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Cameroon

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Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    31

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    1.1

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    55%

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    14

  • Population

    29.9 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 0

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level2

  • +2UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the countryUK FCDO travel advice
  • +11.3 million people in crisis-level food insecurity or worse (IPC 3+)FEWS NET

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Violence deaths, 30 days

    2

  • Travel advice level (FCDO)

    3

  • Violence incidents, 30 days

    1

  • People in food crisis (IPC 3+)

    1 250 000

  • Refugees who fled

    178 357

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Cameroon, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 48%
  • Non-state conflict · 0%
  • Against civilians · 52%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
1.3 M
2026-08
Share in food crisis
4%
2026-08
Undernourishment
4.8%
2023
Refugees who fled
—
Refugees hosted
—
Internally displaced
—
Sanctions designations
40
2026-09-29
GDP per person
$1,972
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

IPC Phase 3 or worse, month by month (FEWS NET current-situation estimates, midpoint of the published range).

FEWS NET — IPC-compatible analysis

Latest incidents of organised violence15

DatePlaceSidesDeathsCiviliansReported by
2026-08-29Mbonge, Meme DivisionGovernment of Cameroon — Ambazonia insurgents20@MimiMefoInfo
2026-08-28 – 2026-08-31Bui Division, North West RegionAmbazonia insurgents — Civilians11@MimiMefoInfo, @MimiMefoInfo
2026-08-25Tourou center in the #Bareck area,Government of Cameroon — JAS10@HumanityPurpose
2026-08-24 – 2026-08-25#Gaboua ( #MayoTsanaga , #Cameroon )JAS — Civilians22@HumanityPurpose
2026-08-23locality of #Malloumri (#Gouzoudou area)JAS — Civilians33@HumanityPurpose
2026-08-14Ekona, Southwest regionGovernment of Cameroon — Civilians22@MimiMefoInfo
2026-08-13#WalassaGovernment of Cameroon — JAS10@HumanityPurpose
2026-08-10BueaGovernment of Cameroon — Ambazonia insurgents11Xinhua
2026-08-08Bamessing, Ngoketunjia Division of Cameroon’s North West RegionGovernment of Cameroon — Ambazonia insurgents30@MimiMefoInfo
2026-08-08Muea, Buea, along the Buea-Muyuka road in Cameroon’s South West RegionGovernment of Cameroon — Ambazonia insurgents20@MimiMefoInfo
2026-08-07 – 2026-08-08locality of #Kangaléri (#MayoSava, #Cameroun)IS — Civilians88@HumanityPurpose
2026-08-05#Yégoua ( #MayoSava , #Cameroon )JAS — Civilians11@HumanityPurpose
2026-08-02along the Olorunti Dinku road, Widikum Subdivision, Momo Division of the North West RegionGovernment of Cameroon — Ambazonia insurgents40Crisis Watch, @MimiMefoInfo
2026-08-01locality of #Kaliari in the #Nguétchéwé area (#MayoTsanaga, #Cameroun)Government of Cameroon — JAS10@HumanityPurpose
2026-07-28 – 2026-08-04found in Bafut, Northwest RegionGovernment of Cameroon — Ambazonia insurgents10@MimiMefoInfo

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days6

  • Cameroon: Ambazonia13
  • IS - Civilians8
  • JAS - Civilians6
  • Cameroon: Government3
  • Government of Cameroon - Civilians2
  • Ambazonia insurgents - Civilians1

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days0

None in the last 30 days.

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Cameroon: Avoid all travel to parts

Cameroon: 1 severe weather warning

• thunderstorm — Severe

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Next 7 days in Yaoundé

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Sep 2920…2315.1 mm27 km/h
Wed, Sep 3020…280.1 mm28 km/h
Thu, Oct 121…267.5 mm27 km/h
Fri, Oct 220…2713.7 mm34 km/hthunderstorm
Sat, Oct 321…272.7 mm25 km/h
Sun, Oct 421…265.4 mm24 km/h
Mon, Oct 520…2712.0 mm24 km/h

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Food prices in markets14

ItemPriceUSDYear
Maize (white) / KG153.5 XAF0.27-42%
Sugar / KG833 XAF1.44-15%
Onions / KG287 XAF0.50-42%
Salt / KG300 XAF0.520%
Groundnuts (shelled) / KG713 XAF1.23-25%
Cassava (fresh) / KG177.5 XAF0.31-14%
Beans (niebe) / KG418 XAF0.72-52%
Sorghum (red) / KG130.17 XAF0.23-52%
Sorghum (white) / KG161.5 XAF0.28-46%
Tomatoes / KG500 XAF0.86-1%
Wheat flour / KG500 XAF0.860%
Potatoes / KG215.5 XAF0.38-42%
Rice (local) / KG379 XAF0.66-30%
Okra (dry) / KG1,080.5 XAF1.86—

Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2026-07); change against the same month a year before.

WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)