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The world's most aged leader - nonagenarian Paul Biya - has promised the nation's voters "better days are ahead" as he pursues his 8th straight presidential term on Sunday.

The 92-year-old has stayed in power for over four decades - another seven-year term could keep him in power for half a century making him almost a century old.

Election Issues

He defied numerous appeals to leave office and has been criticised for attending just a single campaign event, using the majority of the election season on a 10-day personal visit to the European continent.

A backlash concerning his reliance on an artificial intelligence created political commercial, as his challengers actively wooed supporters directly, saw him rush north after coming back.

Youth Population and Unemployment

It means that for the great bulk of the people, Biya has been the exclusive ruler they remember - more than 60% of the nation's 30 million residents are younger than the age of 25.

Youthful advocate Marie Flore Mboussi strongly desires "new blood" as she believes "prolonged leadership typically causes a kind of complacency".

"With 43 years passed, the population are tired," she says.

Employment challenges for youth has become a particular discussion topic for most of the aspirants running in the political race.

Approximately forty percent of youthful Cameroonians aged from 15-35 are without work, with 23% of recent graduates facing challenges in securing formal employment.

Rival Candidates

Beyond young people's job issues, the voting procedure has also stirred controversy, particularly regarding the exclusion of Maurice Kamto from the election contest.

The removal, approved by the Constitutional Council, was broadly condemned as a strategy to stop any significant opposition to President Biya.

A dozen candidates were approved to contest for the presidency, comprising Issa Tchiroma Bakary and a previous supporter - each former Biya colleagues from the north of the nation.

Election Difficulties

Within the nation's Anglophone Northwest and Southwest areas, where a long-running separatist conflict continues, an poll avoidance restriction has been enforced, stopping business activities, transport and learning.

The separatists who have enforced it have warned to harm anyone who participates.

Beginning in 2017, those working toward a breakaway state have been clashing with government forces.

The violence has until now resulted in at least 6,000 individuals and compelled almost 500,000 others from their residences.

Vote Outcome

Following the election, the legal body has fifteen days to declare the results.

The security chief has earlier advised that no aspirant is allowed to claim success in advance.

"Individuals who will seek to declare outcomes of the presidential election or any unofficial win announcement against the laws of the republic would have violated boundaries and need to be prepared to receive retaliatory measures commensurate to their crime."