US EditionCameroon Detains Opposition Figures Ahead of Presidential Results
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The Star Kuala LumpurCameroon detains opposition figures ahead of presidential results
DOUALA - Cameroonian authorities have detained about 30 politicians and activists linked to opposition presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma, his campaign said Sunday, heightening tensions ahead of Monday's announcement of results of an October 12 election. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The former minister, who had been in opposition a few months ago, had become Paul Biya's worst nightmare: under his leadership, a popular sling took root in the Cameroonian north. Disputing the official results of the October 12 election, Issa Tchiroma Bakary had self-proclaimed elected president and intended to uphold his "truth of the ballot box".
The campaign of the presidential opposition candidate Isa Čerma Bakari on Sunday said that the Cameroonian authorities had detained some 30 politicians and activists associated with his campaign, in a move that gave rise to increasing tension prior to the announcement of the results of the October 12 elections, and the two Rapporteur. Among the detainees, Aniceet Ikan, leader of the Manidem Party, and Dijokam Chamini, one of the most prominent U…
The political history of Mr. Issa Chiroma Bakary is marked by a striking duality: that of a man who has passed from the status of a participant in an attempt at a military coup to that of a civilian figure who uses insurrectional methods to contest a presidential election. His analysis reveals a disturbing constant: the propensity to bypass or break the legal framework to reach power. The gap between 1984 and 2025 is therefore not that of a demo…
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