2025 in Cameroon

Events in the year 2025 in Cameroon.

Incumbents

2–3 January – Seven soldiers are killed in attacks by suspected members of Nigerian militant groups in Akwaya.

7 July – The Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications issues fines of nearly 4 million euros on the local subsidiaries of telecommunications firms Orange and MTN due issues relating to poor service quality.
8 July – A minibus collides with a truck near Muyuka, killing 18 people and injuring one.
11 July – The Diy-Gid-Biy Cultural Landscape of the Mandara Mountains is designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
14 July – President Paul Biya officially announces his candidacy for an eighth term in the presidential election scheduled for 12 October 2025.

12 August – A letter from French president Emmanuel Macron to president Biya is released in which the French government officially acknowledges its actions against the Cameroonian independence movement from 1945 to 1971 as a war.
13 August – Fourteen people, including three Chadian nationals, are abducted from a bus by suspected Boko Haram militants in Zigague. One of the hostages dies in captivity, while the remainder are rescued by security forces two weeks later.
24 August – Cameroon finishes in fourth place at FIBA AfroBasket 2025 in Angola after losing to Senegal 98-72 in the final in Luanda.

5 September – Seven soldiers are killed in a roadside bombing near Malende claimed by the Fako Unity Warriors, an Anglophone separatist group.

12 October – 2025 Cameroonian presidential election: Incumbent president Paul Biya is elected to an eighth term in office after winning 53.7% of the vote, according to official results.
15 October – The offices of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement in Dschang are set on fire amid protests against alleged fraud in the presidential election.
24 October – Opposition leaders Anicet Ekane and Djeukam Tchameni are arrested in Douala amid the nationwide protests over presidential election.
26 October – Four people are killed in Douala during protests by supporters of Issa Tchiroma, who claimed victory in the presidential election ahead of the official results.

6 November – Paul Biya is inaugurated for a new term as president.
7 November – Issa Tchiroma flees to the Gambia due to safety concerns and is granted asylum.

3 December – A strike and blockade is launched by truck drivers along National Highway 1 in the Adamawa Region in protest over the beating of one of their colleagues by a gendarme in Meiganga.
8 December – A fuel tanker crashes into several cars and buildings before exploding in Likomba, Southwest Region, killing eight people.