US EditionElection: Cameroonians in Calabar Warn President Biya to Concede Defeat
Supporters armed with clubs guard Issa Tchiroma's home in Garoua to prevent his arrest after he disputed election results and called for President Biya's resignation.
- Following the October 12 election, Issa Tchiroma Bakary claimed victory from his home on Monday night while supporters guarded his Garoua residence against possible arrest.
- Cameroonian refugees in Calabar urged President Paul Biya, 92, to concede as early tallies indicate Issa Tchiroma Bakary, 76, won; they called on Elections Cameroon and the Constitutional Council to validate results while the government warned only the council can declare a winner.
- In Garoua, young Cameroonians both men and women take turns day and night on Bakary's forecourt armed with slats and clubs, while inhabitants organised alternating watch groups to respond to hostile rhetoric.
- The situation in Garoua remains tense as the city is under siege, while local officials warned rejecting Bakary's victory could inflame the Ambazonian separatists.
- President Paul Biya's long tenure since April 1982 fuels critics and residents calling for change, arguing a cabal now manipulates state processes and deepens demands for political renewal.
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Election: Cameroonians in Calabar warn President Biya to concede defeat
Cameroonian refugees and residents in Calabar, Cross River State, have urged President Paul Biya, 92, to concede defeat in the recently concluded presidential election, which early tallies indicate was won by opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary, 76. Bakary and his supporters have already called for his swearing-in, insisting they won the October 12, 2025 election fairly. President Biya, one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders, has ruled Camer…
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Cameroon Concord NewsCameroon on edge after disputed Presidential election
After Cameroon's presidential election on 12 October, both parties have claimed victory, despite official results not expected for another week. In the port city of Garoua in northern Cameroon, supporters of opposition leader Issa Tchiroma are keeping watch outside the former minister's house.
On the night of Sunday 19 to Monday 20 October, the candidate of the Front pour le Salvation National du Cameroun (FSNC) published minutes of the results of the vote which he said he had in his possession and which, according to him, gave him a large advance. However, some observers claimed to have noted errors in calculation.
Biya may have to jail another opponent soon
Until June, Issa Tchiroma Bakary was a mouthpiece for the government of President Paul Biya. Then he resigned to run against him in Sunday’s presidential election. Less than 48 hours after the vote, he declared victory on Facebook. Tchiroma, 79, urged the 92-year-old Biya to choose “greatness” over chaos by accepting defeat. Biya has not commented but government spokesperson René Emmanuel Sadi issued a statement urging Cameroonians to “show proo…
CamerounOnline.ORG | Yaoundé, October 21, 2025 — Eight days after Cameroon's presidential election, the National Vote Counting Commission announced the provisional results, indicating that incumbent President Paul Biya would have won the election with between 53 and 54% of the vote, according to a report by the Jeune Afrique website. The head of state, candidate … The post Cameroon presidential election: Paul Biya declared winner, Issa Tchiroma …
Cameroon accused of cyber warfare against critics
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