Cameroon: Three MRC Activists Challenge Maurice Kamto's Legitimacy as Head of the Opposition Party

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Three activists are challenging Maurice Kamto's legitimacy as head of the Movement for the Renaissance of Cameroon (MRC), an opposition party, in court. A hearing is scheduled for Thursday, July 9, in Yaoundé. For its part, the party has announced the expulsion of one of the plaintiffs.

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The National Mediation and Arbitration Committee (CNMA) in its decision of 29 June 2026 found the activist guilty of several charges: an act of treason, a manifest refusal to comply with the political line and discipline of the party, a manifest and repeated violation of the party's texts, a manifest insubordination and a repeated lack of loyalty to the party's governing bodies. The National Mediation and Arbitration Committee (CNMA) in its deci…

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Willy Mengue, a media figure and former leader of the Movement for the Renaissance of Cameroon (MRC), was definitively excluded from the party by the National Committee for Mediation and Arbitration on 29 June 2026, a decision unanimously validated by the Executive Board on 7 July, while two activists seized justice to challenge the legitimacy of Maurice Kamto. The walls of the MRC's national headquarters in Yaoundé trembled. A meeting of the Ex…