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            <title><![CDATA[Cameroon Senate Ex-President Dies A Month After He Was Replaced]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 20:35:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[World’s Oldest Ruler in Cameroon Is Working on a Succession Plan]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:32:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cameroon’s Paul Biya, World’s Oldest Leader, Sworn in for New Term]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 11:41:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cameroon Blames Opposition Leader for Post-Election Violence]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 12:11:23 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Supporters of opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary build barricades in the street following the announcement of presidential election results, in Yaounde on Oct. 27.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[World’s Oldest Ruler Biya Wins Reelection in Cameroon at 92]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:04:20 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Paul Biya, right, watches his wife cast her ballot at a polling station in Yaounde on Oct. 12.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cameroon Arrests Opposition Members Ahead of Election Results]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 17:46:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cameroon Top Court Rejects Fresh Allegation of Vote Irregularity]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:32:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cameroon Blames Internet Outage on Cable Cut as Protests Erupt]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:15:56 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Pedestrians walk past a campaign billboard of Cameroon&apos;s President Paul Biya in Douala, Cameroon on Oct. 6, 2025. Photographer: Daniel Beloumou Olomo/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Top Cameroon Court Declines Jurisdiction on Election Petitions]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:10:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An election official records ballot counts on a blackboard at a polling station in Yaounde, Cameroon, on Oct. 12. Photographer: Kepseu/Xinhua/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cameroon Bonds Weaken as Opposition Leader Claims Election Win]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 10:11:19 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Issa Tchiroma Bakary Source: Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[World’s Oldest Ruler Wants New Cameroon Term, Alarming Investors]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Moses Mozart Dzawu]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>President Paul Biya and First Lady Chantal Biya at a rally in Maroua, Cameroon, on Oct. 7.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cameroon’s Nonagenarian President Back From Private Trip to Lead Election Campaign]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:51:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chinese Firms Win Bid to Build Road Used for Cameroon-Chad Trade]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 11:57:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cameroon to Issue Eurobond as Part of $1.7 Billion Borrowing]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:35:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Another Weak Cocoa Crop in West Africa Will Keep Prices High]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mumbi Gitau]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A sack of processed cocoa beans at a processing plant in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cameroon Election Board Bars Kamto, Key Contender to Paul Biya]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 14:25:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Paul Biya Photographer: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fragile Cocoa Supply Runs Up Against Driest Winds Since 2019]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mumbi Gitau]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:01:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Growers in Ivory Coast and Ghana are expected to deliver lower-than-expected crops. Photographer: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cocoa Drops as Record Run Spurs Profit-Taking Amid Thin Trading]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cocoa Futures Gain as Ivory Coast Rains Slow Harvest, Delivery]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 14:18:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cameroon Government Bans Debate About Absent President’s Health]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:01:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 22: President of Cameroon Paul Biya meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) at The Great Hall Of The People on March 22, 2018 in Beijing, China. At the invitation of Chinese president Xi Jinping, President Paul Biya of the Republic of Cameroon will pay a state visit to China from March 22nd to 24th. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)</media:description>
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