Biya rejects the Ghana model

An independent commission to oversee elections turns out not to be independent after all

Ghana's Electoral Commission organised an election in December that made Ghanaians proud. A similar commission for Cameroon has been resisted every step of the way by President Paul Biya and his ruling Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais (RDPC). In 2006, responding to national and international pressure,

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Ghana, Paul Biya, Samuel Fonkam Azu'u, United States, Janet Garvey, Abdoulaye Babale, Thomas Ejake Mbonde, John Fru Ndi, Adamu Ndam Njoya, Saidou Yaya Maidadi, Paul Ayah, Avebury, Britain, Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais

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