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Older leaders should give way as youths gradually stake their claim

Cameroon President Paul Biya addresses a campaign rally in Maroua on October 7, 2025. Cameroonians re-elected their 93-year-old president on October 12, 2025. [AFP]

Africa is arguably the richest continent in terms of natural resources at 30 per cent of the global total, yet wallows in abject poverty. Greedy, visionless pretenders to the throne have ensured that this remains Africa’s story for a long time.

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