current crises
in
Cameroon
These crises have been identified through the INFORM Severity Index, a tool for measuring and comparing the severity of humanitarian crises globally.
CMR001 - Country level
Last updated 31/08/2023
Drivers
Conflict
Displacement
Crisis level
Country
Severity level
4 High
Access constraints
4.0
CMR002 - Lake Chad basin crisis
Last updated 31/08/2023
Drivers
Conflict
Crisis level
Country
Severity level
3.6 High
Access constraints
3.0
CMR003 - Anglophone crisis
Last updated 31/08/2023
Drivers
Conflict
Crisis level
Country
Severity level
3.4 High
Access constraints
4.0
CMR004 - CAR refugees
Last updated 31/08/2023
Drivers
Conflict
Displacement
Crisis level
Country
Severity level
2.8 Medium
Access constraints
2.0
REG001 - Lake Chad basin regional crisis
Last updated 31/08/2023
Drivers
Crisis level
Regional
Severity level
4.4 Very High
Access constraints
5.0
Analysis products
on
Cameroon
29 June 2023
Cameroon: Increase in cholera cases
DOCUMENT / PDF / 204 KB
Cameroon has been experiencing a cholera outbreak since October 2021. Although the number of reported cases was relatively low between late November 2022 and March 2023, there has been a significant increase since 27 March, particularly in Centre region, making it the new epicentre of the epidemic. The epidemic has since mostly affected Centre, Littoral, South, and West regions, with new cases reported in 29 out of 58 districts countrywide.
17 August 2022
Lake Chad Basin: Impact of extreme weather & climate events on food security
DOCUMENT / PDF / 1 MB
This report aims to explore the impact of extreme weather and climate events on the humanitarian situation in the Lake Chad Basin. Since the 1970s in West and Central Africa, river floods and agricultural and ecological droughts have been increasing while average rainfall has been decreasing. These phenomena have an impact on availability of resources and land, and consequently on the economic and living conditions of the regions’ populations.
19 February 2021
Cameroon: Education crisis in North West and South West regions
DOCUMENT / PDF / 2 MB
This report consolidates information from a wide range of available secondary data sources on the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon, including UN agencies, NGOs, the World Bank, media, and key informant interviews conducted in November 2020 and February 2021. Prior to publication, the report was shared with external partners working in Cameroon to cross-check information.
Attached resources
30 March 2020
Cameroon: COVID-19 outbreak
DOCUMENT / PDF / 389 KB
Cameroon has 54 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Central Region, Littoral Region and West Region as of 23 March 2020. Cameroon’s Ministry of Public Health has developed a preparedness plan for COVID-19, including active surveillance at points of entry, in-country diagnostic capacity at the national reference laboratory, and designated isolation and treatment centres.
21 January 2020
Cameroon: Escalation of the Anglophone crisis
DOCUMENT / PDF / 380 KB
Parliamentary and municipal elections scheduled for 9 February 2020 are intensifying an escalation of the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon. On 7 January 2020, fighters from the Ambazonian separatist group burned down the Elections Cameroon office in Misaje commune, Donga Mantung division in Northwest region. The action was to reiterate their earlier decision not to participate in legislative and municipal council elections scheduled for 9 February 2020.