Death Rumors Spread as Cameroon’s 91-Year-Old Dictator Paul Biya Goes Missing
Rumors began circulating this week that Paul Biya, Cameroon's authoritarian leader for more than 40 years, had died. Biya's government denied these claims on Wednesday, insisting that Biya was alive and well in Switzerland, but Biya has not been seen in public for more than a month. Biya, 91, has ruled Cameroon with an iron […]
‘Love is our first medicine’: treating mental health in Cameroon’s unique refuge | Global development
ELoisa Pentecotisa was begging on the streets of Yaoundé, eating from a trash can while listening to voices, when a team of health workers met her and invited her to join them. The 28-year-old had no idea how long she had been sleeping poorly in the Cameroonian capital. But with severe mental health issues and […]