Paul Biya

Money Moves

Signed the loan decrees on October 2, 2026

Cameroon's president approved $630 million in loans on October 2, 2026. Six days later, the first construction package went out for bid: the public works ministry invited contractors to tender on the 167-km Yaoundé-Edéa road, the Douala-Bangui corridor's busiest stretch.

Updated Oct 12

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Sworn in for eighth term, November 2025

Suspected separatist fighters killed 15 civilians, including eight children, in an early-morning attack on Mbororo herders in Cameroon's Northwest Region on January 14, 2026. The massacre in Ndu subdivision targeted the Mbororo, whom separatists accuse of collaborating with the government; the conflict has become a multi-sided war where civilians are killed by all parties.

Updated May 21