Will the world's most aged president keep the title and attract a country of youthful electorate?
This world's oldest leader - 92-year-old Paul Biya - has pledged the nation's voters "the future holds promise" as he pursues his eighth straight term in office this weekend.
The nonagenarian has already been in power since 1982 - an additional seven-year mandate could extend his reign for half a century reaching almost a century old.
Campaign Issues
He defied numerous appeals to step down and faced criticism for only showing up for one rally, using the majority of the political race on a ten-day private trip to the European continent.
Criticism over his reliance on an artificial intelligence created election advertisement, as his rivals courted voters on the ground, led to his hurried travel north upon his arrival.
Youth Population and Unemployment
This indicates for the large portion of the people, Biya remains the sole leader they experienced - above sixty percent of the nation's 30 million people are below the age of 25.
Young advocate Marie Flore Mboussi urgently wants "different faces" as she believes "extended rule typically causes a kind of laziness".
"Following four decades, the people are exhausted," she says.
Employment challenges for youth remains a specific talking point for nearly all the aspirants competing in the election.
Nearly 40% of young citizens aged from 15-35 are jobless, with twenty-three percent of young graduates experiencing problems in finding regular work.
Opposition Candidates
In addition to youth unemployment, the voting procedure has also stirred debate, especially with the removal of an opposition leader from the election contest.
His exclusion, confirmed by the legal authority, was generally denounced as a strategy to block any serious competition to President Biya.
12 aspirants were cleared to compete for the leadership position, comprising Issa Tchiroma Bakary and Bello Bouba Maigari - the two ex- Biya allies from the north of the country.
Voting Challenges
In Cameroon's English-speaking Northwest and South-West regions, where a long-running rebellion continues, an voting prohibition lockdown has been enforced, paralysing commercial operations, travel and learning.
Rebel groups who have enforced it have threatened to harm individuals who does vote.
Starting four years ago, those working toward a separate nation have been fighting government forces.
The violence has until now killed at minimum 6k people and caused nearly 500,000 others from their houses.
Vote Outcome
After Sunday's vote, the legal body has two weeks to reveal the outcome.
The interior minister has already warned that none of the contenders is permitted to claim success prior to official results.
"Individuals who will seek to announce results of the political race or any unofficial win announcement in violation of the regulations of the nation would have violated boundaries and should be ready to receive consequences matching their crime."
