Yaoundé, Oct 9, 2025 (AFP) - World's oldest leader tipped for 8th term in Cameroon vote

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2025-10-09

Cameroon's Paul Biya, already the world's oldest head of state, is the favourite to win Sunday's presidential election, handing him an eighth term in power in the central African country. A fractured opposition of 11 candidates is standing against the 92-year-old in the vote, whose credibility and fairness rights groups have called into question. Most of the 7.8 million Cameroonians called to the ballot box can remember no leader other than Biya......

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