Cameroon's electoral commission has rejected the candidacy of Maurice Kamto, the main rival to President Paul Biya, in an upcoming presidential election, raising the risks of protests and the ...

On August 5, Cameroon’s Constitutional Council backed the electoral commission’s decision to bar Maurice Kamto, a key ...

Cameroon’s constitutional council has rejected opposition candidate Maurice Kamto’s appeal to be reinstated on the ballot for ...

YAOUNDE (Reuters) -Cameroon's Constitutional Council on Tuesday upheld a decision to reject the candidacy of Maurice Kamto, ...

Cameroon’s Constitutional Council has confirmed opposition leader Maurice Kamto will not be allowed to run in the October ...

While the firebrand political figure was sidelined, 92-year-old President Paul Biya whose candidacy also faced opposition, ...

Cameroon’s Constitutional Council has definitively barred opposition leader Maurice Kamto from October’s presidential ...

Maurice Kamto, a prominent opposition figure and vocal critic of Cameroon's long-time President Paul Biya, has been excluded ...

Despite his disqualification, Kamto said the struggle for democracy in Cameroon will continue, calling the move a “political ...

Kamto used his reelection to announce the creation of the APC. The current president, Paul Biya, has been in power since 1982 and is serving out his seventh term.

The Cameroonian government arrested opposition leader Maurice Kamto on Jan. 28. Kamto is shown in October during his unsuccessful campaign for president of Cameroon. (Zohra Bensemra/Reuters) The ...

Kamto has been mobilising dissent against 85-year-old Biya since losing what he said was a fraudulent election in October. Biya, who has held power for 36 years, won 71.3 percent of the votes, far ...