{"id":14253,"date":"2025-11-06T14:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T14:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=14253"},"modified":"2025-11-06T14:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T14:22:10","slug":"worlds-oldest-president-sworn-in-for-eighth-term-in-cameroon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=14253","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s oldest president sworn in for eighth term in Cameroon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 dPVOKT\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Cameroon&#8217;s 92-year-old leader Paul Biya has been sworn in for another seven years as president in a ceremony at the country&#8217;s parliament in Yaound\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Biya won a controversial eighth term in a fiercely disputed election last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">He has been in power for 43 years, and addressed only one campaign rally before the election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The nonagenarian, the world&#8217;s oldest head of state, won 54% of the vote, compared to the 35% of Issa Tchiroma Bakary, according to the official results. Tchiroma Bakary maintains he was the rightful winner of the poll and has accused the authorities of fraud, which they have denied.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-1b734f04-0 kNNIux\" data-testid=\"ad-unit\" data-component=\"ad-slot\">\n<div id=\"dotcom-mid_1\" class=\"dotcom-ad active\" data-testid=\"dotcom-mid_1\" data-ad-slot=\"{}\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"dotcom-ad-inner\">\n<div class=\"dotcom-ad-text-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<h5 id=\"dotcom-slot-mid_1\" class=\"dotcom-slot\" data-google-query-id=\"CLWtxaja3ZADFYmXGQkdS-onIg\">Disclaimer: The content provided on Fish FM Online is for informational and entertainment purposes only. While we strive for accuracy, we do not guarantee the completeness, reliability, or timeliness of the information presented. Fish FM Online and its affiliates are not responsible for any errors or omissions, nor for any decisions made based on the content available on our platform.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cameroon&#8217;s 92-year-old leader Paul Biya has been sworn in for another seven years as president in a ceremony at the country&#8217;s parliament in Yaound\u00e9. Biya won a controversial eighth term in a fiercely disputed election last month. He has been in power for 43 years, and addressed only one campaign rally before the election. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":14254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3590],"tags":[4445,4443,4444],"class_list":["post-14253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc","tag-cameroon","tag-paul-biya","tag-worlds-oldest-president"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14255,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14253\/revisions\/14255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}