Can the planet's oldest leader retain the position and attract a nation of youthful voters?
The planet's most aged head of state - nonagenarian Paul Biya - has promised the nation's electorate "better days are ahead" as he seeks his eighth consecutive term in office this weekend.
The nonagenarian has stayed in power since 1982 - another 7-year mandate could keep him in power for 50 years until he will be almost a century old.
Campaign Controversies
He ignored broad demands to leave office and has been criticised for only showing up for one public appearance, using the majority of the election season on a 10-day private trip to Europe.
A backlash regarding his reliance on an computer-generated election advertisement, as his rivals sought supporters on the ground, led to his hurried travel to the northern region on his return home.
Youth Voters and Unemployment
Consequently for the large portion of the citizenry, Biya is the only president they have known - over sixty percent of the nation's 30 million people are below the quarter century mark.
Youthful campaigner Marie Flore Mboussi is desperate for "new blood" as she thinks "extended rule naturally results in a sort of laziness".
"Following four decades, the citizens are weary," she declares.
Youth unemployment has been a specific talking point for nearly all the contenders running in the vote.
Almost 40% of youthful citizens between 15-35 are unemployed, with twenty-three percent of recent graduates encountering difficulties in obtaining official jobs.
Rival Contenders
Apart from young people's job issues, the election system has generated debate, especially with the disqualification of an opposition leader from the presidential race.
The removal, confirmed by the legal authority, was broadly condemned as a ploy to prevent any strong challenge to the current leader.
Twelve candidates were authorized to contest for the presidency, comprising Issa Tchiroma Bakary and Bello Bouba Maigari - the two previous Biya colleagues from the north of the country.
Election Difficulties
In Cameroon's Anglophone North-West and Southwest areas, where a long-running insurgency persists, an election boycott restriction has been established, stopping economic functions, travel and schooling.
The separatists who have imposed it have warned to harm people who does vote.
Since 2017, those seeking to create a separate nation have been battling government forces.
The conflict has so far caused the deaths of at minimum 6,000 lives and compelled nearly five hundred thousand people from their homes.
Vote Outcome
After Sunday's vote, the highest court has fifteen days to reveal the results.
The government official has earlier advised that no candidate is allowed to announce winning beforehand.
"Those who will try to declare outcomes of the political race or any unofficial win announcement in violation of the laws of the republic would have violated boundaries and must prepare to receive consequences matching their violation."
