# Cameroon: Who held power in Biya's absence? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dw-africalink-200114/cameroon-who-held-power-in-biya-s-absence Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dw-africalink-200114/cameroon-who-held-power-in-biya-s-absence.md Podcast: [DW AfricaLink](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dw-africalink-200114) Published: 2026-08-25T15:48:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.dw.com/en/cameroon-who-held-power-in-biya-s-absence/audio-78500108?maca=en-podcast_africalink-8027-xml-mrss Audio file: https://radiodownloaddw-a.akamaihd.net/Events/podcasts/en/8027_podcast_africalink/07549372_2-podcast-8027-78500108.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dw-africalink-200114/episodes/cameroon-who-held-power-in-biya-s-absence Duration seconds: 1559 ## Resource Paul Biya has returned to Cameroon after 73 days abroad. But his prolonged absence and a major military reshuffle have raised questions about growing power struggles within the country. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dw-africalink-200114/episodes/cameroon-who-held-power-in-biya-s-absence/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/dw-africalink-200114/cameroon-who-held-power-in-biya-s-absence.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.