YAOUNDE: Cameroon’s constitutional court on Tuesday rejected the candidacy of President Paul Biya’s main opponent in October’s presidential election, the contender’s lawyer said. The Constitutional Council ruled that the candidacy of Maurice Kamto, a high-profile critic of the longtime president, “cannot be valid and the immediate consequence is that he will not participate in the presidential race,” Hippolyte Meli Tiakouang told reporters after the hearing. Biya, 92, has been in power since 1982 and is seeking an eighth term in office in the October 12 contest.

A la fin de juillet, Elections Cameroon, l’organe chargé de l’organisation des élections, avait écarté la candidature de l’ancien président du MRC en raison d’une « pluralité…

YAOUNDE: Cameroon’s constitutional court on Tuesday rejected the candidacy of President Paul Biya’s main opponent in October’s presidential election, the contender’s lawyer said.…

Paul Biya is the world's oldest president and if he wins October's election, would stay in power until he's 99.

Mardi, le Conseil constitutionnel a définitivement rejeté le recours de l’opposant contre la décision d’Elections Cameroon, fin juillet, de ne pas retenir sa candidature.