Overview
- Cameroon’s Constitutional Council affirmed Paul Biya’s victory with 53.66% in a final ruling not subject to appeal, with a swearing‑in due within 15 days.
- Issa Tchiroma Bakary rejected the result as a “fictitious victory,” claimed he won, and urged supporters to keep mobilizing, calling for an end to killings and arrests.
- Protests flared again in Douala and other cities with fires and property damage reported; local media cite at least 10 deaths as authorities acknowledge fatalities without providing a toll.
- The government blamed Tchiroma for the violence and opened an investigation into him, with officials reporting injured security personnel and more than 200 arrests as a civil society group alleges over 500 detentions.
- The EU, the U.N., Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International criticized the crackdown and urged investigations, while a partial internet outage drew official claims of a submarine cable cut that some observers questioned given past shutdowns.