Cameroon’s electoral commission, ELECAM, on Saturday announced that opposition politician Maurice Kamto was barred from contesting the 12 October presidential polls.
The renowned university professor and former government minister was widely seen as the most serious challenger to long-standing President Paul Biya.
ELECAM said Kamto had failed to comply with legal requirements by accepting a nomination from the Cameroon Renaissance Movement, which boycotted legislative and municipal elections in 2020.