Cameroon polls marred by complaints
Cameroonians voted Monday in polls designed to shore up the parliamentary majority of President Paul Biya's ruling party and consolidate his three decades in power, as international observers complained of irregularities. Voting in the central African country ended at 6:00 pm (1700 GMT), but few people were observed casting ballots by an AFP correspondent in the capital Yaounde as the final count began by candlelight. One observer from the Lawyers Without Borders organisation said they had seen incidents where voters' names and numbers did not match those marked on the electoral roll. "It is almost certain that there will be an impact on the final numbers," the unnamed observer said. "A number of liberties were taken with the requirements of good practice," he added, saying that some voters were not guaranteed total secrecy to cast their vote. "I've just seen that the number on my voter's card is not the same as the one next to my na