2023 in Cameroon

Incumbents

• President: Paul Biya
• Prime Minister: Joseph Ngute

Events

• 22 January – Police in Cameroon find the mutilated body of prominent journalist Martinez Zogo who had been kidnapped by unknown assailants five days ago, amid increasing violence against reporters in the country.
• 25 February – Nineteen athletes are injured by small explosions during the Mount Cameroon Race of Hope in Buea, Southwest Region. The Ambazonia Defence Forces claim responsibility for the incident.
• 30 May – Four people are killed after armed men attack a checkpoint in Mora, Far North Region.
• 17 June – At least ten people are killed during an offensive by the military of Cameroon against separatists in the English-speaking Northwest Region.
• 17 July – Gunmen kill 10 people and injure two at a busy junction in Bamenda.
• 7 September – Several people are killed after armed militants attack vehicles in Muea, a village in the Southwest Region.
• 8 October – At least 30 people are killed during landslides caused by heavy rains in Yaoundé.
• 23 October – Authorities in Touboro, North Region confirm that over 30 people, likely including students from Chad, were abducted by suspected bandits yesterday.
• 6 November – Egbekaw massacre: At least 20 people are killed and 10 others are seriously injured after separatist rebel groups attack a village in Mamfe, Manyu.

Deaths

• 3 January – Armand Joel Banaken Bassoken, footballer.
• 7 January – Modeste M'bami, footballer.
• 17 January – Martinez Zogo, journalist.
• 21 January – Gabriel Dodo Ndoke, politician.
• 31 January – General Transporter, Ambazonian rebel leader.
• 12 March – Alphonse Beni, 77, actor and film director.
• 17 March – Jean-Bernard Ndongo Essomba, politician, MP.
• 15 May – Essambo Ewane, 70, Olympic judoka.
• 11 June – John Nkemngong Nkengasong, 64, playwright, novelist, and poet.
• 12 June – John Fru Ndi, politician.
• 23 June – Manamourou Silikam, 49, politician, MP.
• 24 July – Rose Zang Nguele, 76, politician, MP.
• 16 November – Hubert Mono Ndjana, 77, academic and philosopher.