The newly elected Cameroonian president was sworn on 06 November. This is his 37th year of ruling, and this is his 7th term.
The significance of this chat is that we need to look at instability in countries such as Cameroon and Nigeria can impact on South Africa’s trade and foreign policy.
Nigeria is going into elections as well in 2019. Nigeria has his own issues of dealing with extremists. Since Cameroon is in the borders of Nigeria, this could even yield more risk for Cameroon.
The question is; what common thread are we seeing in the political arena in Africa?