Cameroon’s 91-year-old President Paul Biya has been seen in public for the first time in six weeks amid speculation about his ailing health.

His absence from the public eye led to unfounded rumours of his death.

But on Monday afternoon state television showed footage of the president’s arrival at the airport in the capital, Yaoundé, on a flight from Switzerland.

The government had banned the media from discussing the health of Biya – in power since 1982 – classifying it as a matter of national security.

Rumours of his death have been circulating on and off for the past two decades.

Monday’s broadcast pictures show the president dressed in his usual neat, conservative suit and looking visibly strong.

The last time Biya had been seen was on 8 September attending a China-Africa summit in Beijing.

Source:BBC