Ivory Coast counts votes in key election with incumbent Ouattara predicted to win fourth term

Votes were being counted late Saturday in Ivory Coast after citizens cast their ballots to elect a new leader. Longtime ...

Cameroon opposition leaders arrested as protests erupt over contested elections

Two Cameroonian opposition figures and backers of presidential hopeful Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who challenged President Paul ...

Two Cameroonian Opposition Figures Held After Contested Vote

Two Cameroonian opposition figures and backers of presidential hopeful Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who  challenged President Paul Biya's 43-year grip on power in recent elections, have been arrested.
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Voters in Ivory Coast cast ballots to elect new leader

Voters in Ivory Coast cast ballots Saturday to elect a new leader as longtime President Alassane Ouattara seeks a fourth term ...

Cameroon opposition leaders arrested as protests erupt over election results

YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Two Cameroon opposition leaders have been arrested, their parties said, as protests rattled the country ...

Cameroon security forces disperse election protests as Biya poised for eighth term

Cameroon's security forces fired tear gas on Tuesday to disperse opposition party supporters protesting in the capital Yaounde and the northern city of Garoua, as tensions rise over the outcome of the ...
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Cameroon: Paul Biya declared as provisional winner of presidential election

Eight days after Cameroon’s presidential election, the National Vote Counting Commission released provisional results ...
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After four decades in power, is Paul Biya’s grip on Cameroon slipping?

As Issa Tchiroma Bakary declares election victory, Cameroon stands at a crossroads between an aging ruler’s tightening ...