Violence and disruptions targeting healthcare services declined in Cameroon’s English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions in 2025, but medical workers continue to face kidnappings, assaults, arrests, and extortion that threaten access to care, according to a report published on July 10, 2026, by the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC). The report recorded 22 incidents affecting […]
The 2026 African Economic Conference (AEC) concluded on July 12 in Abidjan with a joint call from the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for Africa to build greater economic self-reliance. After three days of discussions, the three institutions identified trade integration, […]
More than a decade after Boko Haram’s insurgency spread into Cameroon, the Far North remains one of the Lake Chad Basin’s main conflict zones. Cameroonian forces regularly report tactical successes but have yet to eliminate the armed groups’ ability to carry out attacks. No longer able to hold territory for long, Boko Haram and its […]
With one week to go before Cameroon’s 2025-2026 cocoa season ends on July 15, trading activity is picking up. Farmgate prices rose by 250 CFA francs per kilogram in two days, reaching their highest level since the season began. According to data released by the National Cocoa and Coffee Board’s Commodity Information System, cocoa traded […]
Iran’s Armed Forces have launched coordinated missile and drone strikes against US military facilities in Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman in response to continued American assaults on southern Iran, with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Iranian Army warning that any further US action will trigger harsher retaliation. In a statement early on […]
Boko Haram: Military setbacks fail to end raids in the Far North region 0