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Fifty-three days and counting: 93-year-old leader’s record absence fuels health speculation

Giovanni Wanneh in Buea and Eromo Egbejule in Accra•4 hours ago•1 min read•theguardian.com

Cameroon’s Paul Biya has not made a statement or been seen since leaving for ‘brief private stay’ at Swiss hotel on 7 June A record 53-day absence by the world’s oldest head of state has renewed speculation in his native Cameroon about whether he is dead or alive, even though discussing his health is illegal in the country . On 7 June, 93-year-old Paul Biya left for Switzerland for what officials described as a “brief private stay” alongside his wife, Chantal. Almost two months later, neither th