Cameroon deploys 12,000 police officers in crisis-hit regions
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Journal du Cameroun
Cameroon says it trained and deployed 12,000 police officers in regions affected by security crises between 2016 and 2026. At least 250 gendarmes also attended seven humanitarian law sessions between 2024 and 2025, according to a report presented to the UN Human Rights Committee.
The Cameroonian delegation said that 12,000 police officers had been trained and deployed in regions facing security crises between 2016 and 2026, according to the United Nations Human Rights Committee report on the periodic review of Cameroon, held on 23 and 24 October in Geneva.
The delegation also said that at least 250 gendarmes had attended seven humanitarian law training sessions between 2024 and 2025, organised as part of a dialogue with the International Committee of the Red Cross. It said that defence and security forces received initial training aimed at preventing human rights violations during counter-terrorism operations.
These responses followed questions from Committee members about counter-terrorism measures and the definition of terrorism-related offences in Cameroon, which they considered broad or vague. The Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji, had mobilised the authorities against insecurity in Cameroon on 26 October, according to the announcement of this mobilisation.
