85-year-old Paul Biya wins 7th term as Cameroon's President
Cameroon's 85-year-old Paul Biya has won the presidential elections for the seventh time after securing 71.3% of the vote, the Constitutional Council said. The council rejected all 18 petitions that challenged the presidential elections citing fraud. First elected as the President in 1982, Biya is sub-Saharan Africa's oldest leader and one of the world's longest-serving rulers.