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Cameroon sets presidential election date for October 12

Cameroon's President Paul Biya appears at a press conference at The Presidential Palace in Yaounde, Cameroon, July 26, 2022. [FILE]


Cameroon will vote in a presidential election on October 12, according to a decree issued by President Paul Biya on Friday.

Biya -- the de facto candidate of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM), of which he is party leader-- has neither confirmed nor denied whether he intends to run for an eighth term.

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