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12, October 2018
Yaounde is on the brink of a political crisis 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Cameroon is on the brink of a political crisis after the government branded a leading opposition politician an “outlaw” for declaring victory in Sunday’s presidential elections. President Paul Biya is widely expected to win re-election to a seventh term when results are certified in the next two weeks, but a declaration of victory from Maurice […]
12, October 2018
Cameroon’s Presidential Polls: Nation awaiting election results 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Politics
Cameroon continues to wait for results of Sunday’s presidential election in which Africa’s oldest leader is widely expected to win. Members of the Constitutional Council on Wednesday deliberated on incoming election results and heard complaints from lawyers for opposition parties. While opposition leader Maurice Kamto has claimed victory, only the council can legally announce the winner. Official […]
11, October 2018
Presidential Poll in Cameroun and the Southern Cameroons Struggle 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Politics
Last Sunday 7 October 2018, citizens of“République du Cameroun” went to the polls to elect their President and, by every indication, the results are already known. Statements have been made about the outcomes, exit polls, claims and counterclaims, the most notable of which is Prof. Maurice Kamto’s claim of victory in the polls. Irrespective of […]
11, October 2018
“Genuine and sustainable solutions to the Southern Cameroons crisis can only be found at the negotiating table” 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
Dr. Joachim Arrey, a Canada-based writer, journalist, political analyst and translator, has been one of the many people around the world who have been calling for dialogue as a means to address the Southern Cameroons crisis. A native of the Southwest region of Cameroon, Dr. Arrey holds that genuine and sustainable solutions to the destructive […]
11, October 2018
SOBA UK 2018 Convention – a touch of class and style 0
by soter • Education, Headline News, Life
“Uplifting” is the word that sums up the convention of the Sasse Old Boys Association in the United Kingdom (SOBA UK) that took place last on the 22nd of September 2018. It held at the magnificent Hilton at St. George’s Park, Burton-upon-Trent, England and the Home of England national sports teams. The two-day event was hosted under the […]
11, October 2018
Crying over spilt milk: Atanga Nji says “Scoring a goal is not winning the match” 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Politics
Cameroon’s interior minister Paul Atanga Nji warned on Tuesday that “scoring a goal” is not “winning the match” after an opposition leader used a football metaphor to claim victory in presidential polls. Maurice Kamto, candidate of the Movement for the Rebirth of Cameroon (MRC) party, said on Monday he “was charged with taking a penalty, […]
11, October 2018
Cameroon has a tense, long wait for election results as social media claims unverified winners 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, News
Over the last two years, Cameroon’s government has gained a poor reputation for being repressive when it comes to internet freedoms. It’s had one of the longest-running intermittent internet shutdowns on record of 230 days between January 2017 and March 2018 as it tried to prevent political activists in the English-speaking regions of the country […]
11, October 2018
Two Candidates Claim Victory in French Cameroun Vote 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, Politics
Authorities in Cameroon are appealing for calm after hundreds of youths marched through the streets of Yaounde, celebrating what they called the victory of their candidate, Maurice Kamtos, in Sunday’s presidential election. No results have been released yet from the election, in which eight candidates challenged longtime President Paul Biya. Hundreds of young people demonstrating […]
11, October 2018
Yaounde: Tension mounts as ELECAM seeks to doctor results 0
by soter • Headline News, Politics, World
Tension is mounting in Yaounde as supporters of Prof. Maurice Kamto suspect the election-organizing body is working behind closed doors to doctor the results. Mr. Kamto’s team yesterday held a press conference in which it deplored the government’s tactics aimed at falsifying elections and fomenting violence in the country. The press conference, which was delivered […]
12, October 2018
Yaounde: President-Elect to defend election ‘victory’ 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
The leader of the opposition Cameroon Renaissance Movement’s (CRM), Prof Maurice Kamto, has vowed to go to court to defend his ‘victory’ in Sunday’s presidential election. Prof Kamto’s spokesman Olivier Bibou Nissack told a press conference at the Nlongkak party headquarter in Yaoundé on Wednesday that they would spare no effort in defending their victory. […]