Overview

• Polls opened Sunday with about 8 million registered voters, including more than 34,000 overseas, casting ballots at over 31,000 stations.
• Analysts expect Biya to secure another seven-year term as the opposition remains divided across several candidates.
• Violence linked to the Anglophone conflict in the west and Boko Haram attacks in the north threatens turnout and access to polling places.
• Key challengers include former insiders Bello Bouba Maigari and Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who have strong followings in the Far North.
• Biya, in power since 1982, framed his latest run as a duty in the face of mounting challenges, and polls are set to close at 6 p.m. local time.