YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — As Cameroon electoral workers counted votes, an opposition candidate proclaimed himself the victor of the nation's election, despite warnings from the electoral commission that only the Constitutional Council can legally announce the winner of the presidential race.
Cameroon Renaissance Movement party candidate Maurice Kamto on Monday made the announcement in Yaounde, a day after the vote.
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — A New York literature professor held in the Central African nation of Cameroon since early this month after writing an article that criticized the government was released Wednesday, his lawyer said.
Stony Brook University Professor Patrice Nganang was expelled from Cameroon and has been told not to return to the country where he was born, lawyer Emmanuel Simh said.
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Nigeria scored late to deny Cameroon a home triumph and extend its dominance of the women's African Cup of Nations with a 1-0 win in the final on Saturday.
Desire Oparanozie's 84th-minute goal in Yaounde gave defending champion Nigeria its 10th title in 12 tournaments. Only Equatorial Guinea in 2008 and 2012 has managed to wrestle the African soccer crown away from the Nigerian women in the last 25 years.