The African nation of Cameroon has lost one-fifth of its Commonwealth Games team while competing on the Gold Coast.

Earlier, it was revealed five athletes from the African nation had gone missing from the athletes village.

By Wednesday afternoon, Cameroon officials revealed eight out of its 40 athletes listed by the Commonwealth Games Federation had gone missing from their rooms in the Games village.

Team Cameroon chef de mission Victor Agbor Nso said he was "sad to announce" the team members had gone missing, and confirmed the athletes - six men and two women - left in three waves.