Cameroon: Between Stability and the Coup Belt: Why Ivory Coast Is Watching Burkina Faso Closely

By Hans Ngala

The 2020s began with a sweeping number of coups taking place across West and Central Africa. Coups in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger were shortly followed by coups in Chad and Gabon. The Gabon coup sent chills down the spine of Cameroonian authorities. On August 30, 2023 after the coup in Gabon was announced, President Paul Biya of next-door Cameroon conducted a hasty military reshuffle, fearing a coup within his own army mostly likely.
Cameroon even banned media from…