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Namibia: Shock in Cameroon as 74-year-old opposition firebrand dies in detention – News

Namibia: Shock in Cameroon as 74-year-old opposition firebrand dies in detention – News

Africa Links 24 with Paul Njie
Published on 2025-12-02 06:09:28

Left-wing Cameroonian opposition figure Anicet Ekane has died in detention, five weeks after he was arrested, his lawyers and party have announced.

Ekane, 74, was among the leaders of an opposition coalition who endorsed Issa Tchiroma Bakary in October’s presidential election.

Tchiroma Bakary says he was the rightful winner of the poll, officially won by 92-year-old incumbent Paul Biya. Tchiroma Bakary has since fled to The Gambia.

No official cause of Ekane’s death has been…

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