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Cameroon: Cameroon's Opposition Leader, Bakary, Makes Early Gains in Biya's Strongholds
Daily Trust, 13 October 2025
Preliminary results from Cameroon's presidential election indicate that opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary is making significant inroads in areas traditionally dominated by… Read more »
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Cameroon: Cameroon Heads to the Polls As Biya Faces Off Against a Divided Opposition
RFI, 12 October 2025
Polls opened in Cameroon on Sunday in a presidential election that sees incumbent Paul Biya, 92, seek an eighth consecutive term after 43 years in power. There are 11 other… Read more »
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Cameroon: Can Cameroon Secure Access to the Ballot for Those in Conflict Zones?
ISS, 10 October 2025
Voting on 12 October may be difficult for people in conflict-affected regions, who comprise a large portion of the country's electorate. Read more »
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Cameroon: The Woman Daring to End Cameroon President's 43-Year Rule
DW, 7 October 2025
Tomaino Ndam Njoya, an experienced parliamentarian with international credibility, is confident she can achieve what many failed to do over the past four decades: Unseat President… Read more »
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Cameroon: Paul Biya At 92 - Will Defections Weaken His Grip On Absolute Power in Cameroon?
The Conversation Africa, 17 September 2025
Cameroonians go to the polls in October 2025 in what some people hoped might be a break from the country's troubled recent past. They thought that President Paul Biya (92) might… Read more »
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Cameroon: Fears Over Divided Opposition and Instability, As Cameroon Heads to the Polls
RFI, 3 September 2025
Ahead of Cameroon's 12 October presidential election, the opposition remains divided, despite agreement on the need to unite behind a candidate to face off against President Paul… Read more »
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Cameroon: Restrictions Undermining Cameroon Presidential Election, Says UN Rights Chief
allAfrica, 2 September 2025
Growing restrictions on civic and democratic space in Cameroon in the lead-up to the presidential election in October are raising fears about whether voters can freely express… Read more »
Cameroon Opposition Claims Victory Ahead of Official Count
Opposition candidate Tchiroma Bakary has declared victory ahead of the official announcement of results from Sunday's presidential election. Bakary is reported to be making "significant" inroads in areas traditionally dominated by supporters of President Paul Biya
Nearly eight million Cameroonians went to the polls to vote in the country's presidential election in which the 92-year-old president is seeking to extend his 43-year rule.
Biya faces nearly a dozen challengers in the single-round process. Some analysts have said division within the opposition could clear the path for the president's reelection. The candidates were in full campaigning mode until Friday, having had just two weeks to do so before the October 12 election.
The ruling Cameroonian People's Democratoc Movement mostly campaigned for Biya without his physical presence. He did, however, make a last-minute appearance at a meeting in the far north of the country, telling his supporters that his decision to serve the country remains "in tact".
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Tomaino Hermine Patricia Ndam Njoya, the mayor of Foumban and chairwoman of the Democratic Union for Cameroon (UDC), has emerged as the only female candidate in Cameroon's October 12 presidential election, challenging longtime ruler Paul Biya. Her candidacy marked the third time in the nation's history that a woman had run for
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President Paul Biya, who has been in power for nearly 43 years, seeks re-election in the country's upcoming presidential poll. It is reasonable to expect that his ruling Cameroon People Democratic Movement will secure another term in office as in all elections since 1992, writes Manu Lekunze for The Conversation Africa.
Lekunze writes that the polls - "whether it brings a new
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Tchiroma Bakary, former minister of employment.
