Paul Biya wins 7th term as Cameroon's president

Cameroon president and one of Africa's oldest leaders, Paul Biya, won a landslide victory on Monday in a controversial presidential election, as the government tightened security and gunfire erupted in the volatile Anglophone region. 

The Constitutional Council, dominated by Biya loyalists, on Monday said the 85-year-old leader had won 71.3 percent of the ballot in the October 7 election, marred by allegations of widespread fraud, a low turnout and violence in the poll run-up.

The Council's head Clement Atangana said opposition challenger Maurice Kamto, was a far second with 14.2 percent of the vote.

Biya has ruled Cameroon with an iron fist since 1982.