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Cameroon's President Paul Biya, of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement party, waits to cast his vote during the presidential elections, Oct. 7, 2018, in Yaounde, Cameroon. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Cameroon’s President Biya returns after a long stay abroad raises health concerns

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Cameroon's President Paul Biya, of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement party, waits to cast his vote during the presidential elections, Oct. 7, 2018, in Yaounde, Cameroon. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Cameroon’s president draws concern and criticism by staying abroad for 2 months

By Nalova Akua - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV, center, flanked by Cameroon's President Paul Biya and his wife Chantal, meets with the authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps in Yaounde Cameroon, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope demands the ‘chains of corruption’ be broken as he arrives in Cameroon

By Nicole Winfield and Nalova Akua - Associated Press

Caro Bih and her family pose for a photo in their living room in Bamenda, Cameroon, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal)

Cameroon hopes the pope’s visit brings healing after nearly a decade of conflict

By Nalova Akua - Associated Press

FILE - Cameroon's President Paul Biya, of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement party, waits to cast his vote during the presidential elections, Oct. 7, 2018, in Yaounde, Cameroon. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Cameroon lawmakers revive vice presidency, handing aging president sweeping control over the post

By Ngala Killian Chimtom - Associated Press

FILE - Presidential opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma, speaks to the press in Maroua, Cameroon, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal, File)

Cameroon opposition leader flees to Gambia after contested election

By Abdoulie John and Mark Banchereau - Associated Press

Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma, protest on the streets of Garoua, Cameroon, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal)

Mass arrests followed Cameroon’s post-election violence in which 16 people died, minister says

By Mark Banchereau - Associated Press

Cameroon's President Paul Biya, second from right, raises his hand after being sworn in for a new term during his inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Yaounde, Cameroon, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Angel Ngwe)

Cameroon’s 92-year-old president Paul Biya sworn in again as opposition cries foul

By Nalova Akua - Associated Press

Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma, protest on the streets of Garoua, Cameroon, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal)

World’s oldest president, Paul Biya, wins Cameroon election at 92

By Nalova Akua - Associated Press

An election official fills out a tally on a board during the counting of ballots in Garoua, Cameroon, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal)

Cameroon ruling party office torched after election fraud claims, rising tensions

By Nalova Akua and Emmanuel Tumanjong - Associated Press

Bodio Merlin Cedric, 25, a porter, poses at Mokolo market, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Sept. 12, 2025. (AP Photo / Welba Yamo Pascal)

The world’s oldest president seeks an eighth term in Cameroon as youth grumble

By Nalova Akua and Ope Adetayo - Associated Press

FILE - Cameroon Justice minister Maurice Kamto prepares to sign documents transferring the authority Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon in Archibong, Nigeria, Aug. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/George Osodi, File)

Cameroon’s constitutional council bars main opposition candidate from presidential race

By Emmanuel Tumanjong - Associated Press

Cameroon’s president acknowledges army massacre of civilians

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI - Associated Press

Cameroon’s president calls for national dialogue, surrender

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI - Associated Press

Swiss arrest 6 after Cameroonian guards rough up journalist

Associated Press

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya inaugurated for 7th term

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI and CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press

Cameroon police arrest dozens amid anti-government protests

Associated Press

FILE- In this Sunday Oct. 7, 2018 file photo, Cameroon's Incumbent President Paul Biya, of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement party, casts his vote during the Presidential elections in Yaounde, Cameroon. Africa's oldest president, Cameroon's Paul Biya, easily won a seventh term on Monday Oct. 22, 2018 after a Constitutional Council he appointed rejected all legal challenges to the election. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Cameroon’s Biya easily wins 7th term; low Anglophone turnout

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI and CARA ANNA - Associated Press

Supporters of Opposition Presidential candidates, Cabral Libii, shout slogans during an election campaign rally outside the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. Separatists who have declared an English-speaking state in parts of Cameroon are threatening Sunday's election, one that Africa's oldest leader should win easily _ but with a weakened mandate if people stay away from the polls. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Cameroon polls close, vote counting begins in key election

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday Oct 9, 2011 file photo, Cameroon President Paul Biya waves after casting his vote during the presidential elections in Yaounde, Cameroon. A bloody conflict between Cameroon's government and Anglophone separatists over language is now threatening next month's presidential election. The 85-year-old President Paul Biya, one of Africa's longest-serving leaders, vows to hold the largely Francophone country together even as thousands flee violence in English-speaking regions. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Cameroon lurches toward election amid separatist conflict

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI - Associated Press