By Semafor Africa
Photos: YouTube Screenshots
Tension is escalating across Cameroon as rival camps loyal to incumbent 92-year-old President Paul Biya and his main challenger Issa Tchiroma Bakary clash over the outcome of the country’s presidential vote.
On Tuesday, Tchiroma — Biya’s former government spokesman — declared himself the winner of the weekend vote, urging Biya to “honour the truth of the ballot box” and concede defeat, underscoring deepening resistance to Biya’s four-decade rule, which has in recent years been marked by widening insurgencies by jihadists and Anglophone separatists.
Interior Minister Paul Atanga Nji condemned Tchiroma’s move as “conspiratorial and anti-republican,” alleging that the candidate was pursuing “a diabolical plan, carefully orchestrated with secret networks at home and abroad” to destabilize Cameroon. Official results are expected by Oct. 26.
Read on for the political turmoil gripping Cameroon. →
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