The Mystery Of Cameroon’s Unusually Absent President: ‘Sir, Are You Alive?’ – WashingtonPost Reports

Maybe he was at home. Maybe he was at his favorite Swiss hotel. It had been 35 days since anyone saw the president of Cameroon — or, at least, since anyone had revealed his whereabouts — and people in the central African country had questions. “Sir, are you alive?” one man asked on Twitter. The public absence of Paul Biya — who, at 87, is the oldest leader in Africa — during the coronavirus pandemic fueled outrage, concern and wild theories before the strongman turned up Thursday in a photo with the French ambassador to Cameroon. “On the menu for … Continue reading The Mystery Of Cameroon’s Unusually Absent President: ‘Sir, Are You Alive?’ – WashingtonPost Reports