Cameroon Government Bans Debate About Absent President’s Health
- President has been absent from the country since September
- Biya, 91, has ruled the Central African nation since 1982
Paul Biya
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Cameroon’s government banned media debate about the health of President Paul Biya, whose absence from public view since last month has stoked speculation about his wellbeing.
Anyone found to be discussing the nonagenarian leader’s health will “face the full force of the law,” Territorial Administration Minister Paul Atanga Nji said in a statement in the capital, Yaounde.