Maurice Kamto sequestered in his hotel in Douala.
The Cameroonian opponent traveling in the economic capital of the country was prevented from leaving his hotel for more than 24 hours before being taken back under police escort to the exit of Douala.
Details from our correspondent in Yaoundé Marcel Amoko.
In Beni, in eastern DR Congo, the Muslim community is experiencing deep unease.
It is both attacked by the ADF, jihadists from neighboring Uganda, and stigmatized by other communities.
It is the home stretch before Saturday's presidential election in The Gambia.
The ballot is considered a test for the young democracy: it is the first to be held without the autocrat Yahya Jammeh, still in exile in Equatorial Guinea after his historic defeat in 2016.
Editor-in-chief: Célia Caracena
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