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Cameroon

56High56 of 100, High band, 50 to 74good confidence(7/7 dimensions)
What this score means
Extreme75 to 100
Severe and systematic. Device search, interception and detention over online activity are documented rather than theoretical. Reconsider what you carry and what you say.
High50 to 74
Substantial and consistently evidenced measures. Device inspection, monitored networks or restricted services should be expected rather than treated as unlikely.
Caution25 to 49
Some risk, and manageable with precautions. Measures are evidenced but are narrow, inconsistently applied, or the picture is mixed.
Low0 to 24
Ordinary precautions. No systematic device search, network restriction or prosecution of visitors for online speech is evidenced.

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Dimensions

Each dimension is scored independently, because the traveller who cares about legal exposure for what they have posted is often not the one carrying client data. Higher means more risk.

Speech and legal exposure

What legal risk attaches to what I have said online, or say while I am there?

84Extreme84 of 100, Extreme band, 75 to 100

good confidence8 independent sources

Why this score (13 sources)

  • Freedom House 2026 scored CMR 1 of 4 on freedom to express personal views on sensitive topics without fear of surveillance or retribution.

    Freedom House, Freedom in the World · observed 2026-01-01

  • Freedom House 2026 scored CMR 0 of 4 on free and independent media.

    Freedom House, Freedom in the World · observed 2026-01-01

  • V-Dem Digital Society Project 2025 scored CMR 2.05 of 4 on how routinely the government censors political content on social media, where higher is freer.

    V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, Digital Society Project · observed 2025-12-31

  • V-Dem Digital Society Project 2025 scored CMR 0.66 of 4 on how often people are arrested for political content they posted online, where higher is freer.

    V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, Digital Society Project · observed 2025-12-31

  • Cameroon - Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution

    US Department of State, Travel Advisories · observed 2026-05-15 · written for USA nationals

  • FCDO advice for Cameroon: avoid_all_travel_to_parts, avoid_all_but_essential_travel_to_parts.

    UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Foreign travel advice · observed 2026-02-09 · written for GBR nationals

  • Cameroon: Exercise a high degree of caution

    Global Affairs Canada, Travel advice and advisories · observed 2026-10-14 · written for CAN nationals

  • Cameroon (Kamerun): Teilreisewarnung: partial travel warning in force

    Auswärtiges Amt, Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise · observed 2026-09-08 · written for DEU nationals

  • The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Cameroonian police to drop a criminal trespass investigation into four journalists who were detained for five hours and had their equipment seized last week, three of whom were reporting for the Associated Press (AP) on the secret deportation of African migrants from the United States.

    Committee to Protect Journalists, via a site scoped search · observed 2026-02-23 · extracted by language model

  • It is illegal to photograph military sites, government buildings, airports and ports.

    UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Foreign travel advice · observed 2026-02-09 · written for GBR nationals · extracted by language model

  • Dans un arrêté, le gouverneur a expliqué qu'ils sont en garde à vue administrative pour une durée de 15 jours renouvelables, pour avoir manifesté à la suite d'un appel lancé sur les réseaux sociaux par le candidat à la présidentielle Issa Tchiroma Bakary.

    Our translation: In an order, the governor explained that they are in administrative custody for a period of 15 renewable days, for having demonstrated following a call launched on social networks by presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary.

    CIVICUS Monitor country updates · observed 2025-11-21 · extracted by language model

  • According to the official document, they are being administratively detained for 15 days (renewable) for demonstrating following a call to action launched on social media by presidential candidate Bakary, destroying a liaison vehicle belonging to the public security police station and attacking security officers.

    CIVICUS Monitor country updates · observed 2025-10-29 · extracted by language model

  • Under Cameroon’s penal code , defamation is punishable by a prison sentence of six days to six months and a fine of up to 2 million CFA francs (US$3,330).

    Committee to Protect Journalists, via a site scoped search · observed 2024-08-20 · extracted by language model

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Surveillance and interception

How comprehensively are communications intercepted, retained, and monitored, and is commercial spyware in use?

64High64 of 100, High band, 50 to 74

good confidence5 independent sourcesEvidence is ageing: contributing sources are weighted at 61% of full strength.

Why this score (6 sources)

  • Freedom House 2026 scored CMR 1 of 4 on freedom to express personal views on sensitive topics without fear of surveillance or retribution.

    Freedom House, Freedom in the World · observed 2026-01-01

  • V-Dem Digital Society Project 2025 scored CMR 1.69 of 4 on how comprehensively the government monitors social media and private online communication, where higher is freer.

    V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, Digital Society Project · observed 2025-12-31

  • V-Dem Digital Society Project 2025 scored CMR 2.48 of 4 on how far privacy protection law shields communications from government access, where higher is freer. This measures what privacy law permits rather than what monitoring is practised, so it is read here as a constraint on interception rather than a measurement of it.

    V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, Digital Society Project · observed 2025-12-31

  • The World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2025 scored CMR 0.08 of 1 on whether freedom from arbitrary interference with privacy is effectively guaranteed, a measure built from expert assessments of warrantless interception of communications.

