Cameroon
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
Cameroon’s three deepening divides all have one thing in common
The Anglophone conflict is not the only crisis facing Cameroon. After 37 years under President Paul Biya, Cameroon is arguably at its most divided ... -
In the name of the father, the son and football.
In a season full of football, a writer pens a belated Father’s Day letter to the man with whom he shared memories over the ... -
“I’ve not gone to school again”: The student victims of Cameroon’s crisis
For years now, students and teachers in the Anglophone regions have been prevented from going to school. It’s 8am on Monday morning in Old ... -
Inside Cameroon’s Bunker: “Different guys had different torture techniques”
African Arguments spoke to several former detainees of the notorious prison where prisoners underwent daily torture and lived in appalling conditions. This article was ... -
I ran for president in Cameroon. Here’s what I learnt.
Cameroon’s electoral system is deeply lopsided. Citizens will only stand for that so long. On 6 November, Paul Biya was inaugurated for the seventh ... -
Cameroon’s forced returns of Nigerian refugees leads to more tragedies
Cameroon’s forced deportations are not just putting refugees in peril, but potentially undermining the fight against Boko Haram. On 29 July, a Cameroonian army ...
