Cameroon’s Baka people say they are part of the forest: that’s why they look after it: The Congo Basin’s hunter-gatherer people have the secret to living well with the forest. While doing fieldwork in 2020, I remember walking with Indigenous elders Ferdinand Mbita and Félix Mangombe up the small, winding path into their forest in …
Cameroon’s rebels may not achieve their goal of creating the Ambazonian state – but they’re still a threat to stability: Cameroon’s separatist insurgency is an armed conflict in the country’s North West (NW) and South West (SW) regions that began in 2017. It pits government forces against several non-state armed groups, locally known as “Amba …
Cameroon’s anglophone conflict has lasted for six years: what citizens say about how to end it: Cameroonians want an end to the six year old armed conflict. Wikimedia Commons The armed conflict in Cameroon between separatist groups and the military is in its sixth year. Armed groups are fighting for secession of the English-speaking north-west …
Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis: how the common law court offers a ray of hope: A lawyer in front of a Yaounde court Reinnier Kaze/AFP via Getty Images Six years on, the crisis in the Anglophone (English-speaking) regions of Cameroon continues. Recent reports indicate that over 6,000 people have been killed. A further 600,000 have been internally …
Paul Biya has been Cameroon’s president for 40 years – and he might win office yet again: France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) poses with Cameroon's President Paul Biya as he arrives for talks at the Presidential Palace in Yaounde, on July 26, 2022. Photo by Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images At 89 years old, one …
Cameroon’s ‘exploding lakes’: disaster expert warns deadly gas release could cause another tragedy: The waters of Lake Nyos, Cameroon, turn a murky brown following a deadly release of toxic gas. Photo by Thierry Orban/Sygma via Getty Images A sudden change on 29 August 2022 in the colour and smell of Lake Kuk, in north-west Cameroon, …
How illegal fishing off Cameroon’s coast worsens maritime security: A man removes water from a fishing boat in Idenau, Cameroon. Illegal activity by foreign fishing companies has depleted fishing stocks. Ann Johansson/Corbis via Getty Images) In Cameroon there is growing awareness that there’s a direct relationship between illegal and unregulated activity in the fisheries sector, …
Cameroon’s Biya is Africa’s oldest president: assessing his 38 years in power: President Paul Biya during a visit to China in 2018. Lintao Zhang Getty Images Cameroon’s President Paul Biya celebrated his 88th birthday recently, making him the oldest president in Africa. He has been in power for 38 years. Birthday celebrations held across the …
The world’s major powers must not ignore Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis: Cameroon is in crisis. It needs an intervention. Shutterstock Cameroon’s Anglophone region is rapidly becoming a no-go zone. Thousands of residents fled to the country’s French speaking cities of Douala, Yaoundé, and Bafoussam, during August and September, anticipating more bloodshed before the country’s October presidential …
Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis threatens national unity. The time for change is now: Cameroon's President Paul Biya has been in charge for nearly 40 years. His people want change. REUTERS/LINTAO ZHANG Cameroon’s governance and security problems have historically attracted little outside attention. But this seems likely to change, for two reasons. The first is the growing …