Official election results gave him an eighth term that, if completed, will last until he is 99. Mr. Biya is one of many leaders well over 70 across Africa, the world’s youngest continent.

As President Paul Biya extends his four-decade rule, opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary faces shrinking choices in a system seemingly designed never to change.

The world's oldest head of state, Paul Biya, has extended his more than four-decade rule by securing an eighth term in Cameroon's presidential poll which his rival claimed to have won, the Constitutional Council announced Monday.

The opposition in Cameroon says two protesters were shot dead on Sunday as security forces cracked down on protesters