Four people died during clashes between security forces and opposition supporters in Cameroon's largest city Douala on Sunday, according to regional governor Samuel Dieudonne Ivaha Diboua and opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma's campaign team.</span

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South China Morning Post

Four people died during clashes between security forces and opposition supporters in Cameroon's largest city Douala on Sunday, according to regional governor Samuel Dieudonne Ivaha Diboua and opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma's campaign team.

Opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary claims he won 54.8 percent of votes against President Paul Biya's 31.3 percent in the October 12 election, while partial results reported by local media showed Biya on course for an eighth term.</span

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Opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary claims he won 54.8 percent of votes against President Paul Biya's 31.3 percent in the October 12 election, while partial results reported by local media showed Biya on course for an eighth term.

Police fired tear gas and water cannons at hundreds of protesters who barricaded roads and burned tires in multiple cities including Douala, Garoua, Maroua, and Bafoussam, defying government bans on public gatherings.</span

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Police fired tear gas and water cannons at hundreds of protesters who barricaded roads and burned tires in multiple cities including Douala, Garoua, Maroua, and Bafoussam, defying government bans on public gatherings.

Authorities arrested opposition leaders Anicet Ekane of MANIDEM party and Djeukam Tchameni of the Union for Change movement on Friday, along with approximately 30 politicians and activists supporting Tchiroma's candidacy.</span

Authorities arrested opposition leaders Anicet Ekane of MANIDEM party and Djeukam Tchameni of the Union for Change movement on Friday, along with approximately 30 politicians and activists supporting Tchiroma's candidacy.

President Paul Biya, who is 92 years old and has ruled Cameroon since 1982, faces accusations from protesters of electoral fraud as his government rejected opposition claims of irregularities and urged citizens to await official results.</span

Africanews

President Paul Biya, who is 92 years old and has ruled Cameroon since 1982, faces accusations from protesters of electoral fraud as his government rejected opposition claims of irregularities and urged citizens to await official results.

Cameroon's Constitutional Council was scheduled to announce final presidential election results on Monday, with internet disruptions reported across the country amid ongoing tensions and calls for electoral transparency.</span

Cameroon's Constitutional Council was scheduled to announce final presidential election results on Monday, with internet disruptions reported across the country amid ongoing tensions and calls for electoral transparency.

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Cameroon's election represents a desperate power grab by an aging dictator whose 43-year reign has brought nothing but poverty and violence. Biya's regime systematically crushes opposition voices, arrests candidates who dare challenge him, and uses state police to terrorize citizens into silence. The country has become a failed state with terrorism ranking in the global top ten, a million displaced people, and 40% living in poverty despite abundant natural resources.

Cameroon's election represents a desperate power grab by an aging dictator whose 43-year reign has brought nothing but poverty and violence. Biya's regime systematically crushes opposition voices, arrests candidates who dare challenge him, and uses state police to terrorize citizens into silence. The country has become a failed state with terrorism ranking in the global top ten, a million displaced people, and 40% living in poverty despite abundant natural resources.</span

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Re-electing Cameroons forever president

Despite legitimate criticisms, Biya has delivered four decades of crucial political stability that foreign investors and security partners depend on in a volatile region. The election proceeded calmly with millions participating peacefully, showing democratic processes remain functional. Any transition now risks dangerous instability that could expand existing insurgencies and create ethnic coalitions threatening regional security across central Africa.

Despite legitimate criticisms, Biya has delivered four decades of crucial political stability that foreign investors and security partners depend on in a volatile region. The election proceeded calmly with millions participating peacefully, showing democratic processes remain functional. Any transition now risks dangerous instability that could expand existing insurgencies and create ethnic coalitions threatening regional security across central Africa.</span

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Cameroons election risks instability, no matter who wins

4 Dead in Cameroon Election Clashes as Opposition Cries Fraud

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There is a 61.5 percent chance that Paul Biya will win the next Cameroon election with 80% or more of the votes cast, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

There is a 61.5 percent chance that Paul Biya will win the next Cameroon election with 80% or more of the votes cast, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

4 Dead in Cameroon Election Clashes as Opposition Cries Fraud

4 Dead in Cameroon Election Clashes as Opposition Cries Fraud

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