The highly awaited event will take place at the Yaounde Conference Centre-based premises of the Constitutional Council.The final and long-awaited phase of the February 9 2020 legislative election in Cameroon will come today February 28 2020 as the Cons…
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Cameroon Court Orders Partial Election Rerun in Troubled English-Speaking Regions
YAOUNDE – Cameroon’s constitutional council has ordered a rerun of the February 9 national assembly election in a majority of the crisis prone English-speaking regions due to allegations of widespread irregularities and fraud by President Paul Biya’s r…
Read MoreCameroon: Victims of NW, SW Terrorism Association Appeals for Justice
In a press conference in Yaounde on February 21, CAVAT appealed to countries and friends of Cameroon to apply their criminal and conspiracy laws to those perpetuating violence.The Cameroon Association of Victims of Ambazonia Terrorism (CAVAT) has calle…
Read MoreFighting in Cameroon Kills Several Dozen
YAOUNDE – A least 35 civilians have reportedly been killed and 40 homes torched in less than a week in Cameroon’s English-speaking Northwest region, following bloody clashes between government troops and separatists fighting for the creation of an inde…
Read MoreAlgeria Marks One-year Anniversary of Anti-government Protests
PARIS – Algeria is marking the one-year anniversary this week of its massive popular uprising pretty much the way it started with more street protests and a sense that demands for fundamental political change remain unmet. The political landscape has…
Read MoreIn the news: Cameroon’s elections marred by low turnout
Legislative and municipal elections in Cameroon on Sunday were marked by low voter turnout especially in the Central African nation’s two troubled western regions, where anglophone separatist rebels had called for a poll boycott. There were reports of …
Read MoreHundreds March for Transition, Protest Elections
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON Hundreds of people have marched in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, calling for the cancellation of Sunday’s local and parliamentary elections in favor of a transition ending long-serving president Paul Biya’s regime The protesters s…
Read MoreCameroon Opposition Says Supporters Arrested for Campaigning for Boycott
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON Several supporters of Maurice Kamto, the Cameroonian opposition leader who claims he won the October 2018 presidential election and that long-serving President Paul Biya stole his victory, have been arrested for campaigning for a tota…
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