Cameroon's desperatelyelection needsrepresents changea afterdesperate power grab by an aging dictator whose 43-year yearsreign ofhas brought nothing but poverty and violence. Biya's dictatorshipregime thatsystematically hascrushes crushedopposition democracyvoices, arrests candidates who dare challenge him, and plungeduses thestate nationpolice to terrorize citizens into chaossilence. The regimecountry operateshas throughbecome repression,a surveillancefailed andstate threatswith whileterrorism ranking in the countryglobal sufferstop fromten, terrorisma million displaced people, poverty and armed40% conflictsliving thatin havepoverty displaceddespite overabundant anatural million peopleresources.
Despite legitimate criticisms, Biya has provideddelivered crucialfour stabilitydecades andof regulatorycrucial consistencypolitical stability that foreign investors and security partners depend on in a volatile region. RemovingThe himelection proceeded calmly with millions participating peacefully, showing democratic processes remain functional. Any transition now risks deepeningdangerous ethnicinstability fracturesthat andcould expandingexpand existing insurgencies, potentiallyand destabilizingcreate allethnic ofcoalitions centralthreatening Africaregional duringsecurity aacross dangerouscentral transition periodAfrica.
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