Relationship dossier
Cameroon
Switzerland
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation, alongside disagreement over Switzerland’s proposed role in Cameroon’s anglophone crisis
Cameroon toward Switzerland
+15Cameroon entered a migration partnership with Switzerland, providing a basis for bilateral cooperation on migration. The Cameroonian government disputed Switzerland’s proposed facilitation role in the anglophone crisis.
Switzerland toward Cameroon
+20Switzerland has pursued development cooperation involving Cameroon and established a bilateral migration partnership. In 2019, Switzerland offered to facilitate dialogue over Cameroon’s anglophone crisis; the Cameroonian government disputed the initiative’s mandate.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship has practical foundations in migration and development cooperation, but is not an especially close partnership. Switzerland’s proposed role in addressing the anglophone crisis became a point of disagreement with the Cameroonian government.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Cameroon and Switzerland have engaged in practical cooperation, including a migration partnership and Swiss development cooperation involving Cameroon. Switzerland also offered to facilitate dialogue over the anglophone crisis, an initiative the Cameroonian government disputed. These ties combine concrete cooperation with friction over Switzerland’s proposed role in the conflict.
Areas of tension
- The Cameroonian government disputed Switzerland’s proposed facilitation role in the anglophone crisis.
Key developments
Cameroon and Switzerland established a bilateral migration partnership.
Switzerland offered to facilitate dialogue over Cameroon’s anglophone crisis; the Cameroonian government disputed the initiative’s mandate.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of the bilateral migration partnership are unclear.
- The extent of Swiss development cooperation specifically involving Cameroon is uncertain.
- The status of Switzerland’s proposed facilitation role in Cameroon’s anglophone crisis is unclear.