{"id":341556,"date":"2024-10-10T21:03:19","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T20:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=341556"},"modified":"2024-10-10T21:03:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T20:03:19","slug":"cameroon-bans-media-from-discussing-president-biyas-health-amid-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/10\/cameroon-bans-media-from-discussing-president-biyas-health-amid-rumours\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameroon bans media from discussing President Biya\u2019s health amid rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>Biya has not made a public appearance since early September, fuelling a swirl of rumours online that the veteran president\u2019s health is failing<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cameroon\u2019s government has banned the media from discussing the health of President Paul Biya, Africa\u2019s second-longest-ruling leader, amid rumours the 91-year-old is gravely ill, according to a document obtained by AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Biya, the world\u2019s oldest leader, has not made a public appearance since early September, fuelling a swirl of rumours online that the veteran president\u2019s health is failing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe head of state is the principal institution of the republic, and discussions on his condition are a matter of national security,\u201d said the document addressed to regional governors, which was dated October 9 and signed by Territorial Administration Minister Paul Atanga Nji.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll discussion in the media on the president\u2019s condition is therefore officially banned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The document, which bore a red stamp reading \u201chighly urgent\u201d, added that anyone violating the order would \u201cface the full force of the law\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It ordered regional governors to create \u201cmonitoring cells\u201d charged with tracking content in private media, including social networks.<\/p>\n<p>Biya has been Cameroon\u2019s president for more than 41 years, second in Africa only to 82-year-old Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has held power in Equatorial Guinea for 45 years.<\/p>\n<p>Biya\u2019s last public appearance was at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing last month.<\/p>\n<p>He did not take part in the subsequent United Nations General Assembly opening in New York or a summit of French-speaking countries in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s office issued a statement Tuesday saying Biya was in \u201cexcellent health\u201d, condemning rumours to the contrary as \u201cdisinformation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He \u201cis working and attending to his affairs in Geneva,\u201d said a government spokesman, adding Biya would return to Cameroon \u201cin the coming days\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Biya\u2019s public appearances have grown sparse in recent years \u2014 mainly rare televised speeches, pre-recorded and haltingly delivered, and family photos and videos showing him alongside his influential wife, Chantal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biya has not made a public appearance since early September, fuelling a swirl of rumours online that the veteran president\u2019s health is failing Cameroon\u2019s government has banned the media from discussing the health of President Paul Biya, Africa\u2019s second-longest-ruling leader, amid rumours the 91-year-old is gravely ill, according to a document obtained by AFP. 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