own candidacy for an eighth term. At 92, in visible cognitive decline, there

Cameroon, the Nation That Gave Up: A Reckoning with Cowardice By any reasonable measure of history, Paul Biya should be a footnote by now. A relic of Cold War politics, long retired, perhaps remembered as a man who overstayed his welcome but eventually bowed out. But no. In 2025, Paul Biya is not only still

Cameroon, the Nation That Gave Up: A Reckoning with Cowardice By any reasonable measure of history, Paul Biya should be a footnote by now. A relic of Cold War politics, long retired, perhaps remembered as a man who overstayed his welcome but eventually bowed out. But no. In 2025, Paul Biya is not only still

As Western leaders like Britain’s Sir Keir Starmer, France’s Emmanuel Macron, Canada’s Justin Trudeau, and poor Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy who has literally sacrificed his country fighting to defend what he calls “western values” now brace for Donald Trump’s return to power, one might imagine them lining up to genuflect and kiss the proverbial ring of

As Western leaders like Britain’s Sir Keir Starmer, France’s Emmanuel Macron, Canada’s Justin Trudeau, and poor Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy who has literally sacrificed his country fighting to defend what he calls “western values” now brace for Donald Trump’s return to power, one might imagine them lining up to genuflect and kiss the proverbial ring of

From Jail Cell to Presidential Palace: Senegal’s Improbable New Leader Will Shock You Imagine this: a political prisoner walks free just days before an election, replaces his disqualified mentor, and then stuns the nation by becoming its youngest president ever. That’s the electrifying story of Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal’s maverick new leader, and it’s just

From Jail Cell to Presidential Palace: Senegal’s Improbable New Leader Will Shock You Imagine this: a political prisoner walks free just days before an election, replaces his disqualified mentor, and then stuns the nation by becoming its youngest president ever. That’s the electrifying story of Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal’s maverick new leader, and it’s just

Niger has just sent shockwaves throughout the world by dumping the US as its military partner. This isn’t just about one dusty outpost in the Sahel; it’s a potential tremor that could reshape the entire African continent and geopolitics. The tectonic plates are shifting. Power is draining away from the west. First was France and