Cameroon Archives - Robert Lansing Institute

Cameroon’s 2025 Presidential Election: Results, Reactions, and Implications

Cameroon’s Constitutional Council declared 92-year-old President Paul Biya the winner of the October 12, 2025 presidential election, securing 53.66% of the vote. Biya, Africa’s oldest and one of its longest-ruling leaders, thus earned…

October 29, 2025Cameroon

Governance

The Road to Yaoundé: Risks, Power, and Succession in Cameroon’s 2025 Vote”

President Paul Biya has announced for this year presidential election. The announcement came as concern grows about his age and health. Biya, who has ruled since 1982 after Ahmadou Ahidjo's resignation, removed…

July 15, 2025Cameroon

Conflict Governance

Cameroon could face new atrocity crimes after deploying government forces to counter armed separatists

What began as a political dispute in the Anglophone regions is now a complex armed conflict and a major humanitarian crisis that disproportionately affects the civilian population, particularly women and…

January 20, 2023Cameroon, Nigeria

Conflict Governance

Escalating conflict in Cameroon: civil war looms in the region

The conflict in Cameroon keeps escalating. Chris Anu, a long-time spokesperson for Cameroon's self-declared Republic of Ambazonia, said that he was elected president of the separatist movement on September 10, 2022. His election…

September 28, 2022Ambazonia, Cameroon, Nigeria

Governance

Reasons and scenarios of Ethno-Political Tensions in Cameroon

Political rivalry in Cameroon has taken a worrying direction, as supporters of incumbent Paul Biya trade ethnic slurs with backers of his main political rival Maurice Kamto. The situation is…

December 10, 2020Ambazonia, Cameroon

Conflict Situation Reports

Cameroonian rebel groups start rivalry for power and access to finances

Internal rivalry for power among the separatist groups in Cameroon caused clashes between them and played into the hands of the military. Clashes between Cameroon’s rebel groups have intensified in the…

January 24, 2020Cameroon

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