CAMEROON COURT REJECTS all legal objections to the presidential polls in Yaounde.

Almost two weeks after the polls in Cameroon, on Friday morning the court has rejected all legal objections to the presidential polls in Yaounde. Cameroonian President Paul Biya is seeking a seventh term in office which will make him one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders, second to Equatorial Guinea’s Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.

In an election dominated by Africa’s traditional, allegations of voter intimidation, violence and rigging, Cameroon’s three main opposition leaders including Joshua Osih and Cabral Libii , along with other key opposition figures, called for a cancellation of the poll results. More news to follow. By Sibusiso Ngwenya