Sylyac Marie Mvogo cites manifest intentions of disturbing public order as the reason.
The prefect of the Wouri department covering the city of Douala has signed a decree banning the demonstration called “Black Friday” planned in the economic capital on Friday, April 10, 2026. In its decision, the administrative authority targets the Stand Up for Cameroon movement, which is calling, through messages circulating on social media, for its activists and sympathizers to meet tomorrow, Friday, in Bali in the Douala 1st district.
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Until April 08, 2026, the movement reminded its members and sympathizers of the meeting scheduled for 3:30 PM at its headquarters. The reminder includes the date, place, time, and the dress code, which is black. The theme of the meeting scheduled for this Friday is “Vice-Presidency: what has really changed?” According to the movement, which usually meets every Friday, this theme echoes the recent constitutional reform adopted by parliament, which establishes a post of vice-president appointed by the head of state. The movement intended to analyze what this law means for Cameroon and the political future of the institutions.
On the instructions of the Governor of the Littoral, Samuel Dieudonné Ivaha Diboua, the prefect is raising his voice and promising sanctions. “Any gathering, any grouping, any march, any primary movement, and any other undeclared public demonstration will not be tolerated on the said day throughout the territory of the Wouri department,” the administrative authority announced. Any offender against the provisions of this decree is liable to the sanctions provided for by the regulations in force, he warns.
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For the Stand Up for Cameroon movement, the prefect’s decision is “incomprehensible and revealing,” and it questions since when Cameroonians no longer have the right to reflect on the institutional organization of their country and since when citizen debate constitutes a threat to public order. The movement declared in a press release dated April 09 and signed by Kah Walla that Cameroon does not belong to a prefect, a governor, or an administration. Stand Up for Cameroon persists in saying “we will definitely talk about the vice-presidency of Cameroon, regardless of those who seem to have no responsibilities more important than trying to muzzle citizens.” The members of the movement do not intend to back down. Instead, the movement calls on citizens who aspire to a profound transformation of our country’s governance system to dress in black as a sign of protest against the “absurd decisions” and against the “excesses” that Cameroon is experiencing.
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