Yaounde, Cameroon – A dispute over roadworks in Yaounde in March, ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Cameroon the following month, highlighted tensions between central government and municipal authorities. The disagreement involved Housing and Urban Development Minister Celestine Ketcha Courtes and Yaounde City Mayor Luc Messi Atangana over the rehabilitation of a road along the papal visit route, according to local media reports. The episode raised a broader question about competing centres of authority in Cameroon: Who exercises power when President Paul Biya is absent? Biya, 93, has governed Cameroon since 1982.
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