Cameroon At an Inflection Point

Regardless of who is announced as the winner in this month’s election, change is coming for Cameroon.

On October 12, the west-central African country of Cameroon held presidential elections, and the official results are expected later this week. Government spokesperson-turned-opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary claims to be the real winner, defying the state’s ban on any preliminary announcement of results. He has succeeded in bringing some of his supporters to the streets, but if past is…