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Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, who has led the country since 1982, has won a re-election, according to official results.

The Constitutional Council said on Monday the 92-year-old incumbent had secured 53.66 percent of the vote in the October 12 election. Opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma received 35.19 percent, it added.

Tchiroma, a former government spokesperson and minister in his late 70s, had claimed victory days before the announcement, citing results he said were collated by his party. Biya dismissed the claim.