    World Justice Project, Rule of Law Index, sub-factor 4.6 · observed 2025-01-01

  • Cameroon currently runs a video command centre in the capital, Yaounde, with facial recognition with over 2,000 cameras as of 2019.

    Paradigm Initiative, via a site scoped search · observed 2024-11-27 · extracted by language model

  • Nji, the permanent secretary of Cameroon’s national security council, ordered governors to create monitoring units in their departments to track and record all broadcasts and debates in privately owned media and on social media to identify the culprits.

    Committee to Protect Journalists, via a site scoped search · observed 2024-10-10 · extracted by language model

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1 excluded source
  • Committee to Protect Journalists, via a site scoped search, observed 2015-07-01: aged out after 11 years.

Connectivity continuity

How likely am I to lose access to the internet, or to the specific tools I depend on?

52High52 of 100, High band, 50 to 74

good confidence9 independent sources

Why this score (39 sources)

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1 excluded source
  • BBC News feed, observed 2017-04-21: aged out after 9 years.

Border device risk

How likely is my device to be searched, imaged, or seized at the border, and can I be compelled to unlock it?

49Caution49 of 100, Caution band, 25 to 49

good confidence5 independent sources

No reports were found of devices being searched, imaged or seized at this border, or of travellers being compelled to unlock them. The score below is drawn from general indicators for this country rather than from anything observed about this risk, so it describes an absence of reports rather than evidence that the risk is absent.

What the score rests on (5 indirect sources)

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Network threat

How hostile is the network environment to a foreign visitor, from state actors and criminals alike?

47Caution47 of 100, Caution band, 25 to 49

moderate confidence2 independent sources

No reports were found of attacks, interception or fraud aimed at visitors using networks here. The score below is drawn from general indicators for this country rather than from anything observed about this risk, so it describes an absence of reports rather than evidence that the risk is absent.

What the score rests on (2 indirect sources)

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Encryption and VPN legality

Are VPNs and strong encryption lawful, and can I be required to install an application or hand over keys?

47Caution47 of 100, Caution band, 25 to 49

moderate confidence3 independent sourcesEvidence is ageing: contributing sources are weighted at 60% of full strength.

Why this score (4 sources)

  • Some restrictions. The law in Cameroon requires authorisation for the supply, export, import or use of cryptography means or services although the requirements do not apply to cryptographic functions which are integrated into application software used by users. Under the law, criminal investigation officers and authorised officials may require the decryption of encrypted data by specified persons as authorised by the State Counsel, an examining judge or a court. They may also require communication service providers to comply with these requests, except where they are unable to satisfy such requests. The use of e

    Global Partners Digital, World Map of Encryption Laws and Policies · observed 2019-06-01

  • V-Dem Digital Society Project 2025 scored CMR 1.76 of 4 on whether the government regulates the internet in a way consistent with international human rights standards, where higher is freer. This does not establish whether encryption or VPN use is lawful. It measures internet regulation in general, and is used as indirect evidence because the only survey that reads encryption law directly was published in 2019.

    V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, Digital Society Project · observed 2025-12-31

  • From preventing arbitrary data collection, to regulating data encryption and enforcing agency autonomy over personal information, it provides a guiding framework in alignment with international human rights standards.

    Paradigm Initiative, via a site scoped search · observed 2024-11-27 · extracted by language model

  • The bill also introduces measures such as encryption and restricted access, which ensure personal data protection against unauthorised access, bolstering individuals’ cybersecurity.

    Paradigm Initiative, via a site scoped search · observed 2024-11-21 · extracted by language model

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Data jurisdiction

What happens to corporate or client data I carry into the jurisdiction?

42Caution42 of 100, Caution band, 25 to 49

good confidence2 independent sources

Why this score (2 sources)

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Trend

02550751002026-08-162026-10-16

The overall score is up 4.4 points over 61 days, from 51.4 to 55.8. Most movement is the event overlay decaying rather than anything happening: a news signal loses half its weight every three weeks, so a score drifts back toward its structural baseline on its own. A step that holds is the one worth reading.

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Sources

This assessment draws on 14 sources: Auswärtiges Amt, Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise; CIVICUS Monitor country updates; Committee to Protect Journalists, via a site scoped search; Freedom House, Freedom in the World; Georgia Tech Internet Intelligence Lab, Internet Outage Detection and Analysis; Global Affairs Canada, Travel advice and advisories; Global Partners Digital, World Map of Encryption Laws and Policies; International Telecommunication Union, Global Cybersecurity Index; Open Observatory of Network Interference, OONI measurement data; Paradigm Initiative, via a site scoped search; UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Foreign travel advice; US Department of State, Travel Advisories; V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, Digital Society Project; World Justice Project, Rule of Law Index, sub-factor 4.6. Every contributing claim is quoted with its origin and date above. Model version 0.12.0, computed 2026-10-16.

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