The spectacle unfolding around two competing refinery and oil depot projects is more than a bureaucratic disagreement. It is a disturbing illustration of a governance culture in which competing centers of power appear to be pursuing parallel agendas, with little regard for coherence, transparency or the national interest. When infrastructure projects worth millions of dollars […]
The Cameroonian government has launched a sweeping offensive against systemic fraud in its gold mining sector, revealing a massive international smuggling network that has siphoned billions from the national treasury. The crackdown exposes severe discrepancies between officially declared domestic production and the enormous volumes of gold arriving in the United Arab Emirates from Cameroonian borders. […]
Cameroon has moved a step closer to rehabilitating the Ebolowa-Ambam highway, a strategic trade corridor linking the country’s southern region to Equatorial Guinea, as technical studies enter a more advanced stage. According to a statement published on July 15 by the Ministry of Public Works, contractor HAB S.A. has intensified topographic and geotechnical surveys along […]
President Paul Biya’s prolonged absence from public view has once again exposed a structural weakness at the heart of Cameroon’s governance: the concentration of decision-making in a single office. As speculation over his whereabouts and health continues, Yaoundé appears to be operating in slow motion, with reports and widespread perceptions suggesting that major political and […]
Iran’s Armed Forces have announced new rounds of retaliatory operations against US military targets in the region featuring missile and drone strikes against facilities in Kuwait and Jordan following overnight US attacks on the Iranian coastline and southern cities. The operations, which were carried out on Wednesday, were accompanied by a warning from the Islamic […]
Cameroon cracks down on UAE Gold smuggling costing $3.5 billion 0