The mystery of the missing president – podcast

Cameroon’s 93-year-old president has not been seen for many weeks. The Guardian’s Eromo Egbejule and Giovanni Wanneh tell Annie Kelly how the country is managing without its leader, and why Cameroonians still have hope for the next chapter Paul Biya has been the president of Cameroon since 1982. But the 93-year-old has a habit of disappearing. This week, a government spokesperson was forced to declare Biya is in fact alive and will return “soon”. All because he’s been in Switzerland for 59 da...

By Presented by Annie Kelly, with Eromo Egbejule and Giovanni Wanneh, produced by Natalie Ktena and Hanna Adan. Sound designer is Ross Burns and the executive producers were Danielle Stephens and Eli Block