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Cameroon's Issa Tchiroma Bakary Quits 'Broken' Government to Challenge Paul Biya for President

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A close ally of Paul Biya, in power for four decades, challenges "one-man" rule in the country.

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Issa Tchiroma Bakary, Cameroon's Minister of Employment and Vocational Training, resigned from the government today. President of the FSNC, his political party, and several times minister for nearly 20 years, he broke by this resignation a long alliance with President Paul Biya, four months from the next presidential election. Two weeks ago, in the city of Garoua, his electoral fief in the north of the country, he had already been very critical …

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The Minister of Employment announced on June 23 to Joseph Dion Ngute his ambition to leave the government. At four months of the presidential elections, he plans not to support the Democratic Rally of the Cameroonian People (DRPC, in power) during the election, or even to go alone.

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JeuneAfrique.com broke the news in on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
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