đź”— Share this article Can the world's most aged leader retain the position and woo a nation of young electorate? The world's oldest leader - 92-year-old Paul Biya - has assured Cameroon's voters "the best is still to come" as he seeks his eighth consecutive term in office on Sunday. The nonagenarian has remained in office since 1982 - another 7-year term could keep him in power for 50 years making him almost 100. Election Issues He defied numerous appeals to leave office and faced criticism for making merely a single campaign event, devoting much of the election season on a ten-day private trip to the European continent. Negative reaction concerning his use of an artificial intelligence created election advertisement, as his challengers actively wooed voters directly, led to his hurried travel to the northern region after coming back. Young Voters and Joblessness It means that for the great bulk of the people, Biya is the only president they remember - over 60% of Cameroon's 30 million people are younger than the quarter century mark. Young campaigner Marie Flore Mboussi urgently wants "different faces" as she maintains "extended rule naturally results in a sort of complacency". "With 43 years passed, the population are tired," she says. Employment challenges for youth has been a notable talking point for the majority of the candidates running in the political race. Almost forty percent of youthful Cameroonians aged from 15-35 are jobless, with 23% of recent graduates experiencing problems in finding formal employment. Opposition Candidates Beyond youth unemployment, the voting procedure has also stirred dispute, notably concerning the removal of a political rival from the presidential race. The removal, upheld by the legal authority, was widely criticised as a strategy to block any strong challenge to the current leader. Twelve aspirants were approved to compete for the presidency, comprising Issa Tchiroma Bakary and another former ally - the two previous Biya associates from the northern region of the nation. Voting Difficulties In Cameroon's English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions, where a extended separatist conflict persists, an poll avoidance lockdown has been imposed, halting business activities, movement and education. Insurgents who have established it have promised to target individuals who does vote. Since 2017, those working toward a independent territory have been clashing with state security. The violence has until now resulted in at least 6,000 individuals and caused approximately 500,000 others from their houses. Election Results After Sunday's vote, the Constitutional Council has fifteen days to announce the results. The government official has already warned that no aspirant is authorized to announce winning prior to official results. "Candidates who will try to declare outcomes of the political race or any self-proclaimed victory in violation of the rules of the republic would have crossed the red line and need to be prepared to receive penalties commensurate to their violation."