President Paul Biya of Cameroon
has indicated interest to run for the seventh consecutive term.
Biya, who came into power in
1982, is one of the longest serving presidents on the continent.
Since he took power, he has ruled
virtually by decree. In 2008, he scrapped term limits from the constitution,
allowing him to run again and sparking riots in which over 40 people were
killed.
On Friday, he indicated interest
to contest the October election.
“I will be your candidate in the
next presidential election,” Biya wrote on his Twitter account.
On the list of Africa’s longest
serving rulers is Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
Former Presidents Robert Mugabe
of Zimbabwe and Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh were forced out of the infamous list in
2017.
Cameroon is an oil rich country
located in Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north,
Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, as well as
Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south has drawn
international attention lately, particularly with a viral video showing
extrajudicial killing of children by Cameroonian soldiers.
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