Cameroon: Opposition head arrested for election protest

By Alaattin Dogru</p> <p>DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – The main opposition leader was arrested late Monday in Cameroon following two-day long anti-government protests against presidential election results, local media reported.</p> <p>Maurice Kamto, the leader of Movement for the Rebirth of Cameroon (MRC) party, was taken into custody from the house of Albert Dzongang, a party member, in the southwestern Doula city, local media said citing Emmanuel Simh, vice-president of the opposition party.</p> <p>&quot;We have serious concerns over the course of events and radicalization of the government,” Simh was quoted as saying.</p> <p>President Paul Biya, 85, won seventh consecutive term with 71.28 percent of the votes in the Oct. 7 presidential polls.</p> <p>Kamto, who ran for president in October’s election, came in second with 14.23 percent of the votes. The opposition leader still claims that he won the election.</p> <p>Six people were injured in the anti-government protests upon the call of MRC party over the weekend. Some 117 others were detained.

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