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Cameroon awaits presidential election results as Paul Biya seeks to extend decades-long rule

Cameroon is on edge as the country awaits the outcome of a tense presidential election with President Paul Biya ...

Cameroon awaits results of tense presidential election

With longtime President Paul Biya facing a divided opposition, more than 8 million Cameroonians voted. Though there was peace ...

Motorcycle taxi drivers of Cameroon's Douala long for jobs and escape

By Amindeh Blaise Atabong and Zohra Bensemra DOUALA, Cameroon (Reuters) -Zakiyaou Mohamed awoke from yet another night of ...
RNS on MSN

'Cameroon is a powder keg': Catholic bishops challenge nonagenarian president

Through pastoral letters, Sunday homilies and the church’s moral authority, Cameroon's 36 Catholic bishops have emerged as ...

Cameroon heads to the polls as the world's oldest president bids to extend his rule

Voters in Cameroon are heading to the polls in an election that could extend the rule of 93-year-old President Paul Biya.
Leadership

Cameroon’s Opposition Leader Bakary Makes Early Gains In Biya’s Strongholds

Preliminary results from Cameroon’s presidential election suggested that opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary ws making ...
Digital Journal

Cameroon city deserted ahead of ‘independence’ declaration

The main city in a restive English-speaking region of Cameroon was a virtual ghost town Saturday, with armed police patrolled the streets on the eve of an expected -- but symbolic -- declaration ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Gunmen blockade bridge in Cameroon’s largest city

DOUALA, CameroonDOUALA, Cameroon — Gunmen blockaded a major bridge in Cameroon’s largest city early Thursday and shot at police for several hours in an attack only 10 days before the country’s ...