The Presidency of the Republic calls for the questioning of all decisions that allowed private individuals to occupy plots around the Olembé Sports Complex. A case that once again illustrates the gray areas of the Cameroonian land system.
In a context marked by the resurgence of land disputes in Cameroon, the issue of managing the State’s real estate assets is once again coming to the forefront. For several years, conflicts related to the occupation, allocation, or retrocession of land have fueled social tensions, legal proceedings, and administrative controversies. The phenomenon affects both rural areas and large urban centers, where land pressure is intensifying.
The site of the Olembé Sports Complex, an emblematic infrastructure built to host major international competitions, is no exception to this reality. Contested occupations and allocations of plots located within the public domain have recently caught the attention of the highest State authorities.
In an official correspondence dated March 09, 2026, the Minister of State, Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, thus referred the matter to the Minister of State Property, Surveys and Land Tenure regarding the “encroachment on the Olembé Sports Complex site.” The document conveys the high instructions of the President of the Republic, calling for the questioning of all administrative decisions that led to the allocation or retrocession of plots belonging to the dependencies of this site to private individuals.
This measure aims to preserve the land integrity of this strategic infrastructure and to put an end to occupations deemed irregular. It is part of a broader desire by public authorities to strengthen discipline in the management of the public domain and to limit the abuses that have long fueled land conflicts in the country.
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