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Cameroon Isn’t The Only African Country That Allows External Voting

September 7, 2025

Cameroon's incumbent President Paul Biya (C) casts his ballot as his wife Chantal looks on in the polling station in Bastos neighbourhood in the capital Yaounde, on October 7, 2018 during Cameroon's presidential election. Cameroonians began voting in crunch presidential polls, with octogenarian leader seeking a seventh term against a backdrop of unprecedented violence in the country's English-speaking regions. / AFP PHOTO / ALEXIS HUGUET

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Abdulateef Ahmed

Abdulateef Ahmed, Digital News Editor and; Research Lead, is a self-driven researcher with exceptional editorial skills. He's a literary bon vivant keenly interested in green energy, food systems, mining, macroeconomics, big data, African political economy, and aviation..