Courts, trials and accountability: every brief

Home Courts, trials and accountability: every brief

The courts as an instrument of the Cameroonian state: the prosecutions that follow political unrest, the anti-corruption bodies that report on the scale of losses, and the senior appointments that shape both. The desk follows the military court's post-election prosecutions, the Special Criminal Court, and the National Anti-Corruption Commission's annual figures.

The desk has published 10 briefs in this storyline, the most recent on 29 October 2026: [UPDATE]: Yaounde military court postpones Zogo trial to 16 November 2026 after witness falls ill.

Key dates

  • Presidential election held. Unrest follows in several cities.
  • The Yaounde military court convicts 66 people arrested during the post-election unrest, on charges including spreading false news, rebellion and unlawful assembly. Sentences run from six months suspended to 15 months.
  • The National Anti-Corruption Commission's 2025 report puts losses linked to corruption at 6.2 billion XAF.

Every brief in this storyline

  1. [UPDATE]: Yaounde military court postpones Zogo trial to 16 November 2026 after witness falls ill
  2. [UPDATE]: Zogo trial witness Ayissi Nanga says gendarmerie inquiry was a sham
  3. Cameroon tells UN rights committee of 460 corruption complaints in judiciary
  4. Indictment order circulating online names Amougou Belinga and Eko Eko
  5. CONAC report shows 158 organisations did not answer its requests
  6. Supreme Court removes Mebe Ngo’o appeal from docket for re-examination
  7. Yaounde military court convicts 66 over 2025 post-election unrest
  8. Cameroon anti-corruption board reports 6.27bn FCFA state loss for 2025
  9. Police commissioner sent to Special Criminal Court in DGSN fuel investigation
  10. Yaounde military court postpones Martinez Zogo trial to 12 and 13 October

Last updated: 2 November 2026