Cameroon: Anti-corruption body admits its powerlessness

For its 2025 report on the fight against corruption in Cameroon, the Conac contacted 270 organizations, but only 112 responded. Its president, Dieudonné Massi Gams, acknowledged that investigation recommendations are not always implemented and said the commission, established in 2006, has been neither a complete success nor a failure. The Conac can investigate and submit evidence but cannot initiate criminal prosecutions; the legally required declaration of public officials’ assets is also not effectively implemented. Losses identified by the monitoring mechanisms reached 6.27 billion CFA francs in 2025, up from 4.06 billion in 2024, though these figures do not represent the total cost of corruption.