2026 in Cameroon
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Events in the year 2026 in Cameroon.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 14 January – At least 15 people are killed in an attack by gunmen on the settlement of Gidado in Ndu, Northwest Region.[2]
February
- 3 February – Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea sign an agreement to jointly extract natural gas from the Yoyo-Yolanda field.[3]
- 17 February – A freelance journalist on assignment for the Associated Press is assaulted by police and briefly detained alongside three other reporters and a lawyer in Yaoundé, while attempting to report on African migrants recently deported from the United States.[4]
- 19 February – A court-martial in Yaounde convicts three soldiers for their role in the killing of 21 civilians in the Ngarbuh massacre in 2020 and sentences them to up to 10 years' imprisonment.[5]
March
- 4 March – The United Kingdom suspends the issuance of student visas to Cameroonian nationals as part of efforts to reduce asylum requests.[6]
- 17 March – Théodore Datouo is elected as president of the National Assembly, replacing Cavaye Yeguié Djibril after 34 years.[7]
- 19 March – The National Assembly votes to extend its mandate and postpone legislative elections until 20 December.[8]
April
- 4 April – Parliament approves a constitutional amendment to reintroduce the position of vice president, allowing the appointee to automatically succeed President Biya in the event of death, resignation, or incapacity.[9]
- 15 April – Pope Leo XIV arrives in Cameroon for a three-day visit.[10]
Scheduled
Deaths
- 16 February – Consty Eka, 56, television presenter and businessman[11]
- 11 April – Marcel Niat Njifenji, 91, president of the senate (2013–2026) and mayor of Bangangté (2002–2007)[12]
- 23 April – Jean Pierre Biyiti bi Essam, 76, politician and diplomat, ambassador to Israel (2018–2026).[13]
- 4 May – Alexis Dipanda Mouelle, 84, president of the supreme court (1990–2014).[14]
- 6 May – Cavayé Yéguié Djibril, 84, president of the National Assembly (1992–2026).[15]
- 9 May – Philippe Mpay, 86–87, major general of the Cameroon Armed Forces [16]
- 12 May – Bassek Ba Kobhio, 69-70, filmmaker, writer and founder of the Écrans Noirs Festival[17]
- 13 May – Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, 75, athletics official, president of the Confederation of African Athletics (since 2003).[18]