The world’s oldest president has once more received the vote in Cameroon, regardless of violent clashes forward of the election.
Paul Biya, 92, who has been in energy since 1982 and will stay there past 100, angered the nation’s youth and opposition along with his determination to face for re-election, with their supporters accusing authorities of in search of to rig the vote.
4 protesters have been shot lifeless throughout clashes with safety forces in Douala, the financial capital, on Sunday, whereas greater than 100 have been arrested as demonstrators took to the streets to demand credible outcomes from the October 12 presidential election.
The Constitutional Council stated he obtained 53.66% of votes, whereas former ally-turned challenger Issa Tchiroma Bakary received 35.19%.
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Cameroon’s president Paul Biya has received re-election with 53.66%, outcomes present
A number of members of the safety forces have been additionally injured in Douala by the protesters, in line with Samuel Dieudonne Ivaha Diboua, governor of the Littoral Area that features Douala.
Movies on-line confirmed demonstrators clashing with safety forces, who fired tear gasoline and tried to disperse the protesters barricading main roads in Douala and different cities, together with Garoua and Maroua within the north.
Mr Tchiroma had claimed victory days earlier than the election, citing outcomes he stated have been collated by his get together, however Mr Biya dismissed the declare.
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Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma, protest on the streets of Garoua, Cameroon, on 26 October, 2025. Pic: AP
Dozens of opposition supporters, activists and leaders have been arrested in current days.
Opposition supporters had rallied to demand credible outcomes from the African nation’s current presidential election, native officers stated. Greater than 100 protesters have been arrested in a single area.
The violence got here as Cameroon’s high court docket, the Constitutional Council, was anticipated to announce ultimate election outcomes on Monday, although the opposition and their supporters have accused authorities of in search of to rig the vote.
Tons of stormed the streets in a number of cities on Sunday following days of unrest and in response to protest calls by opposition candidate Mr Bakary, who claims to have defeated Mr Biya within the 12 October election.
Cameroon: Key info
• Cameroon is a rustic mendacity on the junction of western and central Africa
• The capital Yaoundé is situated within the south-central a part of the nation
• The nation has a inhabitants of 28,372,687, in line with 2023 World Well being Group knowledge
• There are three most important linguistic teams: the Bantu-speaking peoples of the south, the Sudanic-speaking peoples of the north, and people who converse the Semi-Bantu languages, largely located within the west
• Ahmadou Ahidjo was the earlier president of Cameroon, who served from 1960 to 1982
The African Motion for New Independence and Democracy opposition get together and native media earlier reported that not less than two demonstrators have been shot and killed by safety forces as they sought to disperse the protests.
The opposition has accused Mr Biya of getting a hand within the disqualification of his strongest rival and of utilizing “state machinery” to govern the election in his favour.
Paul Atanga Nji informed reporters on Saturday that the federal government arrested a number of individuals plotting violent assaults.
One protester, Oumarou Bouba, a 27-year-old dealer within the northern metropolis of Maroua, stated: “I am ready to stake my life to defend my vote.
“I voted for Tchiroma as a result of I need change.”
