By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on RFI
In Cameroon, many candidates for the 7 February local elections are struggling to compile their investiture files. Hopefuls from both the opposition and the ruling party accuse certain administrations of deliberately manoeuvring to block their way, according to RFI.
Cameroonian President Paul Biya signed two circulars setting the procedures for selecting CPDM candidates for the legislative and municipal elections on 7 February 2027. The party has launched its internal process and summoned officials to a working session in Yaoundé, according to Actu Cameroun.
🇨🇲 Cameroon · Source: Actu Cameroun ·
President Paul Biya has signed a decree, made public on Monday 9 November, convening the electorate for the legislative and municipal elections of 7 February 2027, according to RFI. After more than two years of extended mandates, these polls will not be postponed again.
🇨🇲 Cameroon · Source: RFI ·
From Banjul, where he is in exile, Issa Tchiroma Bakary urges opposition parties in Cameroon not to take part in the legislative and municipal elections of February 2027, called by Paul Biya on 9 November. In his view, the call is illegal, and the country has been in crisis since the presidential election of 12 October 2025, according to Actu Cameroun.
🇨🇲 Cameroon · Source: Actu Cameroun ·
Cameroonian President Paul Biya has asked the RDPC to prepare actively for the 7 February 2027 municipal and legislative elections by launching internal candidate selection operations. He demands energy, discipline and probity, while the party plans to increase the presence of women, young people and new figures among its candidates, reports Jeune Afrique.
🇨🇲 Cameroon · Source: Jeune Afrique ·
Cameroon’s SDF contests candidacy fees for 2027 electionsThe Social Democratic Front (SDF) is contesting fees charged for candidacy documents for the 7 February 2027 legislative and municipal elections. In a letter dated 12 November to Elections Cameroon (ELECAM), it demands that the documents be provided free of charge, as the Electoral Code requires, and cites a council in Yaoundé II where the mayor reportedly demanded 1,000 CFA francs in stamps, according to Actu Cameroun.
Kinshasa accuses Mushikiwabo of ignoring Congo crisis at OIFCongolese government spokesman Patrick Muyaya accuses Louise Mushikiwabo of overlooking the war in eastern DR Congo at the opening of the 20th Francophonie Summit in Phnom Penh. He says the omission, while other conflicts were mentioned, reflects an attitude incompatible with OIF values and linked to Rwanda, the country of origin of the outgoing secretary general, according to Actualité.cd.The week in Africa
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