France, July 28 -- Maurice Kamto, ahigh-profile critic of Cameroon's long-running President Paul Biya has been excluded by electoral authorities from the list of approved candidates able to run in the 12October presidential vote.

Maurice Kamto, 71, had officially submitted his candidacy last week, one of 83 names put forward to the electoral council.

He sought to run as the candidate for the African Movement for New Independence and Democracy (MANIDEM).

But his namewas not among the 13 candidates on the provisional list issued Saturday by the national electoral council.

Kamto came second to President Paul Biya in the 2018 presidential election, representing the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (MRC).

Elecamrejected his candidacy for the...