Overview
- Issa Tchiroma Bakary entered Gambia on November 7 and is being hosted on humanitarian grounds, according to an official statement.
- Gambia says it is coordinating with regional partners, including Nigeria, to pursue a peaceful, negotiated resolution to Cameroon’s post‑election tensions.
- Official results certified President Paul Biya the winner with 53.7 percent, and he has been sworn in for an eighth term.
- Tchiroma rejects the outcome, claims he won, and has urged supporters to mount 'dead city' protests by shutting shops and halting public activity.
- Cameroon’s government says it plans legal proceedings against Tchiroma for alleged calls to insurrection, and reports on protest deaths vary, with the government citing 16 and rights groups and opposition claiming more than 55.