Paul Biya has been the President of Cameroon since 1982. He is being challenged this fall by Kah Walla, a dynamic woman who previously served as a city council member in Douala, Cameroon. Ms. Walla has been recognized by the World Bank as one of seven women entrepreneurs in Africa working on business environment reform and by Vital Voices for her leadership in public life. Her firm, STRATEGIES!, works for multinational firms as well as development organizations. Ms. Walla was detained on May 20 in Cameroon, and released later that day. Here is a link to her account of what happened:
http://stepheniefoster.com/index.phpoption=com_content&view=article&id=255&Itemid=54
