Cameroon: Contract War and Power Struggles in the Port of Douala Between Motaze and Cyrus Ngo

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The Minister of Finance and the general manager of the port oppose the legality of the contract for the scanning of the goods. Against the background: a disputed partnership, a succession of contradictory decisions, and, as a last resort, a presidential arbitration with blurred contours.

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On Thursday, January 29, 2026, Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute ordered the management of the Port of Douala to maintain the contract with the Société générale de surveillance, in front of the instructions given a week earlier by the President of the Republic. An institutional cacophony that reveals the struggles of power at the top of the state. The order of the Prime Minister Following a meeting at the Yaoundé Star Building with all stakeholde…