Cameroon Needs More Than 'Biya or Chaos'

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Cameroonians will be voting for a new president this Sunday 7 October. The election comes at a critical time for the central African nation which until quite recently was a stable country in a turbulent region.

Nine candidates are competing but 85-year old President Paul Biya is the front runner. In power for the last 36 years, Cameroon's first-past-the-post system all but guarantees Biya victory because the opposition has been unable to field a single candidate. The incumbent also controls the state apparatus and is campaigning as the guarantor of stability by virtue of his long stay in power.

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