Cameroon: polling stations closed, one death in English-speaking regions

A polling station in Yaoundé, December 6, 2020 © RFI / Jeanne Richard

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Nearly 25,000 major voters were called to vote this Sunday in Cameroon to elect regional councilors.

A total of 90 councilors are to be elected in each region.

Polling stations have been officially closed since 6 p.m. local time.

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With our special correspondent in Yaoundé

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The vote took place peacefully.

 In the polling station where RFI was located, the counting is finished.

And unsurprisingly, it was the ruling party, the RDPC, which won all the votes, except two which went to the FCP, the opposition party which had run in the Center region.

FCP President Denis Atangana denounced the methods of the ruling party which had voters transported by bus to go to vote: " 

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At the security level for the moment, in the English-speaking regions, a municipal councilor was shot dead after going to vote, according to the coordinator of the NGO Cereda, which has deployed observers throughout the country.

No official has been identified for the moment but the separatists had threatened with reprisals those who would get involved in the poll.

Elsewhere, in these two regions in crisis, the vote seems to have taken place without incident with a strong presence of the security forces, according to the first feedbacks.

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