Cameroon's Biya, 92, re-elected president, official results show

Cameroon's President Paul Biya has been re-elected for an eighth term that could keep him in office until he is nearly 100, according to official results announced on Monday by the Central African country's Constitutional Council.

"Hereby proclaimed President-elect: the candidate Biya Paul," said Clement Atangana, president of the Constitutional Council.

According to the Council, Biya, who is 92 and in power for 43 years, secured 53.66% of the vote, beating his main opponent Issa Tchiroma Bakary, a former minister who came second with 39.19% of the vote.

Tchiroma, however, has been claiming victory in the election held on October 12. His supporters responded to his call to demonstrate on Sunday in the largest city of Doula, resulting in clashes with security forces that claimed the lives of at least four civilians.

Biya, 92, took office in 1982 and has maintained a firm grip on power ever since, abolishing presidential term limit in 2008 and winning reelection by comfortable margins.