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Foning was involved in a car accident a month later. which fractured both her legs on the Douala-Bafoussam road in
Nomayos I in Cameroon's Centre region, and caused her to be flown to France for medical attention on the orders of Paul Biya. The accident meant she walked with a limp. She was named African manager of the year in 2004. In 2005, Foning was elected president of the World Association of Women Entrepreneurs, having been its vice-president since 1996. Later that year in October, she became the first black woman president of the NGO World Female Company Managers (WFCL).
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857:"Foning's Double Marriage,Title Spark Controversy Over Burial"
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