Relationship dossier
Cameroon
United Kingdom
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation on trade and development is tempered by UK concerns over conflict and human rights in Cameroon.
Cameroon toward United Kingdom
+15Cameroon participates in a bilateral post-Brexit trade agreement with the United Kingdom, providing a framework for continued trade. The extent of other direct Cameroonian government cooperation with the UK is unclear.
United Kingdom toward Cameroon
+20The United Kingdom has maintained development engagement with Cameroon and a bilateral post-Brexit trade agreement. It has also expressed concern about conflict and human rights abuses in Cameroon, particularly in the Anglophone regions.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship has a practical foundation in trade arrangements and development engagement, alongside continuing UK concern about the Anglophone conflict and human rights. These features support cooperation without indicating a close strategic partnership.
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 the United Kingdom maintain a cooperative relationship supported by a post-Brexit trade agreement and development engagement. The UK has also raised concerns about violence and human rights abuses in Cameroon, particularly in the Anglophone regions. These concerns temper otherwise practical cooperation.
Areas of tension
- UK concern over violence and human rights abuses in Cameroon's Anglophone regions.
Key developments
The United Kingdom and Cameroon established a post-Brexit bilateral trade agreement to maintain trade arrangements.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral trade and development arrangements are unclear.
- The extent of direct Cameroonian government cooperation with the United Kingdom beyond trade arrangements is unclear.