The country is failing to meet its 2030 poverty reduction targets, according to the 5th Cameroon Household Survey published by the National Institute of Statistics, which shows that poverty rate increased from 37,5% in 2014 to 38,6% in 2021

Milk production increased by 2% in 2023, attributed to revitalisation policies, including greater involvement of private sector and import of high-yield dairy cows; despite this, there remains a milk production deficit of almost 120.000 tonnes per year

Junior Ngombe, a 23-year-old hairdresser and social media activist, was arrested in Douala and has been detained for several days for 'inciting rebellion' and 'spreading false news', for videos posted on TikTok

An alarming drop in the passing rate of the general secondary education baccalaureate is is widely reported in headlines: only 37,6% of students graduated, down from 75,73% in 2023

Online registration platforms were launched for the Youth Economic Inclusion and Business Plan Competition programmes, initiatives part of the Adaptive Social Safety Net and Economic Inclusion Project with World Bank loan