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The First Butcher of Yaounde Seeking Seventh Term
A large poster of President Paul Biya hangs like a street sign in Cameroon’s western city of Bafoussam. “The force of experience,” reads the poster in reference to President Biya’s 36 years in power, to which he now hopes to add another seven-year term. A couple of metres from the poster, members of Mr Biya’s […]
Biya regime closes borders ahead of presidential polls
Cameroon national borders will be closed ahead of the presidential polling day on Sunday, the country’s minister of territorial administration Paul Atanga Nji said on Friday. “National borders shall be closed 48 hours to polling day. They will be reopened the following day after voting.” Nji told a press conference in the capital Yaounde. The […]
October 7: ‘Massive fraud’ planned for polls
An opposition contender who will seek election in Cameroon’s impending presidential polls alleged on Friday that a “massive fraud” is underway to ensure the sitting president wins a seventh term. Maurice Kamto’s campaign chief Paul-Eric Kingue said that efforts to rig Sunday’s ballot “had the blessing” of the Elecam electoral commission. “We won’t accept any […]
Southern Cameroonians boycott Cameroun election as violence worsens
Many Cameroonians face being unable to vote in the country’s election on Sunday because of insecurity and fear driven by worsening violence in its anglophone regions. Paul Biya, the 85-year-old who has ruled Cameroon since 1982, looks set to capitalise on a divided opposition to easily win his fifth election since reluctantly adopting a multiparty system in […]
Biya’s Continued Stay in Power: Drama begins as ELECAM rejects Muna’s withdrawal, Matomba denies coalition
Elections Cameroon, ELECAM, the organizing body for the October 7 presidential elections has officially rejected the stepping down of a key candidate, Akere Muna. Muna, one of nine candidates announced a coalition with a former minister, Maurice Kamto, late Friday. But ELECAM through a press release with hours to the vote said it rejects the […]
Southern Cameroons War: Ambazonia records over 246,000 displaced in 2017
Political and social instability aggravated by sporadic violence by security forces and pro-independence fighters have had a negative impact on the civilian population of Cameroon’s South-West and North West Regions. The South-West Region has become the hub of the crisis as dozens of villages in Mbongue and Konye Subdivision (Meme Division) have been nearly emptied […]
Biya’s Continued Stay in Power: Opposition coalition grows with hours to key vote
The opposition coalition in Cameroon has grown with barely hours to the opening of vote across the central African country. The latest to join the two-party coalition is Serge Espoir Matomba, leader of the PURS. News of his decision to step down in support of former minister Maurice Kamto had been expected through the better part […]
Tactics and tension ahead of Cameroon poll
Cameroon will go to the polls this weekend as opposition parties mount an eleventh-hour unity bid to dislodge six-term President Paul Biya while the country faces unprecedented insecurity. Two leading opponents of the 85-year-old incumbent have combined forces while talks among the remaining field of seven opposition candidates about a “super coalition”, as happened in […]
White US police officer convicted of murder for shooting black teenager
A white Chicago officer was convicted of second-degree murder Friday in the 2014 shooting of a black teenager that was captured on shocking dashcam video that showed him crumpling to the ground in a hail of 16 bullets as he walked away from police. The video, some of the most graphic police footage to emerge […]