July 25, 2026

Ouaga Press

Independent English-language coverage of Burkina Faso's most pressing news and developments.

Cameroon’s fallen leaders: shadows over the Etoudi palace

Updated today at 17:57 Reading time: 2 minutes.

From left to right: Titus Edzoa, Ephraïm Inoni, Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara, Marafa Hamidou Yaya and Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo’o.
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Cameroon: “The fallen leaders of the Republic”

Since 1982, Paul Biya has shaped and reshaped the careers of countless political figures in Cameroon. Powerful men who paid the price of their freedom for daring to challenge the president’s grip on power—or simply for seeking to share it.