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Cameroon
Biya's right-hand man, General Ivo Desancio Yenwo, selected to protect the British embassy

The British Foreign Office has just put its trust in the private security provider Essoka Security, founded by one of Cameroon President Paul Biya's top security experts. [...]

Published on 14/02/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Cam Iron
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Cameroon
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh brings economy and finance ministries under his thumb

Cameroon's economy and finance ministers must now obtain the approval of the all-powerful presidency's secretary-general Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh for expenses exceeding €150,000. At first glance innocuous, the move is in fact revealing of a power tussle at the head of government.

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Cameroon
Air force is big loser in defence spending

Faced with a substantial threat from Boko Haram and the Anglophone armed groups of Ambazonia, the ill-equipped Cameroonian air force is struggling to cope. Only a significant increase in its budget is likely to improve the situation.

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Army turns to MBDA and Spain's Duma to reverse its NW/SW misfortunes

Increased attacks against defence and security forces in the separatist provinces of western Cameroon have prompted the military high command to open talks with armoured vehicle manufacturer Duma Engineering and missile manufacturer MBDA.

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Cameroonian army tries to restructure as NWSW conflict becomes more violent

In recent weeks, Cameroon's anglophone separatists have carried out a series of deadly ambushes against the Cameroonian army which have been on a bigger scale than anything yet seen since the start of the conflict five years ago.

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Consultant Lazare Atou gets caught up in war between Biya's barons

The consultant was told to stop managing the assets of three former state-owned companies just after he testified in an investigation into the conduct of the director general of the Port of Douala.

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Berlin and Paris try in vain to flush Biya out of his bunker

85-year-old Paul Biya has embarked on a highly uncertain seventh term in office, despite his comfortable victory in October. Operations by Boko Haram in the far north combined with the civil war tearing apart the two anglophone regions have torpedoed [.

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Cameroon
Essoka Security is expanding

The Yaounde-based Essoka Security remains the most high-profile security firm [...]

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Business or politics for children of Biya regime

Contrary to Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, where there are no prizes for guessing what happens next, it seems unlikely that Cameroonian President Paul Biya, 81, will be succeeded by one of his children, much to the relief of Western diplomats.

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Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Cameroon
Biya's right-hand man, General Ivo Desancio Yenwo, selected to protect the British embassy

Cameroon
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh brings economy and finance ministries under his thumb

Cameroon
Air force is big loser in defence spending

Cameroon
Army turns to MBDA and Spain's Duma to reverse its NW/SW misfortunes

Cameroon
Cameroonian army tries to restructure as NWSW conflict becomes more violent

Cameroon
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