Constitutional council’s decision leaves Kamto out of presidential race

Opposition leader’s disqualification upheld as analysts warn of institutionalized exclusion

Cameroon’s Constitutional Council has definitively barred opposition leader Maurice Kamto from October’s presidential election, rejecting his appeal as “lacking legal justification” in a ruling delivered Tuesday.

The decision upholds an earlier disqualification by the Electoral Council, dealing a fatal blow to Kamto’s bid under the…