Rumors began circulating this week that Paul Biya, Cameroon’s authoritarian leader for more than four decades, has died. While Biya’s government denied them on Wednesday, claiming he is alive and well in Switzerland, Biya has not made a public appearance in over a month.
The 91-year-old Biya has ruled Cameroon with an iron fist for 42 years, restricting political opposition and limiting free speech in the country. Some reports out of the country this week indicate that his regime has decreed private media outlets cannot discuss his potential death or health complications, though Biya’s abrupt vanishing has now made international headlines.
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