Cameroon : Théodore Datouo, the National Assembly's well-connected new Speaker

On 17 March, Paul Biya took Cameroon's political microcosm by surprise when he nominated PM Théodore Datouo as the candidate for speaker of the National Assembly representing his party Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais (RDPC). Soon thereafter, the long-standing vice president of the institution was voted in by the lower chamber, whose power is largely consolidated in the government, replacing Cavayé Yéguié Djibril, his long-serving predecessor, who at the age [...]