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This world's most aged leader - 92-year-old Paul Biya - has promised the nation's voters "the best is still to come" as he aims for his eighth consecutive term in office on Sunday.

The 92-year-old has already been in office for over four decades - an additional 7-year term could see him rule for half a century making him almost 100.

Election Issues

He ignored broad demands to resign and has been criticised for only showing up for one public appearance, spending most of the political race on a ten-day unofficial journey to Europe.

Negative reaction concerning his reliance on an artificial intelligence created election advertisement, as his challengers courted constituents on the ground, led to his hurried travel to the northern region on his return home.

Youth Population and Unemployment

Consequently for the large portion of the people, Biya has been the exclusive ruler they remember - over 60% of the nation's thirty million inhabitants are younger than the quarter century mark.

Youthful political activist Marie Flore Mboussi strongly desires "new blood" as she believes "prolonged leadership naturally results in a sort of complacency".

"With 43 years passed, the citizens are weary," she states.

Employment challenges for youth has been a particular talking point for nearly all the contenders participating in the political race.

Almost 40% of young citizens between 15 to 35 years are jobless, with 23% of recent graduates encountering difficulties in obtaining regular work.

Opposition Contenders

Apart from young people's job issues, the election system has created dispute, particularly regarding the disqualification of an opposition leader from the presidential race.

His exclusion, confirmed by the highest court, was widely criticised as a ploy to block any significant opposition to the incumbent.

A dozen contenders were approved to compete for the leadership position, including a former minister and Bello Bouba Maigari - the two former Biya allies from the northern region of the country.

Election Challenges

In Cameroon's English-speaking North-West and South-West territories, where a protracted rebellion persists, an poll avoidance restriction has been established, paralysing business activities, transport and learning.

The separatists who have established it have threatened to attack people who casts a ballot.

Since 2017, those attempting to establish a independent territory have been battling state security.

The conflict has so far killed at least six thousand people and compelled almost half a million others from their homes.

Election Results

Following the election, the Constitutional Council has two weeks to announce the findings.

The government official has already warned that no aspirant is permitted to claim success prior to official results.

"Those who will seek to declare outcomes of the political race or any unofficial win announcement contrary to the regulations of the nation would have crossed the red line and must prepare to receive consequences matching their violation."