Cameroon: Protests in Cameroon As Biya Secures 8th Term

Hundreds of Cameroonians took to the streets in protest on Monday after the world’s oldest head of state, Paul Biya, was proclaimed to have won an eighth term, extending his more than four-decade rule.

Biya, 92, was re-elected with 53.7 per cent of the vote in the central African country, according to official results announced by the Constitutional Council, while former government minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary came second with 35.2 per cent.

Hundreds heeded Tchiroma’s call to rally against Biya…