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Cameroon’s President Paul Biya Re‑elected for Eighth Term

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The 92‑year‑old incumbent Paul Biya was re‑elected in Cameroon for a seventh consecutive term, garnering roughly 53.6‑53.7% of the vote, while opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary received about 35.2%. After the announcement, protests broke out in several cities, with police deploying tear gas against demonstrators who accused the vote of being rigged in Biya’s favour. Biya has governed the country since 1982.

  1. CM
    Issa Tchiroma Bakary
    Front for the National Salvation of Cameroon
    1. Our victory is clear. It must be respected.
    2. Shooting point-blank at your own brothers – I can't help but wonder if you're mercenaries. Kill me if you want, but I will liberate this country by any means necessary. What blatant impunity.
    3. Toll of their attack: two dead. I wonder what will be said this time?
  2. CM
    Titus Edzoa
    1. If you try to go against Biya, you'll be crushed.
  3. CM
    Sani Aladji
    1. Nothing will change. I expected that Issa Tchiroma would bring change, which is why I voted for him. There's rampant corruption under Biya's regime. We are tired of that.
  4. CM
    Oumarou Bouba
    1. I am ready to stake my life to defend my vote. I voted for Tchiroma because I want change.
  5. CM
    Flicia Feh
    1. He started so many projects, like the Yaoundé-Douala motorway, and it's just normal that he is given more time to complete what he started.

sources

  1. 1.France 24
  2. 2.Al Jazeera
  3. 3.Le Monde
  4. 4.DW News
  5. 5.PBS News
  6. 6.CNN
  7. 7.The Guardian
  8. 8.The Straits Times
  9. 9.Sweden Herald
  10. 10.Agence France-Presse
  11. 11.Reuters

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.French Foreign Policy
  3. 3.Sahel political instability
  4. 4.Cameroon under Paul Biya

countries

  1. 1.CameroonCM
  2. 2.FranceFR
  3. 3.Central African RepublicCF
  4. 4.SwitzerlandCH
  5. 5.Equatorial GuineaGQ
  6. 6.IsraelIL
  7. 7.NigeriaNG
  8. 8.ZimbabweZW

organizations

  1. 1.Constitutional Council
  2. 2.Boko Haram
  3. 3.Facebook
  4. 4.Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
  5. 5.African Union
  6. 6.Catholic Church
  7. 7.Civic Watch
  8. 8.Front for the National Salvation of Cameroon
  9. 9.Islamic State
  10. 10.Islamic State in West Africa
  11. 11.Union for Change
  12. 12.United Nations

persons

  1. 1.Paul BiyaCM
  2. 2.Issa Tchiroma BakaryCM
  3. 3.Clément Atangana
  4. 4.Samuel Dieudonne Ivaha Diboua
  5. 5.Zohra Bensemra
  6. 6.Ahmadou Ahidjo
  7. 7.Bello Bouba Maigari
  8. 8.Cabral LibiiCM
  9. 9.Flicia FehCM
  10. 10.Hermine Patricia Tomaino Ndam Njoya
  11. 11.Maurice Kamto
  12. 12.Oumarou BoubaCM

technicals

  1. 1.Cold War
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya Re‑elected for Eighth Term