CAMEROON: President Biya lands in Cameroon after weeks away

  Cameroonian president Paul Biya landed on Monday at the capital Yaounde’s international airport, after several weeks abroad amid rumours about his health, state broadcaster CRTV showed. The West African country’s 91-year-old leader appeared on television after the presidential plane landed, shaking hands with officials next to his wife Chantal, as a jubilant crowd waited […]

Cameroonian president Paul Biya landed on Monday at the capital Yaounde’s international airport, after several weeks abroad amid rumours about his health, state broadcaster CRTV showed.

The West African country’s 91-year-old leader appeared on television after the presidential plane landed, shaking hands with officials next to his wife Chantal, as a jubilant crowd waited to greet him.

On October 8, after consistent rumours about Biya, the government released a statement saying he would be back in the country in the next few days.

Then the government formally banned local media from discussing the state of his health.