Why Biya holds just a single campaign rally, and in one northern town
Motorcyclists ride by an election campaign poster for the incumbent President Paul Biya in Maroua, Cameroon onOctober 2, 2025. The large words read "Greatness & Hope".
Cameroonian President Paul Biya is scheduled to hold his first campaign rally of this election cycle in the northern town of Maroua on Tuesday, just five days before the presidential poll in which the 92-year-old, who has been in power for 43 years, is seeking an eighth term.
The northern region of the country is vote-rich, accounting for 2,704,054 or 32.9 percent of the over eight million voters, with the Far North Region, which Biya is touring, having 1,337,796 registered voters, representing 16.28 percent of the national tally of voters.
