Africa’s “leaders for life” are easy to mock. Mr Biya sometimes runs his country from the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva.

At the University of Yaounde I, Manoung Wilfried, a 27-year-old geoscience student, sat near a staircase, looking pensive. He ...

To understand why, look to the part of the world where strongman rule is most common: Africa. For a time in the 1990s the ...

I recognize Shani Louk immediately. Her confident gaze, her wild hair. It is her portrait that catches my eye first as I wander across the grounds of the Supernova Music Festival. The field where ...

At 92, Cameroon’s President Paul Biya—the world’s oldest head of state—is defying age critics and history. Launching his campaign on Tuesday in Maroua, he pledged to tighten security, create jobs, and ...

Thousands of flight delays across the country could force Congress to break its deadlock on the government shutdown - Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told air traffic controllers to ‘show up for w ...