Counting begins as polls close in Cameroon's presidential election

YAOUNDE - Voting in Cameroon's presidential election ended on Sunday evening, with ballot counting now underway across the country.

Polling opened at 8:00 am and closed at 6:00 pm local time, with more than eight million registered voters casting their ballots to choose the country's next president.

Elections Cameroon, the national electoral body, said in an update that the voting process was generally peaceful, with no major incidents reported.

In the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions, additional troops were deployed to secure the vote after separatist groups seeking to form an independent state vowed to disrupt the election.

The country now awaits the outcome of the single-round election, in which the candidate with the most votes is declared the winner. According to Cameroon's Electoral Code, the Constitutional Council must announce the official results within 15 days.