Cameroon’s government on Tuesday acknowledged that people died during protests against the disputed re-election of 92-year-old President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, but blamed the opposition leader for the deaths.

Four people have been reported killed in the central African nation since demonstrators took to the streets to protest the announcement that Biya, in office since 1982, had secured an eighth term in elections this month.

Former government minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary insists that he won the vote, and hundreds have heeded his call to rally in several Cameroonian cities in the wake of the vote, with police breaking up the sporadic and limited protests.

“Illegal demonstrations have resulted in loss of life and the destruction of public and private property,” Ter

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