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Duel emerges for Cameroon presidency as votes counted

Election observers watch as an electoral official counts votes at the Bastos public school polling station in Yaounde, 12 October 2025, after polls closed in Cameroon's presidential election. [AFP]

Supporters of long-standing president Paul Biya and of opponent and former minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary both claimed Monday to be leading Cameroon's presidential race as vote counting was under way.

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