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Cameroon: A public appearance for the very discreet Eran Moas

By Franck Foute

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Posted on May 22, 2023 09:22

Eran Moas, Israeli businessman-philanthropist. ©Jean-Marc Pau for Jeune Afrique

Well connected to government circles, Israeli Eran Moas made a short but noticeable visit on 13 May to the military hospital in Yaoundé, where his foundation was participating in a health campaign.

Unknown to the vast majority of Cameroonians, Israeli Eran Moas had no difficulty blending into the background of the Yaoundé military hospital on 13 May, despite the presence of half a dozen plainclothes bodyguards at his side.

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