Cameroon court rejects all petitions calling for re-run of elections

Cameroon’s Constitutional court has rejected 18 petitions calling for a repeat of the 7 October presidential election which opposition parties said was marred by fraud.
The move will likely clear the way for President Paul Biya to be confirmed the winner before Sunday.
The 85-year-old has ruled the Central African nation for 36 years.
The election was held amid a tense atmosphere in the North-West and South-West regions where Anglophone separatists had vowed to disrupt the election.