CIVICUS discusses Cameroon’s recent election and the state of its civil society with Civic Watch, a local youth-led civil society organisation that advocates for information integrity, youth engagement and mobilisation.
On 7 October, Cameroon’s Constitutional Council declared 92-year-old President Paul Biya the winner of the presidential election with 53.66 per cent of the vote, extending his 43-year rule with an eighth seven-year term. Marred by allegations of fraud, intimidation and violence, the announcement of the result sparked protests in which at least four people were killed and over a hundred detained.
