Fifty-three days and counting: 93-year-old leader's record absence fuels health speculation

Cameroon's Paul Biya has not made a statement or been seen since leaving for 'brief private stay' at Swiss hotel on 7 June A record 53-day absence by the world's oldest head of state has renewed speculation in his native Cameroon about whether he is dead or alive, even though discussing his health is illegal in the country .