AFP: Cameroon elections overshadowed by boycott and violence
aoundé (AFP) - Voters in Cameroon will cast their ballots Sunday in a country where the mood has been darkened by separatist violence and calls for an election boycott.
Elections to renew the central African country's legislature and local councils are taking place for the first time in seven years, after two postponements.
Despite the delays, the campaigning has been low key.
In the capital Yaounde, the few banners put up by the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (RDPC in its French initials) are barely more numerous than posters calling on people to pick up their litter.
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Cameron Elections: Violence And Calls For An Election Boycott This Sunday
Cameroon elections: A vote marked by violence and abstention -- DW
Cameroon gears up for delayed polls amid security fears -- Al Jazeera
Cameroon Opposition Says Supporters Arrested for Campaigning for Boycott -- VOA
Cameroon: Rise in killings in Anglophone regions ahead of parliamentary elections -- Amnesty International
Scared Cameroonians Flee From English-Speaking Regions Ahead of Sundays Polls -- Relief Web
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Never could understand political boycotts, they are useless and just gives more power to those you are boycotting, ie Venezuela.
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