{"id":3947,"date":"2025-11-23T23:36:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T23:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/11\/23\/cameroon-opposition-leader-flees-to-gambia-for-safety-after-disputed-vote\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T23:36:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T23:36:33","slug":"cameroon-opposition-leader-flees-to-gambia-for-safety-after-disputed-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/11\/23\/cameroon-opposition-leader-flees-to-gambia-for-safety-after-disputed-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameroon opposition leader flees to Gambia for \u2018safety\u2019 after disputed vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>The Gambia hosts Issa Tchiroma Bakary after Paul Biya, Cameroon\u2019s leader for 43 years, wins yet another election.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Cameroon\u2019s opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary has fled to The Gambia \u201cfor the purpose of ensuring his safety\u201d in the wake of the recent presidential election that returned longtime ruler <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/11\/6\/cameroons-biya-worlds-oldest-ruler-at-92-sworn-in-for-eighth-term\">Paul Biya<\/a> to power amid <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/27\/biya-declared-victor-of-cameroon-election-why-deadly-protests-broke-out\">deadly protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Gambian government confirmed in a statement on Sunday that it was hosting Tchiroma \u201ctemporarily\u201d in the country on \u201chumanitarian grounds\u201d while pursuing a \u201cpeaceful and diplomatic resolution\u201d to post-electoral tensions in Cameroon.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/11\/6\/cameroons-biya-worlds-oldest-ruler-at-92-sworn-in-for-eighth-term\">Cameroon\u2019s Biya, world\u2019s oldest ruler at 92, sworn in for eighth term<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/27\/biya-declared-victor-of-cameroon-election-why-deadly-protests-broke-out\">Biya declared victor of Cameroon election: Why deadly protests broke out<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/27\/cameroons-president-paul-biya-declared-election-winner\">Cameroon President Biya declared election victor; challenger protests<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2025\/10\/27\/4-dead-in-election-related-clashes-as-cameroons-biya-wins-eighth-term\">Four dead in election-related clashes as Cameroon\u2019s Biya wins eighth term<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The statement, posted on the Facebook page of the office of Gambian President Adama Barrow, said The Gambia was working with regional partners like Nigeria to \u201csupport a peaceful and negotiated outcome\u201d following October\u2019s disputed election.<\/p>\n<p>Official election results showed 92-year-old Biya, the world\u2019s oldest head of state, secured his eighth term in office with 53.7 percent of the vote, against 35.2 percent for Tchiroma, a former government minister leading the Cameroon National Salvation Front.<\/p>\n<p>But Tchiroma, who claimed vote tampering, stated he was the election\u2019s real winner. \u201cThis is not democracy, it is electoral theft, a constitutional coup as blatant as it is shameful,\u201d he said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition leader repeatedly urged supporters to protest against the official election outcome, urging them to stage \u201cdead city\u201d operations by closing shops and halting other public activities.<\/p>\n<p>The Cameroonian government has confirmed that at least five\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/gallery\/2025\/10\/27\/four-killed-in-cameroon-opposition-protests-ahead-of-election-results\">people were killed during the protests<\/a>, although the opposition and civil society groups claim the figures are much higher.<\/p>\n<p>The government has said it plans to initiate legal proceedings against Tchiroma for his \u201crepeated calls for insurrection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biya came to power in 1982 following the resignation of Cameroon\u2019s first president and has ruled since, following a 2008 constitutional amendment that abolished term limits.<\/p>\n<p>He has ruled the country with an iron fist, repressing all political opposition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gambia hosts Issa Tchiroma Bakary after Paul Biya, Cameroon\u2019s leader for 43 years, wins yet another election. 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