Cameroonian President Paul Biya, 92, reacts after he cast his ballot during the presidential election in Yaounde, Cameroon on October 12, 2025. Zohra Bensemra/Reuters Reuters —

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has been re-elected for an eighth term that could keep him in office until he is nearly 100, according to official results announced on Monday by the Central African country’s Constitutional Council.

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

Biya, 92, took office in 1982 and has held a tight grip on power ever since, doing away with the presidential term limit in 2008 and winning reelection by comfortable margins.

This year his strongest challenge came from Issa Tchiroma Bakary, a former go

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