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Cameroon

  • The climate crisis has made weather patterns more extreme and unpredictable in northern Cameroon. Credit: Carsten ten Brink.
    CameroonClimate crisisEditor's Picks

    The climate crisis tinderbox in northern Cameroon

    By Nalova Akua
    May 12, 2022
    Amid growing resource scarcities, dozens have died and tens of thousands have been displaced by fighting triggered by a cow drowning. Last August, two ...
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  • CameroonCulture

    AFCON 2022’s match ball was not just a football

    By Leocadia Bongben (For bird)
    February 10, 2022
    Cameroonian designer Fule Valentine designed the ball with traditional textile patterns seeking to engender a unified national identity. On 23 November, 2022, the Confederation ...
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    CameroonCulture

    Cameroon has finally made its Netflix debut. It’s been a long time coming.

    By Erwin Ayota
    November 23, 2021
    The Anglophone film industry has overcome many odds to reach a global audience.  In early 2021, Anglophone Cameroonian filmmakers made a momentous debut as ...
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  • Cameroon Defence Forces members prepare to hoist the Cameroon national flag. Credit: Master Sgt. MSgt Stan Parker, 621st CRW Public Affairs.
    CameroonPoliticsTop story

    Death by a thousand cuts: Cameroon struggles in fight against separatists

    By Billy Burton
    August 24, 2021
    Despite government claims that the Anglophone conflict is under control, recent developments suggest otherwise. There’s only one way out. The Anglophone regions’ relatively quiet ...
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  • Anglophone crisis: Chiefs in Northwest Cameroon. Credit: Christian.
    CameroonPoliticsTop story

    Why are Cameroonian separatists attacking local chiefs?

    By R. Maxwell Bone & Akem Kelvin Nkwain
    June 29, 2021
    The recent murder of three chiefs highlights traditional leaders’ role in the Anglophone crisis and suggests the conflict is far from over. On 13 ...
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  • anglophone crisis At a primary school in Cameroon. Credit: GPE/Stephan Bachenheimer.
    CameroonPoliticsSocietyTop story

    After the Kumba massacre: Schools in Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis

    By R. Maxwell Bone & Akem Kelvin Nkwain
    November 3, 2020
    Until recently, activists in the diaspora and separatists had insisted that schools remain closed and used violence to ensure it. On 24 October, armed ...
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  • Cameroon plan
    CameroonPoliticsTop story

    Cameroon’s curious plan to rebuild from the war, while it still rages on

    By R. Maxwell Bone & Akem Kelvin Nkwain
    September 8, 2020
    The government and UNDP have announced a plan for the Anglophone regions. How have people reacted? This spring, Cameroon’s government announced a new plan ...
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  • child marriage cameroon
    CameroonEconomyNigeriaSocietyTop story

    “This is not the life I wanted”: Child brides rise among Cameroon refugees

    By Philip Obaji Jr
    September 1, 2020
    Child marriages are often driven by economic pressures, and COVID-19 has hit the most vulnerable the hardest. As Mura turned 16 years old this ...
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  • CameroonSocietyTop storyTravelling While African

    “Why are you breathing in Europe?”

    By Amindeh Blaise Atabong
    July 29, 2020
    Cameroonians can’t move freely in Africa. We get profiled in airports beyond the continent. And that’s if you can get a passport in the ...
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  • israel cameroon
    CameroonEconomyEditor's PicksPolitics

    Making a killing: Israeli mercenaries in Cameroon

    By Emmanuel Freudenthal & Youri van der Weide
    June 23, 2020
    Our investigation found Israeli citizens have been training Cameroon’s most notorious military unit for years, making them huge sums in the process. In November ...
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