🇨🇲 Cameroon Politics2 November 2026

Cameroon’s SDF executive committee meets without issuing resolution

By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Camer.be

The Social Democratic Front’s National Executive Committee met in Yaoundé on 31 October 2026 without publishing a resolution or statement. The meeting followed Joshua Osih’s sixth-place finish in the 2025 presidential election, with 1.21% of the vote, and internal calls for his resignation, Camer.be reports.

The National Executive Committee of the Social Democratic Front (SDF), a Cameroonian opposition party, met in Yaoundé on 31 October 2026 without publishing any resolutions, Camer.be reports. The meeting, chaired by party leader Joshua Osih, focused on preparations and organisational priorities ahead of municipal elections.

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Cameroon’s Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji, brought together administrative authorities in Yaoundé on 26 October 2026 to assess security in the Centre region. The mobilisation comes after the 12 October 2025 presidential election, Journal du Cameroun reports, citing a rise in insecurity.

🇨🇲 Cameroon · Source: Journal du Cameroun · 26 Oct

Cameroon suspends Issa Tchiroma Bakary’s party for three months

Cameroon’s Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji, has suspended the Cameroon National Salvation Front (FSNC), an opposition party led by Issa Tchiroma Bakary, for three months, according to Vanguard, RFI, StopBlaBlaCam and AGP Gabon. The order, signed on 27 October 2026, bans the party’s activities and cites five grievances, including calls for insurrection and violence linked to the October 2025 presidential election. AGP Gabon reports lawyer Alice Nkom’s criticism of the opposition supporter.

🇨🇲 Cameroon · Source: Vanguard · 27 Oct

Cameroon’s MRC calls for presidency to be declared vacant

The Cameroon Renaissance Movement is asking the competent institutions to establish that the presidency is vacant and entrust the interim presidency to the Senate president. In a statement dated 28 October 2026 in Yaoundé, party president Tiriane Balbine Noah cited a risk of political implosion, according to Camer.be.

🇨🇲 Cameroon · Source: Camer.be · 29 Oct

Paul Biya and Albert II seek to strengthen economic ties

Cameroonian President Paul Biya received Monaco’s Sovereign Prince Albert II at the Unity Palace in Yaoundé on 30 October 2026. The 48-hour official visit, the prince’s first since March 2003, aims in particular to develop economic relations between the two countries, according to Camer.be.

🇨🇲 Cameroon · Source: Camer.be · 30 Oct

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