Cameroon: Paul Biya breaks his record of absence, 64 days out of the country

Departing from Yaoundé on June 7, 2026, for what was presented as a “short private stay in Europe,” Cameroonian President Paul Biya has now been out of the country for 64 days as of August 10. This record absence now raises a more fundamental question: what is the institutional and economic cost of a state……