Young Cameroonians Face Prospect Of New Bid By 92-year-old Leader
Young Cameroonian voters hoping for change in this year's elections still face the possibility that 92-year-old President Paul Biya could announce a bid to extend his more than four decades in power.
Biya, who took the reins in 1982, has remained tight-lipped on whether he plans to stand again in October.
But with just a month to go before candidates have to officially register, some of the party faithful have been calling for him to do so.
Younger voters who have never known another leader in their lifetimes are sceptical about another mandate for the man who is already the world's oldest head of state.
"It would be one candidacy too many," said Ange Ngandjo, 35, a banking consultant.
"He's given what he could. Our generation, trained and competent, also wants to build this country."
Tweaking a motorbike engine at his workshop in Mokolo, a district of the capital Yaounde, 29-year-old Ibrahim Baba echoed the sentiment.
"A new term for Paul Biya? I don't think so," he said.
Law student Celestine Mbida, 24, who attends the University of Yaounde II,........
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