# Africa's aging autocrats fight to stay in power

https://mins.news/en/item/35739

- DW, 2026-08-28 14:02 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/africa-s-aging-autocrats-fight-to-stay-in-power/a-78487210?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> As some of Africa’s longest-serving leaders grow older, they are using different tactics to extend their rule. Cameroon’s Paul Biya has given no indication he will step down, while succession remains unresolved in Uganda, where President Yoweri Museveni’s son Muhoozi Kainerugaba is increasingly emerging as a political figure. Analysts warn that elite rivalry could cause serious disruption.