Overview

• The council upheld the July ruling excluding Kamto for registering under MANIDEM, which supported a second candidate
• Constitutional Council president Clement Atangana confirmed the verdict is final and cannot be appealed
• Security forces sealed off the council venue in Yaoundé and police fired tear gas to disperse Kamto supporters
• Observers and Human Rights Watch say the exclusion deepens doubts about the integrity of the October 12 vote and risks igniting unrest
• President Paul Biya, 92, who has ruled since 1982, now faces an election without his strongest challenger