YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Elvis Nghobo tried to get into four different professional schools in Cameroon but could not make it. Frustrated, the 34-year-old turned to selling food at a market in Yaounde, the country’s seat of power.

Nghobo blames his woes on what he calls a corrupt education system which favors children of the elites. As the central African country prepares for Sunday’s presidential election, he said he would not be heading out to vote.

He called the results a foregone conclusion for 92-year-old Paul Biya, the world’s oldest president, who has ruled for Nghobo’s entire life.

“He is already too old to govern, and it’s boring knowing only him as president,” Nghobo told The Associated Press.

The sentiment is shared by millions of the country’s young population, whose median

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