Can the planet's most aged leader keep his position and woo a nation of youthful voters?
This world's oldest head of state - 92-year-old Paul Biya - has promised the nation's voters "the future holds promise" as he pursues his eighth consecutive presidential term on Sunday.
The elderly leader has remained in office since 1982 - an additional 7-year mandate could keep him in power for 50 years reaching almost a century old.
Election Issues
He defied widespread calls to leave office and drew backlash for only showing up for one rally, using the majority of the election season on a 10-day personal visit to the European continent.
Criticism over his reliance on an computer-generated political commercial, as his challengers courted voters directly, prompted his quick return north on his return home.
Youth Population and Unemployment
Consequently for the large portion of the citizenry, Biya remains the sole leader they have known - above sixty percent of the nation's 30 million people are below the quarter century mark.
Youthful political activist Marie Flore Mboussi is desperate for "new blood" as she maintains "prolonged leadership typically causes a type of laziness".
"Following four decades, the citizens are tired," she declares.
Employment challenges for youth has been a notable talking point for most of the aspirants competing in the political race.
Almost forty percent of young citizens aged from 15 and 35 are without work, with twenty-three percent of young graduates experiencing problems in obtaining regular work.
Rival Candidates
Apart from youth unemployment, the election system has generated controversy, notably concerning the disqualification of an opposition leader from the leadership competition.
The disqualification, upheld by the highest court, was widely criticised as a strategy to block any serious competition to President Biya.
A dozen aspirants were authorized to compete for the presidency, featuring Issa Tchiroma Bakary and Bello Bouba Maigari - each former Biya associates from the north of the country.
Election Challenges
In Cameroon's Anglophone Northwest and South-West territories, where a long-running insurgency persists, an election boycott restriction has been enforced, paralysing economic functions, transport and schooling.
Rebel groups who have imposed it have promised to target individuals who casts a ballot.
Beginning in 2017, those working toward a independent territory have been battling government forces.
The conflict has until now resulted in at least six thousand lives and forced approximately 500,000 people from their houses.
Election Results
Following the election, the Constitutional Council has fifteen days to reveal the results.
The interior minister has previously cautioned that no candidate is allowed to announce winning in advance.
"Individuals who will seek to announce results of the leadership vote or any self-proclaimed victory in violation of the laws of the republic would have crossed the red line and should be ready to receive penalties appropriate for their offense."
