It's official.  Cameroon has a new president.  He will serve for seven years.  At the end of which time he will be well into his 90s.  You see, he looks a lot like the old president.  As in very old.  It came as no surprise to anyone that he won.  But they went through the charade anyway.  It was announced that they would declare the winner at 11 a.m. on public radio.  So at 1 p.m. they finally got around to reading off the results in each polling section.  It was a real kick as they made it look like a serious and honest election.  And then at the end, surprise, surprise!  Paul Biya won!!!  I know it was because I wore my Biya watch and hat.  Must have had a great influence on the outcome.  Yesterday every big city in the country was on lock down.  Police were out everywhere in riot gear.  Word had gone out on social media for planned protests, but the President put a halt to that.  So in the end he was peacefully and duly elected, if not without a little help from his friends.