Residents of Garoua protect home of Cameroonian opposition leader ahead of election results

Following Cameroon’s presidential election on 12 October, both parties have claimed victory, despite official results not expected for another week. In the port city of Garoua in northern Cameroon, supporters of opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary are keeping watch outside the former minister’s house, wary that President Paul Biya’s government could order his arrest.

Young Cameroonians, both men and women, take turns day and night on…