Cameroon’s Biya Reshuffles Military During 2-Month Absence

Cameroon President Paul Biya reshuffled the military command while abroad, replacing commanders in 4 of the country’s 5 joint military regions and promoting the head of the Presidential Guard. The changes were made through 3 decrees signed on Aug. 3 and announced on state radio. Biya, 93, left Cameroon on June 7 for what his office called a private stay in Europe and had not returned when the decrees were announced.

Colonel Beko’o Abongo Raymond Jean Charles, commander of the Presidential Guard,…