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Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: Maurice Kamto Ran for President of Cameroon. Then He Was Arrested
Description: The President of Cameroon is named Paul Biya. He's been the president of Cameroon since 1982. Before that, from 1975, he was prime minister. Depending on how you count it, Paul Biya of Cameroon is one of -- if not the --Â longest-serving world leader. My guest today, Maurice Kamto, challenged Paul Biya for the presidency in national elections in 2018. Kamto lost in what he plausibly claimed were rigged elections. He subsequently led a peaceful protest movement against the government of Paul Biya --Â until January last year when he was arrested and thrown in prison for ten months. Ma...