Civil society condemns the death of opposition leader Anicet Ekane in custody

Cameroon is reeling after the death of Anicet Ekane, a prominent opposition figure and longtime critic of President Paul Biya, who died in state custody. His passing has sparked grief and indignation in Yaoundé and beyond.

According to Maître Ngouana Ulrich Juvénal, a defense lawyer for Ekane, legal teams were notified early this morning: “We were contacted around 7 am and rushed to the national gendarmerie’s medical center. On…