In Cameroon, the Twilight of the Opposition Embodied by Issa Chiroma Bakary

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While the former minister, who was expatriated to the Gambia, still claims victory in the presidential elections in October, his voice weakens in the country, where 1,200 people are still detained, without trial, after the post-election demonstrations.

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Cameroonian opponent Issa Tchiroma Bakary, in his residence in Yaoundé, on 25 August 2025. DANIEL BELOUMOU OLOMO / AFP Two months after the controversial presidential election on 12 October, the Cameroonian power seems to have managed to stifle any dispute. Refugeeed in the Gambia after a short stay in Nigeria, it is far from his fief in Garoua, in northern Cameroon, that opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary still claims his victory against…