Cameroonian President Paul Biya has reshuffled the country’s military command as his absence stretches into the longest yet.
Presidential decrees issued on Monday promoted the head of the presidential guard to a brigadier-general from colonel and replaced commanders in four of the country’s five joint military regions.
Other colonels were also promoted while changes were made to motorised infantry brigades.
Biya made the appointments in separate decrees from Geneva, where he has been staying since leaving Cameroon on June 7 for what his team described as a “brief private stay”.
Rene Emmanuel Sadi, Cameroon’s government spokesperson, said “the president is alive” and will soon return.
Cameroon’s ruling party called a rare meeting of senior leaders last month as criticism mounted over the continued absence of Biya.
This is the president’s longest absence from the country. In 2024, he spent 42 days out of the
