The Bank of Central African States has fixed 1 November 2026 as the date old coins lose legal tender status, with exchanges running until 31 October 2027. The brief of 19 October 2026 reported the timetable; the new material shows the timetable is already being enforced at shop counters.
Cyrille Atonfack Guemo marked 10 years since the start of the Anglophone crisis by arguing that armed separatist groups are predatory rather than emancipatory. He made the case in an editorial broadcast on state radio.
Lucas Philippe was received at the Unity Palace by Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh on 19 October 2026, a day after arriving for a visit that ends on 21 October 2026.
Michirein Nsangou Mohamed Awel, 20, died after being struck by a bullet during an altercation between gendarmes and moto-taxi drivers in Foumban on 17 October 2026. The Sultan-Roi of Bamoun helped lift barricades and restore calm the next day.
Lawyer Michele Ndoki says the empty vice-presidency could be filled by a decree revealed only when the presidency falls vacant, a scenario she calls a coup d'etat. The presidency has not responded.
President Paul Biya signed a decree on 16 October 2026 making Remy Nama president of the Constitutional Council, succeeding Clement Atangana, who died on 4 October 2026. A second decree the same day named Abdoullaye Daouda to a vacant seat.
Joseph Emmanuel Ateba, a member of the MRC, has publicly criticised the exchange of accusations between the campaign teams of the two candidates for the party presidency, saying they are made without proof.
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, secretary general of the presidency, met Interpol president Lucas Philippe in Yaounde on 19 October 2026 to discuss police cooperation on cross-border crime.
The training aims to embed refugee law and asylum procedures in the national police curriculum, with discussions under way on training police instructors.
The former presidential candidate says he will run in the Littoral region under his MP3 party, without naming the constituency or municipality.