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Cameroon’s Paul Biya: World’s Oldest President Is the Favourite as He Seeks an Eighth Term
CAMEROON, JUL 22 – Paul Biya, aged 92, seeks an eighth seven-year term amid political stagnation and opposition challenges with 82 presidential hopefuls registered, electoral body said.
- On 14 July 2025, President Paul Biya announced his candidacy for an eighth seven-year term, with the October 12, 2025 presidential election scheduled.
- Decades of stagnation have left Cameroon on edge, Ndongmo warned, condemning an unaccountable political elite that erodes progress over four decades.
- Among the contenders, Cabral Libii and Maurice Kamto stand out amid nearly 30 presidential applications, according to Elecam.
- Last week, Elections Cameroon assured a credible, fair and transparent election, while government officials challenged Biya’s move, calling it rule-breaking.
- Biya’s decision underscores a regional democracy crisis, with the African Union’s Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance calling for norms but facing weak enforcement.
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Paul Biya is already the oldest head of state in the world at the age of 92. In October he wants to be confirmed in office. His power apparatus is kept stable by hardship, and fear of loss of privileges.
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Cameroon’s Paul Biya: World’s oldest president is the favourite as he seeks an eighth term
In power since 1982, Cameroon’s President Paul Biya is the world's longest-serving leader. Despite corruption allegations, persistent poverty and even dissenting voices within his own party, the 92-year-old is the runaway favourite as he seeks an eighth term in October’s presidential election.
Paul Biya’s presidential candidacy a crisis of democracy in Cameroon – The Mail & Guardian
On 14 July 2025, Paul Biya, Cameroon’s 91-year-old president, announced his intention to run for another term. After more than four decades in power, the announcement comes as no surprise but it requires urgent political action. Biya’s decision reveals a much deeper crisis: the erosion of democracy and the failure of regional mechanisms to defend democratic norms in Africa. Failure to confront this moment will also teach Africa’s youth that for…
At the head of the state since 1982, the 92-year-old former seminarian announced his intention to run for office in his eighth presidential term on 12 October.
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