August 2026 | Cameroon GBV Tracker

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August 2026 · documented case archive

11 reported fatal GBV deaths · 0 reported non-fatal incidents in this non-exhaustive, case-linked register (reviewed 12 September 2026). These are neither national totals nor proof that unlisted violence did not occur.

Select a case to open its detailed evidence record and original source links on TUBUO Writes. Approximate or discovery dates are marked on the record.

Fatal victim–suspect gender: 10 man accused → woman/girl; 1 accused gender unknown → woman; 0 woman accused → man/boy. Percentages and their denominator are on the main gender breakdown. These are reported classifications, not convictions.

Fatal deaths · people

Diane Yidi Ebabi, 19

CM-GBV-2026-001 · 9 August · Centre · Yaoundé · Victim: Woman · Reported suspect: Man · Evidence: Reported

Diane died in Yaoundé. A National Gendarmerie account, subsequently reviewed by MMI, said her boyfriend was arrested on 17 August and that investigators reconstructed the incident.

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Daïna Tikeng

CM-GBV-2026-002 · Around 10 August · Centre · near Yaoundé · Victim: Woman · Reported suspect: Man · Evidence: Reported

Daïna was found dead after reportedly leaving a marriage in which there had been repeated violence. Her husband was reported arrested on 11 August.

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Irène Dorothée Ngo, 36

CM-GBV-2026-003 · Night of 17–18 August · Centre · Yaoundé · Victim: Woman · Reported suspect: Man · Evidence: Reported

Irène died at a residence in Yaoundé. Cameroon Tribune reported that investigators arrested a man described as her lover and reconstructed the killing.

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Bronhilda Nofendo, 37

CM-GBV-2026-004 · 19 August · Centre · Soa · Victim: Woman · Reported suspect: Man · Evidence: Reported

Bronhilda died in Soa. Later police reporting said her husband had been arrested and a reconstruction carried out.

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Modestine Maffo, 34

CM-GBV-2026-005 · Late August (day disputed) · Littoral · Douala · Victim: Woman · Reported suspect: Man · Evidence: Reported

Modestine was reported killed at her home in Logpom. Accounts said her husband was detained following the attack.

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Centre-region child · identity withheld

CM-GBV-2026-019 · 8 August · Centre region · Victim: Girl · Reported suspect: Man · Evidence: Reported

MMI’s case review reports that the child was raped and killed in Centre region, Centre region, and that a man was named as a suspect.

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Ewana Flore

CM-GBV-2026-020 · Around 18 August · Centre · Yaoundé · Victim: Woman · Reported suspect: Man · Evidence: Reported

MMI reports that Flore travelled from Douala to meet a former partner in Yaoundé and was subsequently killed. The outlet describes her as pregnant.

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Woman reported killed in Sapelli

CM-GBV-2026-021 · Around 20 August · East · Bélabo · Victim: Woman · Reported suspect: Unknown · Evidence: Reported

A woman was reported sexually assaulted and killed in the Sapelli area of Bélabo. No responsible person had been publicly identified when MMI compiled the case.

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Ze Ebogo Lydie

CM-GBV-2026-022 · Late August · Centre · Nkolafamba · Victim: Woman · Reported suspect: Man · Evidence: Reported

MMI reports that Lydie was fatally beaten by her husband and that neighbours heard her cries. She was taken to hospital and declared dead.

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Delphine Bih

CM-GBV-2026-023 · 25 August · Centre · Mbalmayo · Victim: Woman · Reported suspect: Man · Evidence: Reported

Delphine died after eating food provided by her partner. Subsequent reporting said a suspect was detained and admitted adding poison.

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Woman killed in Gouzougouï

CM-GBV-2026-024 · Died 28 August · Far North · Kaélé · Victim: Woman · Reported suspect: Man · Evidence: Reported

MMI reports that a woman was stabbed in Gouzougouï on 27 August, allegedly by her husband, and died at Kaélé District Hospital the following day.

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Non-fatal GBV incidents · distinct events

No qualifying non-fatal incident was indexed for this month in this publication. This does not mean none occurred.

Reported leads outside this month’s count

Kenfack Fortune and Valeryn N. · Both deaths are reported or suspected killings; the public record does not yet establish a gender-related factor. Read the evidence-limit log

Tibati–Meiganga woman and Tina Tabi · Potential sexual violence and disputed cause of death respectively remain under investigation; neither enters the principal GBV death total. Read the evidence-limit log

Limits and monthly total

Every indexed case assigned to August in this release is listed above. Victim and accused genders reproduce source descriptions; unknown is not inferred from names. The archive cannot certify complete national case detection. Later evidence can reclassify, remove, add or move a case to its correct month.

Monthly: 11 fatal deaths; 0 non-fatal incidents. Since 1 August through this month: 11 fatal; 0 non-fatal. Methodology · Corrections · Return to overview