Cameroon activates emergency plan around Mount Cameroon
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Journal du Cameroun
Cameroon’s authorities have activated an emergency plan after tremors were felt from 23 October at the foot of Mount Cameroon, near Buea. A meeting chaired on 3 November by governor Bernard Okalia Bilai brought together administrative officials, traditional chiefs, security forces and scientists, reports Journal du Cameroun.
Cameroon’s authorities have activated an emergency plan around Mount Cameroon after tremors were felt at the foot of the volcano, during a meeting chaired on 3 November 2026 in Buea by Bernard Okalia Bilai, governor of the South-West Region, reports Journal du Cameroun. Measures were taken to prevent risks linked to a possible eruption.
Scientists nevertheless believe that the tremors are not enough to establish that an eruption is imminent. Mafany Teke, director of the Regional Centre for Scientific Research and Innovation of the South-West, told Cameroon Tribune that ground deformations, temperature variations, the frequency and intensity of the tremors, and gas emissions also needed to be examined.
Mount Cameroon, a volcano rising to 4,100 metres, has been monitored since 23 October, when tremors were felt in several neighbourhoods of Buea. The paramount chief of Buea, Robert Esuka Endeley, recalled that the volcano had erupted eight times in two centuries and that, in his view, tremors had preceded them.
