Nathalie Yamb

Nathalie Yamb
Born (1969-07-22) 22 July 1969
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
OccupationsActivist and businesswoman

Nathalie Yamb is a Cameroonian-Swiss activist and businesswoman.[1][2] She is best-known for opposing the actions of France in Africa, which she described as "colonial".[3][4] She was born in Switzerland and grew up in Cameroon, then went to university in Germany.[5]

Activism and sanctions

In the 2010s, she helped run a political party in Ivory Coast.[1] However, she was deported (to Switzerland) in 2019 without a trial after she criticized the Ivory Coast government at a conference in Russia.[3] Yamb has been supported by Russian oligarch and mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.[6][7] Her anti-French activism earned her in January 2022 a ban on entry and stay on French territory, made public in October 2022.[8] Yamb participated as an "independent international observer" during 2022 referendums in Eastern Ukraine.[9][10]

After her 2019 appearance at the Russian state sponsored Africa conference in Sochi, Yamb was categorized as an outspoken supporter of the Russian government under Vladimir Putin by the EU. The EU accuses her of undermining or threatening democracy.[11] Yamb was sanctioned by the European Council and banned from entering or residing in the European Union. Her assets in the EU were frozen.[12][13]

Yamb was in Africa when she got sanctioned by the EU, meaning she can not fly over EU territory to return to her residence in Zug, Switzerland. In a 2026 interview in Nairobi she stated to depend on the financial support from family and friends. She told reporters she fears French orchestrated assassination attempts.[13]

See also

References

  • Neutrality Studies (22 December 2025). Sanctioned by EU. Abandoned by Switzerland | Nathalie Yamb. Retrieved 22 December 2025 – via YouTube.
  1. 1 2 "Nathalie Yamb". Roscongress Foundation. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  2. ↑ Conzett, Anja (24 June 2021). ""Staatliche Entwicklungshilfe – schafft sie ab!"". Republik (in German).
  3. 1 2 "Swiss-Cameroonian activist deported to Switzerland". SWI swissinfo.ch. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  4. ↑ Publisher, A. M. C. (5 May 2023). "Nathalie Yamb: The activist fighting France's presence in the African continent". AMC. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Nathalie Yamb : "Ma mère est une battante, elle est ma référence "". Actu Cameroun (in French). 11 January 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "The faces of Russia's influence across the African continent". 6 August 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  7. ↑ "Yevgeniy Prigozhin's Africa-Wide Disinformation Campaign".
  8. ↑ "La France informe Nathalie Yamb de son interdiction d'entrée et de séjour sur le territoire national". rfi (in French). 15 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Hidden in plain sight: Pro-Kremlin Pan-African Influencers and the threat to Africa's stability and Democracy - RUSI Europe". 25 October 2023.
  10. ↑ ""Putin's friends" and Prigozhin's network: Foreign "observers" in pseudo elections in occupied areas". 27 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "DISINFO: New sanctions prove that the EU is racist and colonialist" euvsdisinfo.eu
  12. ↑ "Wie eine Schweizer Influencerin russische Propaganda verbreitet". bernerzeitung.ch (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  13. 1 2 "Sie peitscht Millionen Follower auf, berät afrikanische Putschisten – und ist laut der EU eine russische Agentin. Eine Begegnung in Kenya mit der Schweizer Influencerin Nathalie Yamb". NZZ.ch (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2026.
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