0 reactions
Fifty-three days and counting: 93-year-old leader’s record absence fuels health speculation
*A record 53-day absence by the world’s oldest head of state has renewed speculation in his native Cameroon about whether he is dead or alive, even though discussing his health is illegal in the country.*
*Paul Biya has not been seen in public since 7 June, when the 93-year-old left for Switzerland for what officials described as a “brief private stay” alongside his wife, Chantal.*
*Biya, who took office in 1982 after a seven-year stint as prime minister, has taken increasingly long absences from Cameroon in recent years, spending much of his time at the five-star InterContinental hotel in Geneva.*
#local
*A record 53-day absence by the world’s oldest head of state has renewed speculation in his native Cameroon about whether he is dead or alive, even though discussing his health is illegal in the country.*
*Paul Biya has not been seen in public since 7 June, when the 93-year-old left for Switzerland for what officials described as a “brief private stay” alongside his wife, Chantal.*
*Biya, who took office in 1982 after a seven-year stint as prime minister, has taken increasingly long absences from Cameroon in recent years, spending much of his time at the five-star InterContinental hotel in Geneva.*
#local
| 4,000 mlx | |
| 6 | |
| 0 |