Cameroonian Opposition Figure Ekane Dies After Weeks in Detention

Cameroon’s leading opposition leader, Anicet Ekane, has died after weeks of detention at the age of 74, his lawyers and family said Monday, alleging that he had struggled to breathe but was not given proper care.

Ekane, 74, leader of the African Movement for New Independence and Democracy (Manidem) party, was arrested on 24 October in Douala following post-election demonstrations in what his party described as a “kidnapping” by Cameroonian soldiers.

He was being held at a military garrison in…