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Where is President Biya? COVID-19 in Cameroon
Confirmed COVID-19 cases are rapidly increasing in Cameroon. Yet, the president has barely been seen. Read all our COVID-19 coverage As the COVID-19 pandemic ... -
Photo essay: In Congo, from epidemic to pandemic
The Democratic Republic of Congo was getting ready to declare itself Ebola-free when COVID-19 hit. Since 2018 , Ebola has killed 2,267 people. Now, ... -
No, cobalt is not a conflict mineral
Global demand for cobalt is estimated to more than quadruple in the next ten years. Mislabelling it particular hurts vulnerable Congolese miners. Wakanda’s vibranium ... -
Is research getting more dangerous? Roland Marchal’s plight suggests so
Iran’s incarceration of a leading analyst on east and central Africa fits into a pattern of persecution of academics in the Middle East and ... -
Cameroon grants ‘special status’ its to restive regions. They don’t feel special
The government says a new bill removes Anglophone separatists’ reasons to fight, but what’s actually in it? In the last week of 2019, Cameroon’s ... -
ADF rebels in the DRC: Why are locals protesting against the UN, again?
In 2014, attacks attributed to the ADF rebels was followed by local protests against UN peacekeepers. Is history repeating itself? In late November, a ... -
Africa Insiders: DR Congo’s Terminator won’t be back
The essentials: Congolese warlord Bosco “The Terminator” Ntaganda has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by the International Criminal Court for atrocities committed ... -
Why has violence increased since Cameroon’s National Dialogue?
The government’s Grand National Dialogue and apparent change of approach was supposed to resolve, not intensify, the Anglophone crisis. Over the past month, the ... -
Angola’s oil could actually be the DR Congo’s. Here’s why it isn’t.
About half of the oil being produced by Angola is in Congolese waters, according to the UN convention that defines maritime borders. Angola’s politics ... -
Why Cameroon’s national dialogue will accomplish nothing
President Biya could have outlined a new plan to address the Anglophone crisis. Instead, he announced talks, beginning today, that are doomed to fail. ...
