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Paul Biya's health: Cameroon bans reports on condition of president

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President Biya has not been seen in public since 8 September , when he attended a China -Africa forum in Beijing .

Interior Minister Paul Atanga Nji told regional governors that these stories “disturb the tranquillity of Cameroonians ” He said that the health status of the president was a matter of national security.

Many journalists in the country consider the ban a violation of press freedom.

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64

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62

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10

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informal

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English

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59

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short-lived

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