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John Fru Ndi

Date of Birth: 7 July 1941
Place of Birth: Baba II, near Bamenda, Cameroon
Died: 12 June 2023


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Biya's government blocks bids to unite opposition

Jean Michel Nintcheu a parliamentarian who split from the late John Fru Ndi's Social Democratic Front set up l'Alliance politique pour le changement (APC) a coalition to build support for Professor Maurice Kamto who lost the election to Biya in 2018 and was jailed for eight months for disputing the result (AC Vol 64 No 25 No end to the legal opposition's long vigil)...


No end to the legal opposition's long vigil

Fewer English-speakers than ever support legal means of opposition because they see the emasculation of the opposition Social Democratic Front (SDF) both under its late leader John Fru Ndi and his already divided successors...

A funeral which buried hope It was to little surprise that President Paul Biya engineered the late former Social Democratic Front leader John Fru Ndi's funeral to look like a victory lap over his arch rival...


Limbo after ghost elections

For many Cameroonians this revives memories from the presidential crisis of October 1992 when Biya used repressive measures to secure a victory he was accused of stealing from Ni John Fru Ndi then the main opposition candidate who proclaimed himself president-elect...


Biya's no-change election

Joshua Osih of the Social Democratic Front takes up the mantle of chief opposition candidate from John Fru Ndi who had angered some oppositionists by refusing to step aside after losing to Biya in every poll since 1992 when many believe he was cheated out of victory by electoral fraud...


Old man trouble

Its chances are further improved many say now that John Fru Ndi 75 the Chairperson of the opposition Social Democratic Front (SDF) has declared he won't stand again...

They may keep it in the family by choosing Benjamin Achu Fru Ndi John Fru Ndi's son and political advisor as the next Chairman...


A family divided

The Chairman of the opposition Social Democratic Front John Fru Ndi said as many as 2 000 army recruits had been ferried into Bamenda a north-western town traditionally seen as his stronghold...


Ready or not, here they come

All that made it politically impossible for the SDF's veteran leader Ni John Fru Ndi to even contemplate another boycott...


Upper house of cards

Some supporters of Social Democratic Front leader John Fru Ndi are calling for him to resign after the list headed by former Prime Minister and ruling RDPC party stalwart Simon Achidi Achu won the seven available Senate seats in North West region Fru Ndi’s political base...


Biya's second house

Some see the poll as a waste of time and money and the Social Democratic Front (SDF) leader John Fru Ndi was widely condemned for legitimising it by agreeing to take part...


Après Biya fears

The ageing and ineffectual John Fru Ndi who stood against Biya in elections for 22 years is set to be succeeded by Joshua Osih as leader of the Social Democratic Front...


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