Cameroonian President Paul Biya ordered tight security measures and urgent steps to free the hostages, who include four children.

NPR: Cameroon President Orders Urgent Rescue Of French

President Paul Biya invited the Director-General to make an official visit to Cameroon.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Cameroon's president Paul Biya and a delegation of ministers Thursday offered supplies and vaccination kits in UN camps for internally displaced persons.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Mr Biya has yet to make a clear bid to change the constitution but the issue has been widely aired in the newspapers, on television, and on street corners.

ECONOMIST: Cameroon

Perhaps the last word should go to Cameroon's President Paul Biya, who declared a national holiday after the team's victory and wrote to his Nigerian counterpart shortly after the final.

BBC: Africa Media Watch

The International Centre of Research Chantal Biya, in Yaounde, it's an Inter-African and International centre of excellence which has the mission of contributing to the eradication of HIV and Aids infections through scientific research, medical assistance and the diffusion of health information.

UNESCO: Natural Sciences

Mr Biya has reacted angrily.

ECONOMIST: Cameroon

This film is about "Families First Africa", a project the Chantal Biya centre is currently working on. launched in 2002, "Families First Africa" was initiated by UNESCO along with the World Foundation for Aids Research and Prevention, the Institute of Human Virology at Maryland University in Baltimore, and Tor Vergata University in Rome.

UNESCO: Natural Sciences