4 November 1982 – 6 November 1982 Ahmadou Ahidjo’s resignation and Paul Biya’s inauguration The Renouveau era (since 1982) 6 April 1984 – 30 April 1984 The 6 April 1984 coup attempt · Contested The Renouveau era (since 1982) 26 May 1990 Launch of the Social Democratic Front in Bamenda The Renouveau era (since 1982) 19 December 1990 December 1990 "Liberty Laws" and the legalisation of multiparty politics The Renouveau era (since 1982) 11 October 1992 – 23 October 1992 1992 disputed presidential election · Contested The Renouveau era (since 1982) 18 January 1996 1996 Constitution and decentralisation The Renouveau era (since 1982) 10 October 2002 International Court of Justice ruling on Bakassi The Renouveau era (since 1982) 12 June 2006 Greentree Agreement on Nigeria’s withdrawal from Bakassi The Renouveau era (since 1982) 14 August 2008 Handover of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon The Renouveau era (since 1982) 2 March 2014 Boko Haram insurgency in the Far North The Renouveau era (since 1982) October 2016 – October 2017 Onset of the Anglophone crisis in the North-West and South-West · Contested The Renouveau era (since 1982) 10 September 2019 – 24 December 2019 Major National Dialogue and the 2019 special status The Renouveau era (since 1982) 21 January 2025 – 28 January 2025 Report of the joint Franco-Cameroonian historians’ commission The Renouveau era (since 1982) 12 October 2025 – 27 October 2025 2025 disputed presidential election · Contested The Renouveau era (since 1982) Official source Constitutional Council