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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) applauds Cameroon's inclusive approach to displacement and calls for increased global support

In February 2025, Cameroon introduced a national framework to issue identification documents, including residence permits and national disability cards

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commends the Government of Cameroon for introducing a national framework to issue identity documents, including biometric identity cards to refugees. Cameroon is home to more than 1.4 million forcibly displaced people, including nearly 1 million internally displaced persons and 430,000 refugees. In addition to serving…

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) |

International Women’s Day: In Cameroon’s Far North region, mothers’ clubs provide a model for building a healthier, more prosperous future

With the support of the Red Cross, these women are not simply recipients of humanitarian aid; they have become public health advocates within their own communities

As we mark International Women’s Day, we share the story of Cameroon’s mothers’ clubs, groups of local women trained by the Red Cross to raise awareness about hygiene, maternal health, education and the empowerment of young women and girls. In a region where diseases such as cholera and malaria continue…

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
Source: Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) |

Cameroon Prepares to Launch National Strategy on Maternal Health

The plan focuses on strengthening maternal healthcare services, improving data collection, enhancing policy implementation, and fostering better coordination among stakeholders

For many women in Cameroon, childbirth remains a significant health risk. Despite medical advancements, the country continues to have one of the highest maternal and infant mortality rates in the region. In 2020, an estimated 438 women per 100,000 live births died from pregnancy-related complications, according to the World Bank’s Gender Data Portal. While maternal mortality declined slightly…

Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Source: Human Rights Watch (HRW) |

Cameroon’s Massacre Victims Wait for Justice Five Years On

Stalled Trial a Case Study in Impunity

Brutal violence has taken hold in Cameroon’s North-West and South-West regions since 2016 as armed separatist groups seek independence for the country’s minority Anglophone regions. Attacks on communities and acts of banditry have become the norm.  Government security forces were deployed to stop attacks and bring stability, but the conflict has…

World Food Programme (WFP)
Source: World Food Programme (WFP) |

Japan and World Food Programme (WFP) join forces to strengthen food security of vulnerable populations in Cameroon

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a Japanese Yen 200 million (approx. US$ 1.27 million) contribution from the Government of Japan to provide lifesaving food assistance to crisis-affected people across six regions in Cameroon

In collaboration with the government, WFP will provide general food distributions to 17,000 most vulnerable refugees, internally displaced people, vulnerable host populations, including primary school-aged children in the Far North, North, East, Adamawa, North-West and South-West regions of Cameroon.  The funding will also enable WFP to reach 8,200 primary school…

World Health Organization (WHO) - Cameroon
Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Cameroon |

The World Health Organization Academy strengthened Cameroon’s preparedness for mass casualty incidents management

Mass casualty situations pose a significant challenge to healthcare systems, as they overwhelm their capacity to handle a sudden influx of patients

On Monday, January 24, 2022, Vanessa Tchouanzi, a high school teacher, attended the Cameroon-Comoros football match for the Africa Cup of Nations with her friend Véronique at the Olembe stadium in Yaounde. She still vividly recalls the tragic stampede that occurred. Caught in the crowd surge, Vanessa and Veronique lost…

U.S. Embassy in Cameroon
Source: U.S. Embassy in Cameroon |

United States (U.S.) Government Donates Laboratory Supplies Worth to the Cameroon Ministry of Public Health

The facility coordinates laboratory testing, quality control/quality assurance programs and accommodates trainings and workshops

On January 16, 2025, Christopher J. Lamora U.S. Ambassador in Cameroon chaired a handover ceremony of laboratory supplies procured by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The event took place at the Public Health Emergency Operations Center in the presence of the Minister of Public Health Dr.…

Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Source: Human Rights Watch (HRW) |

Cameroon Suspends Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Harming Gender-Based Violence Survivors

Move at Odds with Government Goal to End Violence Against Women

The Cameroonian government in December suspended the activities of four nongovernmental organizations for three months, without any warning or legal basis, in a move that is harming victims of gender-based violence. As one of these organizations provides services to support gender-based violence survivors, its abrupt suspension affected survivors’ access to support and…

Amnesty International
Source: Amnesty International |

Cameroon: Authorities must stop harassment of human rights defender Alice Nkom and attacks on civil society organizations

The weaponization of the justice system to intimidate human rights defender Alice Nkom shows the authorities’ flagrant disregard for the human rights

Reacting to the summoning of Alice Nkom, a Cameroonian lawyer and President of the Central African Human Rights Defenders Network (Réseau des défenseurs des droits humains en Afrique centrale – Redhac), to appear before the prefect of the Wouri department on 10 January and before the national gendarmerie on 14…

African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

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    • The African Development Bank is contributing to improving Cameroon’s road network to neighbouring Chad to ensure real integration in Central Africa
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) |

Cameroon: a loan of EUR 330 million from the African Development Bank to improve the performance of the Douala-Ndjamena economic corridor

The funds, EUR 318.24 million and EUR 12.24 million, are for the implementation of the fourth phase of the Transport Sector Support Program

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) this week approved two loans to Cameroon designed to radically improve transport links with neighbouring Chad with major economic benefits to both countries. The funds, EUR 318.24 million and EUR 12.24 million, are for the implementation of the fourth…

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