For 43 years, the 92-year-old president is running for 8th term... The best moment has yet to come
Jul 14, 2025
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According to ABC News and other foreign media, President Villa (92) said on social media that `The best moment has yet to come"I will try again in the presidential election in October."
President Villa, Africa's second-longest-serving president after Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang, has frequently stayed abroad due to health problems.
When rumors spread that he had died last year, the government officially denied it.
Villa, Cameroon's second president since gaining independence from France in 1960, has been in power since 1982.
In response to his declaration to seek an eighth term, human rights activist and lawyer Nkongho Felix Agbor said `President Biya's declaration to run again is a clear sign that Cameroon's political transition is being delayed.' `What is needed in this country, which has been in power for more than 40 years, is not repetition but reform. Cameroonians deserve democratic change and responsible leadership."
President Biya's aides, including the former education minister and the former prime minister, are also expected to run in Cameroon's presidential election in October.
Also, in the opposition camp, Maurice Kamto, the leader of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (CRM), who came in second in the 2018 presidential election, is expected to step up.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
