Paul Biya absence: Cameroon's president finally seen in public

Cameroon’s 91-year-old President Paul Biya has been seen in public for the first time in six weeks amid speculation about his ailing health. His absence from the public eye led to unfounded rumours of his death. But on Monday afternoon state television showed footage of the president’s arrival at the airport in the capital, Yaoundé, on a flight from Switzerland. The government had banned the media from discussing the health of Biya – in power since 1982 - classifying it as a matter of national security. Rumours of his death...