Cameroon: Opposition leader Maurice Kamto firm on election boycott Cameroon's first legislative and municipal elections in seven years, scheduled for 9 February, will take place against a tense backdrop of jihadist attacks in the north and a deadly pro-independence conflict in the west. Maurice Kamto, the main opponent of incumbent President Paul Biya, explained in an interview with AFP in Paris his party's position of boycotting the elections. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES