Overview
- Cameroon’s election authority announced official results giving President Paul Biya 53.66% of the vote in the October 12 election.
- Main rival Bakari Issa Tchiroma, credited with roughly 35.19%, rejected the tally as a sham and said he would not accept it.
- Opposition accounts report clashes between protesters and security forces with several deaths claimed, which have not been independently verified.
- Biya’s new mandate lasts seven years, and at 92 he would be nearing 100 by the term’s end as the world’s oldest head of state.
- He largely avoided public events during the campaign, with most electioneering conducted through social media.