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Everyone thinks the government fixed the elections but that wasn't really necessary

After its landslide win in fraudulent parliamentary and local elections on 22 July, President Paul Biya promised that his ruling Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais (RDPC) would 'modernise' the country. A journalist asked why it had not been modernised in 25 years of domination by the RDPC which, as Africa Confidentialwent to press, had taken 156 of the 180 parliamentary seats contested....

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Paul Biya, John Fru Ndi, Adamu Ndam Njoya, Bello Bouba Maïgari, Jean-Jacques Ekindi, Marafat Hamidou Yaya, Ephraim Inoni, Florence Mugasha, Claire Ateba, Kevin Ngwang Gumne, René Emmanuel Sadi, Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais, Africa Confidential, Union Démocratique du Cameroun, Union Nationale pour la Démocratie et le Progrès, Mouvement Progressiste, Union des Populations de Cameroun, Observatoire National des Elections au Cameroun, Election Cameroun

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