Cameroon Paid for Roads That Are Still Unfinished
Three Cameroonian road contracts with Egypt's Arab Contractors are years late. The ministry has paid most of the invoices and set a new November 2026 date. The post Cameroon Paid for Roads That Are Still Unfinished appeared first on The Rio Times .
Three state road projects in Cameroon totaling 75.3 billion CFA francs, or roughly $134 million, are significantly behind schedule. The public works ministry has blamed the contractor, Arab Contractors Cameroon, a subsidiary of Egypt's largest construction firm, not the lack of funding. The Boucle de la Lekie, an 81.5km rehabilitation project in Cameroon's Centre region, was only 57.03% complete in July 2026, running 19 months past its December 2024 deadline.
The ministry has released 4.2 billion CFA francs, or about $7.5 million, between January and April 2026, and the unpaid invoices have dropped to 519.4 million CFA francs, or under $1 million. While the ministry claims payment issues are not the cause, the contractor's progress is minimal, with only 16.20% of the Yaounde northern penetrating road completed, representing a 81.75% contract time overrun.
Written by urgent.news from The Rio Times's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
