Page "Paul Biya" Paragraph 15

" Tyrants, the World's 20 Worst Living Dictators ", by David Wallechinsky, ranked Biya with three others commonly in sub-Saharan Africa: Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea, and King Mswati of Swaziland.

He describes Cameroon's electoral process in these terms: " Every few years, Biya stages an election to justify his continuing reign, but these elections have no credibility.

In fact, Biya is credited with a creative innovation in the world of phony elections.

In 2004, annoyed by the criticisms of international vote-monitoring groups, he paid for his own set of international observers, six ex-U. S. congressmen, who certified his election as free and fair.