US EditionCameroon's Electoral Body Bars President's Main Rival From Standing
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ANALYSIS. By removing its main opponent, the regime locks a president without any stake. Meanwhile, the country sinks into immobilism, frozen by the endless regnancy of Biya.
As a corruption fighter, Akere Muna has made a name for himself internationally, now he wants to create the seemingly impossible: to displace Cameroon's ruling presidents from power since 1982. Does he have a chance? A visit to Jaunde.
Elécam, Cameroon's Electoral Commission, has just published the provisional list of candidates selected for the October presidential election. Thirteen candidates have been selected, among them Paul Biya, the outgoing president, who will run for an eighth term at the age of 92. But his main opponent, Maurice Kamto, is excluded from the race. He still has one final appeal before the Constitutional Council.
Cameroon: Key opposition figure's candidacy for presidential poll rejected
The candidacy Maurice Kamto, a key opposition figure in Cameroon has been rejected by the electoral commission. Kamto is considered the main rival to incumbent President Paul Biya, in the upcoming presidential election on October 12. The Cameroon’s electoral commission on Saturday rejected Kamto’s candidacy at a press conference. The commission approved a list of […] The post Cameroon: Key opposition figure’s candidacy for presidential poll reje…
October 12'25: Patricia Ndam Njoya the lone woman among 13 cleared for as Kamto, UPC Rejected
By Synthia Lateu 13 candidates have been retained out of the 83 who submitted their files to run in the 2025 presidential election in Cameroon. The national elections body, ELECAM, led by its Chairperson Enow Abrams Egbe, officially announced the list during a highly publicized ceremony held on July 26. Notably, Tomaino Hermine Patricia epse Ndam Njoya of the Union Démocratique du Cameroun (UDC) is the only female candidate on the list. Accordin…
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