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Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa attends the African Union-European Union summit in Luanda, Angola, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Zimbabwe vote to extend president’s term underscores the staying power of Africa’s aging leaders

Zimbabwe’s lower house has approved constitutional changes that would delay elections and extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s tenure by two years.

A woman with her child attends Pope Leo XIV's meeting with University students and professors at the Catholic University of Central Africa, in Yaounde Cameroon, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope urges Africa’s youth to resist dual temptations of migration and corruption in Cameroon

Pope Leo XIV watches children perform a dance as he visits the Ngul Zamba (Power of God) orphanage in Yaounde, Cameroon, Wednesday April 15, 2026 on the third day of his apostolic journey to Africa. (Alberto Pizzoli, Pool Photo via AP)

Pope demands the ‘chains of corruption’ be broken during visit to Cameroon

Caro Bih and her family pose for a photo in their living room in Bamenda, Cameroon, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal)

Cameroon hopes the pope’s visit brings healing after nearly a decade of conflict

Pope Leo XIV holds a cross as he visits the Bata Prison, Equatorial Guinea, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Highlights of Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Africa

Pope doubles down on peace and dialogue as he begins second leg of Africa trip amidst on-going tensions with Trump

Pole Leo XIV emphasised dialogue between faiths during Africa trip.

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Polls close in Republic of Congo election as incumbent leader seeks fifth term

Cameroonian President Paul Biya sworn in for eighth term in office

Protests erupt in Cameroon over election results

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Cameroon's President Paul Biya, of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement party, waits to cast his vote during the presidential elections, Oct. 7, 2018, in Yaounde, Cameroon. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Cameroon lawmakers revive vice presidency, handing aging president sweeping control over the post

Cameroon’s top opposition leader dies after weeks of detention

Presidential opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma, speaks to the press in Maroua, Cameroon, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal, File)

Cameroon opposition leader flees to Gambia after contested election

FILE.- Interim Palestinian leader and the front-runner in the upcoming Jan. 9, 2005 presidential election Mahmoud Abbas talks during his first official campaign speech in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Saturday Dec. 25, 2004.(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)

The unpopular and politically weak 90-year-old Palestinian leader struggles for a role in Gaza

Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma, protest on the streets of Garoua, Cameroon, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal)

Rights groups dispute Cameroon’s death toll from postelection protests and claim at least 30 killed

Cameroon's President Paul Biya, second from right, raises his hand after being sworn in for a new term during his inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Yaounde, Cameroon, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Angel Ngwe)

Cameroon’s 92-year-old president Paul Biya sworn in again as opposition cries foul

People walk on the empty streets of Garoua, northern Cameroon, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Pascal Welba Yamo )

Parts of Cameroon deserted as opposition calls for a lockdown to protest election results

People protest in the streets of Arusha, Tanzania, on election day Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/str)

Africa’s latest elections end with crackdowns on opposition and disputed results

Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma, protest on the streets of Garoua, Cameroon, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal)

Opposition leaders in Cameroon contest official election results as protests continue

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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara casts his vote at a polling station during the presidential elections in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara reelected to fourth term, early results show

President Paul Biya casts his ballot at the Government Bilingual primary school Bastos in Yaounde, Cameroon, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2025 (AP Photo/Angel Ngwe)

World’s oldest president, Paul Biya, wins Cameroon election at 92

A voter checks his name on the voters' list before casting his ballot at a polling station in Garoua, Cameroon, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025 (AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal)

Cameroon opposition leaders arrested as protests erupt over election results

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara casts his vote at a polling station during the presidential elections in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Ivory Coast counts votes in key election with incumbent Ouattara predicted to win fourth term

People walk past debris and a damaged streetlight after clashes between police and supporters of presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma in Garoua, Cameroon, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, as political parties hold final events ahead of the presidential election. (AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal)

Cameroon arrests at least 20 protesters as tensions escalate after presidential election

An election official fills out a tally on a board during the counting of ballots in Garoua, Cameroon, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal)

Cameroon governing party says one of its offices was set on fire as election tensions rise

Presidential opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma casts his ballot at a polling station in Garoua, Cameroon, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025 (AP Photo / Welba Yamo Pascal

Cameroon opposition candidate claims win in presidential election ahead of results

President Paul Biya casts his ballot at the Government Bilingual primary school Bastos in Yaounde, Cameroon, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2025 (AP Photo/Angel Ngwe)

World’s oldest president could extend his rule as Cameroon votes in an election

Bodio Merlin Cedric, 25, a porter, poses at Mokolo market, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Sept. 12, 2025. (AP Photo / Welba Yamo Pascal)

The world’s oldest president seeks an eighth term in Cameroon as youth grumble

Cameroon's President Paul Biya and First Lady Chantal Biya attend a political rally at Lamido Yaya Dairou Stadium in Maroua, Cameroon, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal)

Cameroon’s 92-year-old president makes rare public appearance to campaign for reelection

Cameroon's incumbent President Paul Biya, of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement party, casts his vote during the presidential elections in Yaounde, Cameroon, Sunday Oct. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Cameroon’s divided opposition seeks to stop the world’s oldest leader after 43 years in power

Cameroon President Paul Biya, left, and France's President Emmanuel Macron shake hands prior to bilateral talks at the Lyon's congress hall, central France, Oct. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)

Macron admits France’s repressive violence in Cameroon’s war for independence

Cameroon Justice minister Maurice Kamto prepares to sign documents transferring the authority Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon in Archibong, Nigeria, Aug. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/George Osodi, File)

Cameroon’s constitutional council bars main opposition candidate from presidential race

Cameroon Justice minister Maurice Kamto prepares to sign documents transferring the authority Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon in Archibong, Nigeria, Aug. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/George Osodi, File)

Cameroon’s election board bars main opposition candidate from presidential race

Cameroon President Paul Biya delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Boulouris National Cemetery in Boulouris-sur-Mer, south eastern France, Aug. 15, 2024. (Christophe Simon, Pool via AP, File)

Cameroon’s president seeks an eighth term at the age of 92

Cameroon President Paul Biya delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Boulouris National Cemetery in Boulouris-sur-Mer, south eastern France, Aug. 15, 2024. (Christophe Simon, Pool via AP, File)

Cameroon’s leader sets the next presidential election for October without saying if he will run

Cameroon President Paul Biya delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Boulouris National Cemetery in Boulouris-sur-Mer, south eastern France, Aug. 15, 2024. (Christophe Simon, Pool via AP, File)

Cameroon’s president, the world’s oldest, likely faces election challenge from close allies

FILE - Cameroon's President Paul Biya, of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement party, wait to casts his vote during the Presidential elections, Oct. 7, 2018, in Yaounde, Cameroon. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

President Paul Biya returns to Cameroon amid rumors his health is failing

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2018 file photo, Cameroon's President Paul Biya, of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement party, wait to casts his vote during the Presidential elections in Yaounde, Cameroon. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Where has Cameroon’s 91-year-old leader been? In Europe, an official says

Death toll doubles to 33 in Cameroon building collapse while search is still underway for survivors

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