Cameroon: ANALYSIS: Biya’s Eighth Term and the Shrinking Space for Democracy in Cameroon

By Hans Ngala

The year 2024 has been described as an ‘electoral super cycle’ because it saw the election of 13 African heads of state. According to observers, democracy seemingly passed the test, with new governments emerging in Botswana, Liberia, Ghana, and Senegal – and for the first time, a governing coalition in South Africa.
However, the story was not the same in Cameroon, where Paul Biya stifled all democratic institutions and processes to secure a controversial…