Cameroon voters hope for return to peace
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(7 Oct 2018) Thousands headed to the polls in Cameroon on Sunday, to cast their ballot for an election that will likely see President Paul Biya, Africa's oldest leader, win another term. After casting his vote, Deputy Immam Amadu Salissou told the AP he hopes for peace and reconciliation after Sunday's election results are announced. "We want many things to change. We want Cameroon to return to peace," he said. The election takes place amid fighting and threats from separatists that have already prevented residents in English-speaking regions from voting. Biya, in office since 1982, vows to end a crisis that has killed more than 400 people in the Central African nation's Southwest and Northwest territories in more than a year. The fractured opposition has been unable to rally behind a strong challenger to the 85-year-old leader. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/6121e5125ba3c89df7e59558d6b78cca
