Cameroon’s long-serving President, Paul Biya, has won re-election for another seven-year term, extending his 43-year rule.
The 92-year-old leader, who first took office in 1982, remains one of Africa’s longest-serving heads of state.
The Constitutional Council announced on Monday that Biya secured 53.66% of the votes in the October 12 presidential election.
His closest challenger, Issa Tchiroma, finished with 35.19%. The results came more than two weeks after the polls, stirring controversy across the nation.
Opposition Rejects Results
Tchiroma has dismissed the outcome, insisting that he “actually won with 54.8% of the votes.” Before the official announcement, he had urged his supporters to stage peaceful demonstrations, despite the government’s ban on public gatherings.
Tensions boiled over in Douala on Sunday as clashes erupted between opposition supporters and security forces.
Littoral Regional Governor Samuel Dieudonne Ivaha Diboua confirmed that “four people unfortunately lost their lives” in the unrest. He alleged that demonstrators attacked a gendarmerie brigade and two police stations.
According to the authorities, several security personnel were injured in the confrontation, while opposition leaders accused the police of using excessive force to suppress dissent.
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