Voting in Cameroon's presidential election got off to a slow start Sunday, with polls opening later than expected. Incumbent President Paul Biya is expected to win a new seven year term, extending his 29-year rule over the central African state. The 78-year old leader is facing a fractured opposition, with a record 22 candidates running against him. President Biya's main opponent is John Fru Ndi of the Social Democratic Front, who received only 17 percent of the vote in the last election, in 2004.Biya won the 2004 election with 70 percent of the ballots.The opposition has accused Cameroon's e... (read more)
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