Operation "clean hands" in Cameroon: towards a resumption of Operation Sparrowhawk?

In Cameroon, in his wishes to the Nation, President Biya made a series of announcements, one of which particularly caught the attention.

This is the probable return of Operation Sparrowhawk, the name of this clean hands operation, which has already seen the imprisonment of several former ministers and general managers of public companies.

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In his December 31 speech of wishes to the nation, President Biya made a series of announcements, one of which particularly caught the attention.

This is the probable return of Operation Sparrowhawk, the name of this clean hands operation, which has already seen the imprisonment of several former ministers and general managers of public companies.

Something to shake in the spheres of high administration. 

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Much more than a warning, the presidential announcement clearly looked like a threat.

Paul Biya reiterated, a year apart and in similar circumstances, that dark days were ahead for unscrupulous managers, that those who illicitly enrich themselves by robbing the state will be held accountable, he said. -he notably attacked, denouncing the persistence of corruption and its harmful effects on the economy and society as a whole.

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For political scientist Njoya Moussa, this announcement must have made several senior officials, directors general and other ministers lose sleep.

The academic recalls in support of his hypotheses that Paul Biya authorized a few months ago, and in a completely unprecedented way, the Audit Bench to make public his investigation report on the

, which report particularly damning was subsequently presented to Parliament.

The other big issue in which the public fortune will have been particularly damaged and where the responsibilities remain to be established, is everything that surrounded the preparation and organization of the CAN 2022 that Cameroon recently hosted.

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Files and others which after the release of Paul Biya could well relaunch the

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