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Douala - Opposition candidates on Monday alleged widespread fraud and intimidation at polling stations, a day after voters cast ballots in an election widely expected to hand another term to one of Africa's longest ruling leaders. President Paul Biya, who has been in power for nearly 30 years, changed the constitution so he could run again this year. The inevitability
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Cameroonians went to the polls Sunday with President Paul Biya almost assured of extending his 29-year-old rule and quashing the opposition's dream of Tunisian-style regime change. The west African country's 78-year-old leader is seeking a sixth term against 22 other candidates, with the main opposition groups arguing the ballot was rigged from the start. His opponents' main grievance is the
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Votes were being counted Monday in Cameroon's presidential election, with incumbent Paul Biya almost assured of extending his 29-year rule amid low turnout in a vote the opposition called a "mess". An otherwise peaceful election was marred when two military police were killed in the unstable southwestern Bakassi region, the interior ministry said. The west African country's 78-year-old leader sought
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Voters slowly trickled into polls Sunday for a presidential election widely expected to take the Central African nation's longtime leader into his fourth decade in power. Some voters even left polling stations without casting a ballot after failing to find their names on voter rolls, or because they were unable to pick up voter ID cards. A disjointed opposition, an
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Yaounde — Opposition parties which fielded candidates in the October 9 presidential election are crying foul on realising that the ruling party candidate's campaign had booked all public billboards all over the country long before the date of the presidential election was announced.
Days before the official campaigns opened on September 24, posters of ruling party
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Yaounde - A man whose candidacy was rejected in Cameroon's forthcoming presidential election has claimed responsibility for shootings in the port of Douala, on behalf of an armed group.
"It was the Cameroonian People's Liberation Army (ALPC), of which I am the leader, that acted on the bridge" early on Thursday in Douala, Bertin Kisob, 36,
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Armed men dressed as soldiers fired into the air and stopped traffic in south Cameroon on Thursday, demanding the departure of long-serving President Paul Biya ahead of elections, reports said.
The men fired their weapons at the main bridge in Douala, the economic capital of the west African nation that will hold a presidential election on
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Armed men dressed as soldiers fired into the air and stopped traffic in south Cameroon on Thursday, demanding the departure of long-serving President Paul Biya ahead of a controversial poll.
The men fired their weapons at the main bridge in Douala, the economic capital of the west African nation that holds a presidential election on October
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DOUALA, Cameroon (AP) — 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 presidential election.
Sporadic gunshots still could be heard in the area hours later, and heavily armed soldiers have been deployed across the city of Douala
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Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o says he is happy with his new side Anzhi Makhachkala and does not regret joining the Russian League.
The former Inter Milan and Barcelona forward told Gazetta Dello Sport that he never thought of joining the Russian Premier League but now considers the move as a new challenge in his career despite
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Yaounde — The Southern Cameroon National Council, a separatist organisation seeking independence of the two English-speaking regions of the country, has called on all "Southerners" (the Anglophone Cameroonians) to boycott the October 9 presidential elections.
In a statement signed by the Chairman of the SCNC, Chief Otun Ayamba, the SCNC chieftain makes allusion to two maps
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The presidential campaign underway in Cameroon has brought with it a new era whereby candidates are harnessing the Internet to help them reach new frontiers.
"Please subscribe to the electoral roll", "Vote for Ayah Paul"; are the kinds of messages Cameroonians have been receiving electronically for the past three months. They are sent by Ayah's Paul
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Cameroon football star Samuel Eto'o admitted to being "pleasantly surprised" by the huge welcome he was given in Makhachkala a day ahead of making his debut for big-spending Russian Premier League club Anzhi.
Former four-time African footballer of the year Eto'o signed a three-year multi-million euro (dollars) deal with the ambitious club from war-torn Dagestan after
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Cameroon, which has had only two presidents since independence in 1960, will hold presidential elections on October 9, incumbent Paul Biya announced Tuesday following opposition calls for him to step down.
"Voters are summoned on October 9, 2011, to elect the president of the republic," said a presidential decree.
In a single round
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In Cameroon, widows are often go through to humiliating and degrading rituals to prove their innocence in their husband's death.
Tradition in many parts of Cameroon dictates that there is no such thing as natural death. Widows are therefore subjected to various rituals to determine whether or not they are responsible for their husband's death. Elise
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Anzhi Makhachkala debutant Samuel Eto'o saved the day for his new club by scoring an equaliser to rescue a 1-1 draw at Rostov in the Russian Premier League on Saturday.
The 30-year-old came on as a substitute in the 57th minute, prompting great excitement in Rostov's 17,000-seater stadium, where 1,500 Anzhi fans had travelled to witness
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Cameroon star Samuel Eto'o arrived in Moscow on Thursday after signing a three-year deal with Russia's new big spenders Anzhi Makhachkala that will reportedly be the most valuable contract in football.
The ambitious club from war-torn Dagestan said the four-time African player of the year will wear number 99 for Anzhi after trading in his blue-and-black
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Anzhi Makhachkala confirmed on Tuesday that they have agreed terms for the transfer of four-time African player of the year Samuel Eto'o from Inter Milan in the highest-profile signing ever by a Russian side.
"Today Anzhi and Inter reached agreement on the transfer of Samuel Eto'o," read a statement on Anzhi's official site. "The transfer sum
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Yaounde - Cameroonian Prime Minister Philemon Yang on Saturday launched an anti-malaria campaign, promising to distribute nine million free mosquito nets.
The nationwide campaign named "KO palu" (knock out malaria) will last a month and aims to ensure that the west African country's 19.4 million inhabitants have access to mosquito nets.
The free
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Cameroonian Prime Minister Philemon Yang on Saturday launched an anti-malaria campaign, promising to distribute nine million free mosquito nets.
The nationwide campaign named "KO palu" (knock out malaria) will last a month and aims to ensure that the west African country's 19.4 million inhabitants have access to mosquito nets.
The free nets ultimately
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Yaounde - Cameroon is preparing to toughen laws against homosexuality, already a crime in the country, by equating gay acts with paedophilia, two gay rights activists told AFP on Friday.
"The government is preparing a reform to the criminal code. In its draft law, it has both maintained and worsened punishment for homosexuality," Alice Nkom, lawyer
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"It's 9pm. Are you and your family sleeping under a mosquito net?"
That message - delivered by government officials, artists and other personalities in Cameroon - will run on private and state-run media each evening from 20 August as part of a nationwide media blitz accompanying the distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets.
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As Europe's big soccer leagues get under way, the news making headlines on the continent's sports pages is the potential transfer of Cameroonian national team captain Samuel Eto'o from Inter Milan to the Russian side, Anzhi Makhachkala, for a whopping fee of U.S. $85 million and a $25.5 million a year salary after tax.
Anzhi billionaire
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The former Betis man is said to complete his move to Al Hilal this week after three years spent at the Andalucian Club. Emana confessed it was impossible to remain for another one year at the club as they are set to reduce their wage bill ahead of the new season.
"I realised it was impossible
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Cameroon international striker of Borussia Moenchenglabach, Mohammadou Idrissou 31 years, will from Monday, August 15th under a trial a few days at Celtic Glasgow. The information was confirmed by the Scottish club's manager, Neil Lennon. As reminder, the Indomitable Lion has spent his entire professional career in Germany. He played respectively in FSV Frankfurt, SV Wehen, in Hannover 96,
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