Achidjo akasiya basa musi wa4 Mbudzi 1982 uye akasiya simba kumutevedzeri wake, Paul Biya. Zvisinei, Ahidjo akaramba achidzora CNU uye akaedza kutonga nyika kubva kumashure kusvika Biya nevabatsiri vake vamumanikidza kuti arege basa. Biya akatanga hutongi hwake nekuenda kuhurumende ine demokrasi, asi coup d'état yakundikana yakamumanikidza kuenda kunzira yekutungamira yemutungamiri wake. Dambudziko rehupfumi rakaitika pakati pemakore ekuma1980 kusvika kunopera kwema1990 semhedzisiro yemamiriro ehupfumi hwenyika, kusanaya kwemvura, kudonha kwemitengo yemafuta, uye makore ehuwori, kutadza kutungamira, uye cronyism. Cameroon yakatendeukira kune rubatsiro rwekunze, kucheka mari yehurumende yekunze, uye kuita zvakavanzika maindasitiri. Nekuunzwazve kwezvematongerwo enyika emapato mazhinji muna Zvita 1990, mapoka eSouthern Cameroons akadaidzira kudzvinyirira kwakanyanya kuSouthern Cameroons uye kuzadza rubatsiro, kusvika Biya nevabatsiri vake vam
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