Cameroon’s Biya Re-Elected Despite Deadly Protests and Claims of Fraud

President Paul Biya has won an eighth term in Cameroon, keeping the 92-year-old leader in power until he is almost 100, according to results announced on Monday by the Constitutional Council.

“Hereby proclaimed President-elect: the candidate Biya Paul,” Clement Atangana, president of the Constitutional Council, said during the announcement in the capital Yaoundé.

The results were delivered region by region. Ambassadors from Europe and the United States did not attend the event.

Biya has ruled…