(July 29, 1992): The Death of Jeanne-Irène Biya An excerpt from Dibussi Tande, Reform and Repression: A Chronicle of the Smoldering Years, 1990-1992. (Forthcoming) Plans for nationwide CPDM rallies in favor of early elections were scuttled when First Lady Jeanne-Irène Biya died suddenly in the early hours of July 29 from an undisclosed illness. Only a week earlier, a beaming and and apparently healthy First Lady had been on TV receiving American musician Stevie Wonder at Unity Palace. Her sudden death, just hours after President Biya left for a meeting in Dakar, Senegal, led to widespread rumors that she had been assassinated: It was rumoured that President Biya had arranged for her to be killed and had left the country (for a meeting where his presence was not mandatory) as an alibi. His behaviour, the rumour claimed, was very suspect. Why had he not allowed her body to be laid in state? Why such a rush to bury her? Why had CRTV and Cameroon Tribune, the ...
Pass on the truth and let the world capture it give justice to where it is due. The First Lady of Cameroon, Chantal Biya may be glamorous in her looks (alluring, exciting, enchanting, stunning, sensational, fascinating, thrilling, attractive, gorgeous, good-looking, sophisticated, and elegant, glittering like broken pieces of gold under the summer sunshine ) but she is the wife of a President who was accused of murdering his own first wife. The name of the former First lady of Cameroon was Jeanne- Irene Biya.Up till now we do not the truth because she died under the same corrupt tyranny that is still in place till this day and made it practically impossi...
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