MRC: Tiriane Noah succeeds Maurice Kamto, facing a presidency under pressure

MRC delegates meeting in Odza on October 17 elected Tiriane Balbine Noah as national president for a renewable five-year term. The 46-year-old received 1,246 votes, or 96.89% of the ballots cast, while Pierre Emmanuel Binyam received 29 votes after his withdrawal was filed too late to remove his name from the ballot. Noah is the first woman to lead the party founded by Maurice Kamto, whose resignation on September 8 opened the transition. Her immediate challenges include reuniting a party divided by disputes over the convention and preparing to regain electoral ground.