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Cameroon:
Election Pleas Rejected
Nation, 20 October 2011
Cameroon's Supreme Court, sitting in place of the Constitutional Council yet to be set up, has rejected all the 18 requests by opposition candidates in the October 9 presidential… Read more »
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Cameroon:
Supreme Court rules on Petitions Today
Cameroon Tribune, 19 October 2011
The Supreme Court of Cameroon is currently hearing petitions filed by opposition parties against the October 9 election. Read more »
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Cameroon:
Court Rejects Bid to Annul Presidential Vote
RNW Africa, 20 October 2011
Cameroon's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an opposition bid to annul this month's presidential election, paving the way for the results to be published. Read more »
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Cameroon:
Biya Set to Make Presidency for Life
African Arguments, 10 October 2011
"Cameroon is Cameroon" President Paul Biya is on record as saying. In power for circa 29 years now, safe for a miracle the Presidential elections will from most indications make… Read more »
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Cameroon:
Opposition Wants Mass Demos Unless Vote Annulled
RNW Africa, 18 October 2011
Cameroon's opposition on Monday called for mass protests unless the October 9 presidential ballot was annulled, saying it was rejecting the yet-unannounced results of the "election… Read more »
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Cameroon:
Presidential Election - Possible scenario for announcement of results
Cameroon Tribune, 18 October 2011
After today's court session, the 24 October deadline for announcing results will only be respected if the election is not cancelled. Everything being equal, results of the October… Read more »
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Cameroon:
Yaounde - Some presidential Election candidates call for calm
Cameroon Tribune, 17 October 2011
All eyes on Cameroon's October 9, 2011 presidential election are now on the Supreme Court acting as the Constitutional Council, where the results will be made known in the coming… Read more »
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Cameroon:
Opposition Plans to Block Biya Polls Victory
Nation, 17 October 2011
Seven of the 22 opposition candidates in the October 9 presidential election met at the residence of SDF candidate John Fru Ndi to fine-tune a joint strategy to fight against any… Read more »
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Cameroon:
Candidates Ask Court to Void Poll
RNW Africa, 13 October 2011
Ten Cameroonian presidential candidates have filed requests with the Supreme Court for the October 9 poll to be nullified over alleged irregularities, an AFP correspondent reported… Read more »
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Cameroon:
Secretary-General Commends Peaceful Conduct of Election
UN News, 11 October 2011
Voters went to the polls in Cameroon on Sunday to select a president, with incumbent Paul Biya who has been in power since 1982 facing 22 other candidates. Read more »
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Cameroon:
Neither a Dictatorship, Nor Meaningfully Democracy
Chatham House, 12 October 2011
It is tempting to conclude that democracy has taken significant strides in Africa in 2011. From Cote D'Ivoire to Zambia, the principle of democratic transition seems to be putting… Read more »
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Cameroon:
Manidem in conclave
Cameroon Tribune, 11 October 2011
Most political party offices in Douala on monday remained calm, with few supporters clustering around. Read more »
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West Africa:
Security Beefed-Up in Nigeria-Cameroon Buffer Zone
Vanguard, 11 October 2011
Defence Headquarters, Abuja, has put measures in place to check the activities of militants and other criminal elements in the border areas, especially the buffer zone between… Read more »
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Cameroon:
Opposition Brands Election a 'Mess'
Nation, 10 October 2011
Polling officials in Cameroon today counted the votes of a presidential election that looked certain to extend incumbent Paul Biya's 29-year rule but was called a "mess" by the… Read more »