Cameroon

News coverage about Cameroon accounts for 0.141% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is steady week-over-week (+1.8%). The average tone of this coverage is -2.93 — negative.

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Coverage share
0.141%
of monitored articles
Week over week
+1.8%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-2.93
negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Cameroon coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.14% on 2026-08-200.000.250.50May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Cameroon coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -2.93 on 2026-08-20+50-5May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (2/day latest)

Protest events located in Cameroon: 11 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-07-060.002.55.0May 26Jun 1Jun 5Jun 7Jun 24Jul 6

Diplomacy (1/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Cameroon: 86 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-200.0050.0100May 26Jun 11Jun 26Jul 11Jul 26Aug 10Aug 20

Coercion & force (4/day latest)

Coercive events located in Cameroon: 76 days, latest 4.00 on 2026-08-200.0012.525.0May 26Jun 8Jun 25Jul 12Jul 27Aug 9Aug 20

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Cameroon, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 9% of the coverage about Cameroon came from outlets based in Cameroon — the rest was written from abroad (2,999 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Cameroon from domestic outlets (%): 49 days, latest 0.00 on 2026-08-200.0012.525.0Jul 3Jul 12Jul 21Jul 30Aug 8Aug 17Aug 20

Share of articles about Cameroon produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Baboua (5)
  • Mvongo (3)
  • Garoua (2)
  • Cameroon Peak (1)

Places named in coverage about Cameroon on 2026-08-20 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Cameroon

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$58.9B
World Bank, 2025
Population
29.9M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
33.4%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
1.0%
World Bank, 2024

Armed conflict, trailing 12 months

Conflict fatalities
377
best estimate
Civilian deaths
166
within the above
Recorded events
180
organized violence

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP GED), window 2025-08-01..2026-07-31, refreshed monthly. Recent months are preliminary candidate data.

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
1,004,257
within the country
Refugees abroad
140,366
originating from Cameroon
Refugees hosted
408,613
from other countries
Asylum seekers
18,553
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Coverage share measures articles published by Cameroon-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).