Cameroon holds presidential poll with Biya poised for 8th term | International

YAOUND, Oct 12, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Cameroon holds presidential elections on Sunday which 92-year-old Paul Biya, the world's oldest serving head of state, is expected to win, extending his already 43-year grip on power. Biya faces 11 opponents, including former employment minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary, 79, who has generated unexpected enthusiasm among voters in the central African nation, where half the population is under 20. The eight million Cameroonians who are eligible to vote in the one-round election have, for the most part, only known one ruler in their lifetime. Biya has been in power since 1982 and has won every election in the past 20 years by more than 70 percent of the ballot. "We shouldn't be naive. We...