Cameroon Votes as Biya Seeks Eighth Term

Cameroon votes Sunday with 92-year-old President Paul Biya favored to secure an eighth term amid a fractured field of 11 challengers and deep public disillusionment. Critics accuse the electoral commission of siding with the ruling party; leading opponent Maurice Kamto was barred by courts. The country faces soaring living costs, rampant youth unemployment and conflict with jihadists in the Far North and anglophone separatists in the west, a crisis that has killed thousands and displaced over 700,000. After a rare rally in Maroua, Biya vowed more security, jobs and infrastructure.

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