Cameroon

October 2007 | Risk Summary

Late September saw nine former state employees put behind bars for embezzling public funds, with sentences ranging between 15-35 years, in what marked the second high-profile case against corrupt members of President Paul Biya's ruling party. Indeed, the government has been under considerable pressure from international donors and creditors to put the house in order on the governance front. Although the verdicts will serve as a deterrent to other sticky fingers, particularly in the public sphere, it is less certain that it will have any impact on graft at other levels of the economy. More widespread probity is still likely

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